Why your phone is making you sad
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- Phone addiction is real, and researchers are becoming more concerned with what it is doing to our brains and bodies. This video explains the up to date research on what creates phone addiction, how to tell if you are clinically addicted to your phone and the top three scientific tips for decreasing phone use.
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Whether it is the new Oliver Anthony video, or a science video about crowd control or the new Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell video about nuclear war, our phones are tempting us to watch videos constantly. This is changing your brain and making you sad, this video will explain why, and how to fix it (neurologically)
The people who designed the stuff on phones literally took and used all the techniques casinos use to create gambling addicts.
Wait how?
@@RosheenQuynh programming. You having to constantly scroll(as opposed to instantly loading a web page) because that makes you continually have to refresh content. Which is coded by the same people who make slot machines.
@@Praisethesunson Huh. Interesting. What does it say about me then, as I eventually get bored of scrolling (after, like, ten minutes)? 🤣
@@RosheenQuynh Nothing. Same reason you aren't addicted to the super pot scratcher lottery tickets or menthol long cigarettes. It's not about *you* specifically. It's about intentionally designing a product that will get a non zero percentage of pleb consumers, like you, physically/mentally addicted to consuming that product.
Cal Newport does a segment on this on TedTalk (I believe) on why you should quit social media. He also has a pretty good book called Deep Work that sort of touches on this too. Or maybe it's his other one called So Good They Can't Ignore You.
I spent a Summer at a lab studying substance use disorders, and the more I learned about substance use disorders the more I realized they mirrored my relationship with my phone. Felt validated by this video!
Yes !!
Read Dopamine Nation it talks about this comparison
I struggled for a long time with phone addiction. A month or so ago I decided something had to change, but even I greyscale mode my phone was so alluring. I ended up replacing it with a flip phone, getting a separate camera and MFA device to replace the important things I was using my smartphone for and I haven't looked back. It seemed impossible and old fashioned at first to not have the whole universe in my palm at all times, but the mental health benefits have been SO worth it. I also have more time to read books and finally finish the billion video games I got too distracted to finish.
Pointless when you replace it with another addiction
What did you use to deal with MFA? I feel like I unconsciously argue with myself a lot in favor of never getting rid of my phone by remembering the more important uses it has. And it feels really hard to disagree. From camera, and personal archives, but mainly the fact that today our phones and numbers ARE the keys we have for a lot of stuff. Like MFA.
@metametodo1014 there are a few places that make physical mfa tokens. Mine is from a company called token2 and I like it well enough!
@matt2.052 very true! But fortunately my other hobbies (video games, kites, reading) are something I can put down just as easily as I can pick it up, versus my phone where I would get anxious and irritable if I so much as went out to dinner without my phone
But video games also aren't healthy at all. I recommend using no media at all and go outside in nature, have fun with friends there and a health relationship with a girl.
Hope there will be a time where society doesn't rely on digital media anymore
@niklasd03 I go out with friends all the time, and my husband doesn't mind the fact I play video games sometimes. Sometimes we turn it into a group activity where we take turns or play together :)
The only way I was able to honestly stop my phone addiction was completely deleting all social media platforms. I only use TH-cam, and it’s not the same quick and constant stimulation or attention I would receive from other users. But that’s not the case for everyone and I am fortunate enough that I do not require advertising or content within my career.
Ya, this is a good move. I don't post on Social Media anymore, unless you count Reddit where I'll post questions sometimes. I'm on TH-cam for about an hour a day, but otherwise have other things to do. It's freeing.
TH-cam shorts should also be avoided
I did the same. And when using youtube, I navigate straight to my subscription feed instead of the homepage so that "the algorithm" can not trick me into watching videos/shorts I don't care about.
@@diyeaname too
I'm on TH-cam, Discord, and Reddit for the most part. I look at discord memes too often. A huge part of my introverted lifestyle is talking with people online. Not sure where to draw the line there.@@diyeana
Thank you SO much for the video. When I do have a day that’s not centred around my phone, I feel so much happier. If I’m on my phone all day, I feel like the day has been wasted and it makes me feel really down and upset with myself. This is exactly what I needed to hear today.
For me, since I live alone, using phone helps counter that loneliness. Hence it has now become a compulsion
I totally understand this. I use my phone to compensate for the lack of physical friendships and human contact. But now I've decided to swap phone for other solitary activities such as reading, long walks, meditation, cold shower and cleaning my flat in a meditative way (slowly and enjoy the smell of cleaning products, play with foam etc) it's having a great effect on my mental health.
