It seems harmless: getting settled in for a night of a marathon session for a favorite TV show, like House of Cards. But why do we binge-watch TV, and can it really be harmless? A recent study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that the more lonely and depressed you are, the more likely you are to binge-watch.⁠ ⁠ The researchers from the University of Texas at Austin conducted a survey on 316 18- to 29-year-olds on how often they watched TV; how often they had feelings of loneliness, depression, and self-regulation deficiency; and finally, on how often they binge-watched TV. They found that the more lonely and depressed the study participants were, the more likely they were to binge-watch TV, using this activity to move away from negative feelings.⁠ ⁠ The findings also showed that those who lacked the ability to control themselves were more likely to binge-watch. These viewers were unable to stop clicking "Next" even when they were aware that they had other tasks...