I found this video today by a person I really respect on YouTube stating how an addiction to the internet could cause more depression and lead to possibly needing therapy or physical boundary applications to stop said addiction to feel better. The person linked to an official poll about internet addiction and whether you have it or not. I took the test (although one question may have been unfair since it mentioned having a partner and I'm entirely single), and I got 66%, which apparently leads to a moderate internet addiction. And the poll said that this would mean the internet is affecting my life negatively.
I've been in a low mood since then, since the internet has actually been he complete opposite for me - if it wasn't for YouTube, I would never have discovered how great Pokemon is, which wouldn't have led to me going out to buy cards, or let me talk to a more casual fan in my school class about it, or go out to conventions to meet Pokemon YouTubers who bring smiles to my day with their personality. And above all those, I would never have discovered Serebii, a community filled with happy, accepting people that make my life so much better, people who make me feel so much happier. Apparently all those wonderful things are effecting my life negatively.
I'm just grateful that the video stated that you may be less likely to become depressed if you engage with the community, which proven by my post count I do to no end. But I'm just nervous that the platform which makes me feel so much happiness and relief and comfort may actuall not be good for me at all.