@@vevepriezviskova6909wow, i love that for you. I am going to try this.
Years ago, I had so many hobbies. Woodworking, bodybuilding, gardening, working on cars, etc. Now it's nothing but looking at my phone. I'm changing that right now.
i noticed i was only going to do fun things so i could post about it later, rather than for my own enjoyment. i also realized how much i tie my self esteem to social media and comparing myself to others online. i deleted tiktok and twitter entirely and am working on only taking photos of fun things to have memories and not to post on my insta story. i def havent been perfect but it is slowly helping. the biggest challenge is not replacing tt with other things like yt
I have BPD and one of the first things my DPT counselor said was no alcohol and no social media, I can't believe the difference it makes in my life!!! After being sucked back in for a little over a month I could see the difference and I was able to break free again. Once week in and I am feeling so much better
Literally yesterday I decided to not use my phone for half the day, I felt so free and relieving being with my thoughts and thinking in the moment
Living* in the moment
I recall watching a seminar by Dr. Russell Barkley on ADHD. He discussed how willpower and self-control are essentially genetic traits that we are born with. It's primarily linked to the functionality of our prefrontal cortex. He mentioned that phones themselves do not cause shorter attention spans and addiction. Instead, individuals with ADHD, which involves a delay in prefrontal cortex development, can become more prone to phone addiction. This might also clarify why 70% of people do not report being addicted to phones?
Russell Barkley is the bomb when it comes to executive functioning. Love his stuff.
But can't they be increased?
I have diagnoses adhd (both attentive and innatentive type) and I can safely say I am not addicted to my phone. I have a very hard time going on social media even if it's to text back a friend. I haven't used instagram in over a year, and the only things I do use my phond for are for youtube, sending my fiancé snaps while he is at work, and checking emails and texts from family.
All this to say i believe we are definitely still more at risk, but i do think the 70% makes up a ton of people with and without ADHD. My theory is that Symptoms of ADHD are becoming more and more common in people who don't have it due to the same parts of the brain being effected by social media. I also am an adamant believer that executive function can be trained and improved, as i have becomd better at controlling my adhd the less i give in to impulses.
Rant over, just wanted to share a perspective 😊
@@mmmmmmkatata Yes and no, I guess to his extend there are techniques and training methods that will increase people's attention spam & will power, it is like building muscle, if you dont sustain it you will lose it (for ADHD patients to this case) .
Dr. Barkley states that most ADHD patients experience improvement in their early 30s, likely due to a 30-40% delay in prefrontal cortex development. I'm noticing increased productivity, better self-control, and reduced impulsiveness right now in my late 20s comapre to my early years. I definitely believe and have high hopes in executive function training, but I also know that was something impossible for me to stick to when I were younger.@@vivyn6349
Before COVID, I had a routine down where I didn’t use my phone unless for directions, messages, or other bare bones purposes. I put the phone on black and white mode, kept it in a backpack instead of in my pocket, and used the time I’d be on my phone at night to meditate. Trying to get back into that habit.
Thank you, this has been such a plague for me. I’m 8 months sober and this is one part of my addiction spectrum that proves most challenging to disengage with. Will be trying some of the tips to try and reclaim my life back!
I watch TH-cam for 1 hour a day and picked your video as one of them today. I find that hilarious and wonderful. I agree with you, cell phones are ruining society. Look up and enjoy the view, everyone. ❤
Impossible, there's so many good recommendations on TH-cam I end up watching for 9 hours straight
@@richfactualsavage6219 I admit sometimes I turn off my timer and keep watching. YT knows what they're doing.
@@richfactualsavage6219 I feel like I have this issue. I dont use my phone a lot but I am on YT for long periods of time. Maybe I should limit my time on this website too.
I don’t think this ‘demonization’ of phones is that simple though 😔
I work with kids with autism, some with high needs, and tablets/phones are sometimes one of the few things that help them calm down their nervous system.
I think maybe we need to look at what circumstances are around the people who use their phones so addictively. The reason WHY some people might use it more than others, environmentally/socially speaking, not neurologically speaking.
