8 Teens are allegedly hospitalized due to their obsession with BTS, does BTS obsession leads too far?
According to the Ahmedabad Mirror article, the eight teenagers all of them living in Ahmedabad were brought to the psychiatry department of Shalby Hospital within ten days.
In the days of hospitalization, the teens had apparently been listening to K-Pop songs for 8 to 10 hours a day, and in one extreme case, “ Got so addicted that she would stay cooped up in her room, refusing to eat or sleep properly and spend her entire time listening to BTS music either on her phone or laptop.”
Parents became really concerned when they got to know that their girl used to steal money in order to buy expensive clothes and jewelry similar to BTS. She even planned to run away to South Korea with plans of marrying one of the members.
In another severe case, one girl reportedly tried attempting to commit suicide by taking pills after her parents took her to the counselor to “get rid of her BTS obsession”.
The head of the Department of Psychiatry clinic at Shalby Hospital, Dr. Kalrav Mistry said that cases of “BTS obsession” requiring psychiatric treatment have increased in the last three to four months.
“In the past 10 days, we received eight cases, and this is a red flag that should not be ignored. Parents need to keep a watch on their children. Most patients are in the 13 to 22 age group… The youngsters are blindly following BTS, adopting their rockstar lifestyle, expensive clothes, and all. And to meet these expenses they are resorting to stealing and drugs. By the time parents realize something is wrong, the obsession has reached a different level”
~ Dr. Kalrav Mistry
There’s a safe and healthy way to love and support BTS or any other pop group. But in the cases of Teens peer pressure to constantly follow BTS, adapt their lifestyle, and mimic them has been taken too far.
Teens are our Future Youngsters and leaders and it’s important for them to know the value of their life. We hope that the teens get fully recovered and live a healthy life. Love and Support your idols but don’t take it to an extreme level that it becomes an obsession for you and leads to danger to your life.
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