![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-used-to-be-a-55-year-old-social-media-addict-and-now-im-warning-others/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NK_OverInfluenced_OffPlatform-1.jpg&description=IF you ask Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler whether getting caught sneaking away from his daughters' volleyball game and hiding in his car to film a TikTok live convinced him of his social media addiction, he'll tell you it didn't. "I was all-consumed, ignoring my children and wife,' the 55-year-old Beverly Hills eye surgeon-turned-influencer told The U.S. Sun in an exclusive interview. Beverly Hills eye surgeon Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler opens up about his social media addiction as a 55-year-old influencerCredit: boxerwachler.com In his new book Influenced, Dr. Brian talks about how severe his addiction was and how it led his family to hold an intervention for himCredit: TikTok/brianboxerwachlermd "One of the hallmarks of addiction is you don't have insight into the problem,' he explained. In 2020, Dr. Brian was convinced by his two 14-year-old daughters to join social media, specifically TikTok. His social media use was meant to prevent medical misinformation from spreading on the apps – but it took a toxic turn. 'As I got more involved, I started to find my niche. Which was calling out health-related videos as being true or not true because I found that the algorithm doesn't do any fact-checking,' he said. From Instagram to Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook, the abundant amount of trending content is undeniable – but not all of it is trustworthy. Dr. Brian was concerned about posts that made false medical claims seem accurate, so he began posting his reactions, and one of them went viral. He was the "cap" or "no cap" guy, using Gen Z slang to identify the videos supported by substantial research and call out the misinformation. Dr. Brian admitted: "Waking up in the morning and having 5,000 or 10,000 more followers became this rush. It was incredibly euphoric to see this happen for something that you did." "That's what became this reinforcing aspect where I kept wanting to go back and do more and more. That's when the social media addiction developed.' The LA-based surgeon ne){kind=link}
IF you ask Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler whether getting caught sneaking away from his daughters’ volleyball game and hiding in his car to film a TikTok live convinced him of his social media addiction, he’ll tell you it didn’t.
“I was all-consumed, ignoring my children and wife,” the 55-year-old Beverly Hills eye surgeon-turned-influencer told The U.S. Sun in an exclusive interview.
“One of the hallmarks of addiction is you don’t have insight into the problem,” he explained.
In 2020, Dr. Brian was convinced by his two 14-year-old daughters to join social media, specifically TikTok.
His social media use was meant to prevent medical misinformation from spreading on the apps – but it took a toxic turn.