Yeah I agree, there’s never one exact reason for something and I doubt brain science is the only reason why phones are appealing to people
@@puppytree6343 💯
I knew something was very wrong with the world when I saw people on bikes glued to their cell phone, on skateboards glued to their cell phone, driving a car and glued to their cell phone, in movie theaters and glued to their cell phone, a mother pushing her baby in a carriage and glued to her cell phone, a mother walking her little daughter home from school and glued to her cell phone, people walking in a park and glued to their cell phone, a father playing soccer with his daughter at the park and periodically checking his cell phone. My advice is PUT YOUR CELL PHONE DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU.
phone addiction can have such strong physical consequences, i have chronic tendonitis in both arms from scrolling and continued even when i was in severe pain, i'm still battling with it! turning it to grayscale, deleting all social media and making it as un-fun as possible really helped me a lot
Hanging out with friends in a place that's close to nature works like a charm. Talking out the good and shitty things you did over the past few days to your friends relaxes your mind. Just don't stick out your phone while hanging out except for taking pics maybe.
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Interesting, although, I'm still old school and consume my social media the old-fashioned way, though a computer. However, I am in front of my computer most of the day, so a lot of this probably still applies. I justify most of my social media use because I'm using it to promote my books (which is my sole source of income), so it's hard to separate out how much I'm doing it for the dopamine and how much for self-preservation.
Same, and in the pandemic days it was the only way to work
@nikindd my work has required me to be in front of a computer for decades, through a couple of different careers. Pandemic didn't change my life nearly as much as it changed it for most folks.
this was so great i’ll probably rewatch until i internalize it! something i like to do is put my phone in different places at night, sometimes under the couch so that when my alarm goes off i have to physically out of bed and tend to scroll less that way! good luck to us all out here
My daily average on my phone used to be above 8 hours; now it's around 2. When you track your phone use it becomes much easier to reduce your screen time and it almost becomes like a game, to see if you can spend less time than you did yesterday, and the day before.
I suffered the borderline disorder for over 23 years.
With so much anxiety Not until I came across psilocybin mushrooms treatmentPsilocybin treatment actually saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean.
Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms
Microdosing helped me get out of the pit of my worst depressive episode, a three year long episodeenough to start working on my mental health
Yes, dr.poras. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
The shroom experience stands as my most remarkable journey, an awe-inspiring encounter that left an indelible mark of amazement.
Is he on instagram?
Yes, he is dr.poras.
I’ve replayed the delivery at 4:54 so many times 😂 I love this channel! Thank you for making these topics so fun to learn about ❤
Recently, I had exams in my doorstep, like 2 weeks away. So I decided to get rid of any social media platforms I was severely attracted to. So I uninstalled them, and gradually got away with the addiction. I only had YT, but with notifications turned off. It really helped me focus on my studies!!
Now here I am after my exams are over, and still have my apps uninstalled! Now I'm engaged in daily creative/physical activities.
This video comes right at the time I'm realising I'm addicted to my phone/PC.
I've always known I spent too much time on it, going to bed super late at night, going hours straight switching to the next app once I'm done with the previous one. I attributed it to my next level procrastination, because it doesn't matter if I turn off my phone or hide it, I always find a way to get distracted one way or the other so I don't have to do anything productive.
But now I realise it's a chicken and the egg issue, I probably struggle with procrastination and self control *because* I grew up getting addicted to my phone as a young introverted teenager.
I tried so many times to ditch bad habits and build better ones, to limit my screentime and actually put effort into doing productive things, but I could never hold a habit for longer than a month so I gave up trying.
Now I'm finally trying again cause that's the only way.
If it makes you feel any better, I have the same problem with procrastination, and I grew up without cell phones and with a limited amount of decent TV programming. I spend too much time on my phone, not necessarily out of a desire to see what’s on it, but to avoid doing other tasks, like taking a shower, doing the dishes, etc. I tried going mostly phoneless for a week and still found ways to futz around and accomplish nothing.
Try using app blockers on your phone and website blockers on your PC. I use both on strict mode, and they work for me.
Take everything one step at a time
@@evilsharkey8954 Thanks, it does make me feel a tiny bit better, haha.
But yeah it's a constant struggle of knowing what's going on and what's wrong but still not acting on it, or failing to do so successfully.
And you're right, the phone is clearly not the root cause of the bigger problem, I remember going 3 months without one, years ago, and not finding it hard at all (I still had access to a PC, but still). But a phone in your hand does makes it a lot easier to find a way of avoiding tasks, when we could at least be avoiding them with healthier activities lol.
