Breaking Bad Blues

Do you have to mentally prepare yourself before you start a new series on Netflix?

But then, when it’s over, you find yourself feeling depressed and let down?

Apparently you aren’t the only one. You have a case of the post-binge watching blues. This may happen when you aggressively watch a full season of a show in, say, a day or so. Yep, no longer do viewers have to wait a week to see the next episode of their favorite series. As a matter of fact, Netflix is kind enough to automatically play the next episode without even consulting you! Habitual TV binging leads to excessive amounts of sitting, which then increases your risk for diabetes, so before you find yourself watching just one more episode of Scandal, consider going for a walk instead—or, at the very least, pace aimlessly around your living room while taking in Olivia Pope’s latest escapades.