Really bad TV series and movie ADDICTION

Hey!

so my nofap journey is going quite well so far. I am doing fine with fighting my addiction for P even though it is hard sometimes.

However my TV series/movies addiction is soo much harder to fight. I am sure you also know those often really great shows (the better the show, the more dopamin?!), breaking bad, the walking dead, game of thrones, you name it..


And I get so addicted to such series. It was so bad that after I finished watching one episode I could not stop and was searching for movies. I then ended up watching countless hours and afterwards always hated myself for wasting so much time. But this anxiety and guilt I felt for watching even made me watch more. It was so bad. Please also check my signature. I added it there, because I really need to remind myself of my progress so far.

when I was between the age of 12 to 18 I was relatively strong addicted to computer games. When I entered university however it stopped completely and apparently transformed into a TV series addiction.

I was wondering if anybody else here, is in a similar situation.

and I really want to know: why is it so damn addictive for me? I guess the reason is also Dopamin? I watched a show, and get a lot of dopamin and my brain wants to keep getting it?

I mean with P I understand why our brain likes it. It is this novelty of girls thing, which makes evolutionary sense.

But what the f*** does my brain like so much about these shows?! I am clean now for 17 days. but just last weekend my cravings were so bad, I really felt like I have to watch something. Just anything. It was really scary. I almost relapsed.

I tried to find information on the internet, but could not really find anything on the mechanisms which are going on in my brain.

thanks for reading!

shark