I find myself reading when my phone dies unexpectedly and I take it as a chance to do something else while it's charging. And I used to clean my room when I had to do my homework and had already put my phone away in another room. Anything will do, when avoiding tasks, even other tasks as well lol! We should learn to do that more often I guess, using tasks as means to avoiding other tasks.
In all seriousness, talking about it with a therapist could help recognise the reasons behind this tendency, which is probably a defense mechanism gone wrong, and help find ways to deal with it in a way that it doesn't interfere as much with our daily lives.
I have lost all of my hobbies to phone addiction. Will be implementing this and seeing how it goes :)
the making ur phone black & white tip really worked for me!!!
Every time I get a notification I get annoyed, not excited 😂
It’s crazy how phones are controlling our lives. I feel like if I lose my phone it’s like I’ve lost my life, memories, friends and everything! It’s really worrying.
I study pharmacy and even in the hardest exam nights I use my phone 5-8 hours and even when I was in high school and it was going to determine my future it also was ~5 hours a day… I always wish to have a real life but I end up on my phone…
I do most of these things and I'm so so glad I took action as soon as I felt something was wrong (back in 2016 lol). I'm not sure if you guy mentioned it on the video, but I also like to turn off my notifications, mute certain people's stories on sm, and of course unfollow a few users every now and then. That way I feel I have more control over my phone cause I literally just pick it up to see very specific things and then ba bye! It is also important to replace that time doing other activities, don't just forbid yourself cause then you'll go back to your phone cause is more entertaining.
I have always loved your videos. Learning about and understanding your addictions makes them so much easier to overcome
such a controversial topic, but well explained. i'll try those methods bc my phone won't cause me a damage, a functional and healthy brain is everything to a good life!
i'm so glad i've been slowly carving my way out of social media marketing. nobody talks how depressing it is having to scroll social media all the time to find the latest trends and all that stuff.
I did all those steps intuitively as soon as I realized what the phone was doing to me. I realised at uni that I was less productive and was trying to stop procrastinating so I just removed the go to's which were the apps on my phone that were too addictive. Im also studying design so we did pass the psychology of what makes things seem desirable. We also had designing apps as a subject so I knew I had to make everything harder to access because I realised what makes people use it more often and its the apps being accessable. Every obsticle is removed so that its so easy to use. So I thought well I used social media less when I had to log in every time so I just placed them all on my laptop and thats an obsticle right there because you don't really just casually open up your laptop the way you do your phone. Plus as soon as I was on my laptop it also made me either stop cus I associate my laptop with work... Or it made me also slow down my usage cus desktop apps are terribly designed and it makes you stay off them cus it does not have all the fun features like it does on your phone.
When I started I actually removed it all first and placed it on my ipad and started misplacing the ipad in random drawers throughout the house so I would forget to use them. And I did for the whole summer. I just forgot about them and it felt amazing. So then when uni started I tried to achive that again... and I did but it was much harder since there was no physical job involved to make me stay off.
I also stopped microdosong cus there was a quote from Elton John I think and he said if you're an addict you're an addict theres no in between for you, there is rehab or relapse. So I realized he was right then I just stopped using unless it was because of something that I had to go check out. But its so hard tho cus my phone for eg. doesn't let me delete youtube... Therefor I still have access to shorts and I fail quite often to stay away. The way I deal with that tho is by watching longer videos on youtube and using my willpower to avoid using shorts. Need to get a new phone that allows me to delete everything tho.
You cannot delete it but you can deactivate TH-cam from the Settings and the app icon disappears from your phone. I did that and it was amazing.
It should always be up to us to regulate our own usage. NOT the government! Don't pass a problem onto the government to fix when you can fix it or get help for it yourself. Pretty sure science also tells us acknowledging a problem is the first step to change
There is a limit to how much we can do. People who make phones and social media literally make use of all the techniques casinos use to create gambling addicts. If we should be responsible for our actions, they should be responsible into not using these dangerous methodes to keep our attention !
@@modkip25 As sad as it is you will never stop temptation. A world without temptation is a boring one too. People should have the freedom to choose whether or not they can gamble or smoke or use their phone for 5hrs instead of
@@SpartanOfficial7 It's not about temptation, it's about addictions. It is so much more dangerous. We have the knowledge on how to make someone addicted, how to rewire their brains, it's irresponsible to allow companies freedom to manipulate us. There is a very important reason gambling is regulated !
When companies like Google, Meta and ByteDance are as powerful as they are, we need governments to regulate them. It's not fair to expect an individual to just avoid those apps if its what a lot of their community is on. Network effects make these products near monopolies (or oligopolies), and monopoly industries have very often been strictly regulated.
