Are social media addiction and drug addiction basically the same thing?

[Anonymous]

Recently, I saw that a woman filed a lawsuit to YouTube and Meta for her addiction to social media and then the jury found both platforms liable. That made me think about the addiction to drugs. Drugs can make people go crazy and do stuff just get more drugs and get more addicted. To me, drugs are like a craving that the body wants and social media is more like a mental health thing. Do you think that the addiction to drugs and social media are the same or different? What do y'all think?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

You can’t die of an overdose on social media, however you can absolutely get addicted to it and that can subsequently make your life harder to live, especially when it’s by design to make you addicted.

[Nikki1989]

Drugs can create physical withdrawal symptoms. Social media doesn’t create physical withdrawal — the discomfort is emotional and psychological. They are both addictions, but they differ greatly in the damage they can cause.

[In_Trance]

Addiction is always the same thing no matter what you're addicted to

[fonduegirl]

You can use Mera? That's fucking nice