What has seem to help me the most is i deleted all the social media apps and pushed them to my tablet. To where I can only use it at home. I have also invested in a cellular Apple Watch and only carry it with me further distancing myself from my phone.
I am to the point now after a couple of months of this to not really caring about my phone. I would be hard pressed to upgrade it and upgrade my watch instead. I am very happy for the watch breaking the addiction to the phone. To the point of my point in click camera is on its way! Very excited! To break the cycle. I am also pondering going back to a click wheel iPod as well.
I’ve been insanely addicted to the internet and social media for at least 14 years now. It got even worse when I got a smart phone around 10 years ago and now I literally can not walk more than 2 steps without it in my hand. I wish I could go without it but I just can’t. It’s ruined my sleeping pattern and my mental health.
Thanks for the explanation! Always helpful for me to understand the problem at its core so I can start making long lasting changes rather than just getting mad at myself for the symptoms
I just wanna say that being glued to your phone can indeed cause depression, but it could be vice versa. You could be glued to your phone _because_ you're depressed and it becomes your coping mechanism to run away from reality. I'm not sure myself about which one I actually am, but I think I'm the second one. Because when I'm with friends or family, I rarely care about my phone. Yes I may be anxious if it's not near me since my parents will think that I get murdered or something if I don't pick up their calls in 5 seconds, but I almost never check on it when I'm with others.
Anyway, whichever type you think you are, go to a psychologist if you think you're depressed. Because I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety, cuz one time I used my phone for 20 hours straight, almost not eating and not caring about anything at all. I'll start my therapy in a week, wish me luck.
I got into love with physics recently when I used to use my phone 8+ hours a day. Once I started studying physics, I quit using the phone even it is residing on my table. I don't feel any resistance. So they key is to get addicted to something productive. Tbh studying physics without deepness is not enjoyable. Studying like Feynman is.
I see someone has been diving into the works Anna Lembke
Passive social media usage is even more damaging because you’re not actively engaging with others, you’re just mindlessly scrolling without making friends, connections, etc
I think the context of what you do on your phone matters bigtime as it relates to attention span. I use my phone/computer more or less the same amount as I did 5 years ago but my attention span is way better because Im mostly using it to interact with employees, get tasks done, and study complicated technical material rather than browsing the hub and watching entertaining videos for 90% of my time on it
I'm 61, I remember the 70s and 80s & 90s when we had to use rotary phones, I can't get anyone in the city to stop & listen to one word coz they're always playing with their phones, I call them, "Smartphone Zombies" - & can't grab the at of pretty women either, too hard to make friends as I'm very lonely, Thanks for your wonderful videos, I'm totally addicted to your channel, Regards Simon from Australia 😊
I’ve been saying this for years. Thank you for putting it all together in a succinct video. I will like and share!
The more I think about it, the implications of this are incredibly important. How does this issue affect content creators? The types of content people consume? Our phone use could allegorically be considered as at least a few vertebrae in the backbone of our current economy. It is most definitely a major catalyst in the political strife plaguing our society. People are terrified of AI, foreign powers and government over reach, when in reality many people are being destroyed by a 0.33lb computer in their pocket.
Interesting. Shared. Too many are addicted.
Im so addicted to my phone and it makes me so sad, because i like drawing and painting and reading classic books too and I know I would be doing that with my time instead, if i could help myself. Thank you for this video.
Im a kid but i understand this and now i will delete roblox and other game and focus on my study thanks for letting me know 🎉
Ive noticed this in the past year with myself.
I used to average 9-11 hours as a teenager, as a young adult i had a moment where it made me sad about the things ive missed out on. Like taking care of my own health, or being more curious about the world around me, and people to.
I now average about 1-3 hours a day
Got an alarm clock.
Theres so many apps on the phone that make everything easier, especially gps. Ive been thinking about getting a flip phone for when i go out, because i know my family gets worried or if someone needs to reach me i dont wanna cut that off completely.
But things we need to find solutions for or an easier way. Because there is no way im gonna be using a map to get around, lol.
-map
-alarm
-calender
-photos (photo albums)
These are things i found that i need to transition away from my phone
Everythings so attached to this thing it makes it harder for all of us. Even clocking into work.
Ramble comment but basically finding solutions away from this easy solution (phone)
This comment is me admitting that I have a phone/social media addiction. And yes I'm trying to fight and decrease my hours phone usage but honestly I'm a little bit scared.
It's terrifying how phones took over my life.
Nowadays, I feel it’s impossible to cut yourself off from using your phone completely. There's everything in here. I can pay with it, buy bus tickets, contact my friends/family, take photos, use google maps, watch memes or yt videos. Everything. Sometimes I think that my life revolves around my phone. And it is scary.
I feel everytime I try to quit I always come back to the same place I've been. I want to find a strength to stop it and disconnect from the screen world. I want to be bored again. Be passionate and enjoy world around me. Even though I always wanted to stop this madness I never really researched how. I guess this video was a sign for me. That's why thank you for tips.
And to everyone who's in the same spot as me. Good luck! Celebrate every small success and every hour decresed. 🙏
I definitely relate a lot to this video. For me, it got to the point where I had to erase all my social media profiles entirely. TH-cam is the only one I kept. I still notice symptoms of addition though. This video is inspiring me to talk to my wife about what we want our family technology boundaries to look like.
I had my husband set up a time limit with a passcode only he knows because i couldnt stop myself from endlessly scrolling to the point where several hours would pass. It’s helped!
I highly respect what your guys are doing, keep up the great research
To be honest, addiction, media, fomo has never been a problem for me, and this topic annoys me to no end (this is like being bought to a seminar on gambling when I don’t buy from ticket machines)
This reminds me of Anna Lemke...her book Dopamine Nation
I set app timers, so I spend 15 minutes on social media a day. The Forest app also works for me - if I set the timer and don’t touch my phone for, say, two hours, I grow some trees - which are then planted in the real world (apparently). Reward-based AND good for the environment. I also structure my days with a diary, so I allocate an hour to exercise, half an hour to walk in nature, two hours to painting, eight hours to work, etc. That motivates me to complete tasks and not get distracted by my phone. Being human, I sometimes scroll mindlessly for some time, but I also set goals for my phone usage, i.e. find a British crime series to watch on TH-cam tonight (we don’t have Netflix), or choose a new digital library book. That way, when you pick up your phone, you generally have a reason to do so. Hope these tips help! They help me. 😊
Watching this on my phone. Irony? 😂
I spilled water on my phone and it died, and I couldn’t afford to replace it for about a month. That month was bliss.
To realize that I spend more time on my phone that with my kid kind of hurt as a parent. And to sit down and look at cartoons just so you can use your phone is huge problem. But like most addiction you kind of in denial with thought like "there is no big problem, science is over reacting, i will take care of the problem later on but today it fine"
I love TH-cam so much, it is definitely my biggest vice and has given me a ton of concern about my phone addiction…. But how can I quit when there are so many high-quality videos like this one! 😂
Thank you. Honestly. I’m getting off of this thing except for a little bit every week.
Ngl I’ve cut my charging cord a few times, because I felt that was the way to use it less, answered messages on the computer, and I felt great.
Me who watch youtube 25 hours a day.
The things you own end up owning you.
I’ve literally seen Tik Tok comments of people saying they literally watch every video on their fyp in 2x speed because “they don’t have the attention span to watch the whole video at a normal playback speed”. How alarming is that, when you really think about it? So crazy
the only thing I use my phone for is taking calls and waking up on time, most of the things that most people use their phones for are replaced by my PC usage, except for snapchat, tiktok, facebook, etc. which I don't spend time on
Where has the hilarious 'carbon capture' train video gone?
Breh it never went away "The Biggest Lie About Carbon Capture" is the title
I heard about a study that says social media doesn't cause depression but people who are depressed tend to use it more.
All the terrible things that happened during covid actively made me resent my phone and so my phone use went down significantly. Also, turning off all notifications basically, and turning off all news / muting profiles that share news helped me to use my phone for a bit of pleasure but for only on average 2.5 hrs a day.
You guys are the original After Skool
Thank you for useful tips!
1) Limit phone usage to 1 hr.
2) Turn off phone at 9 pm and put it in a drawer until next day. Work with people in your house to have phone less meals. Log out and give password to friend or family.
3) Make phone into gray scale. Check high dopamine reward apps on computer. Use a separate alarm and put your phone in a place you cannot easily access.
The match vs France in New Plymouth a few years later next please 😅, it was the second game of a 2 game series. Beauden Barrett's a rookie in the reserves.
The ABs absorb phase after phase only to counter with awesome tries, classic win.
Aware and working on it.
Wow.. I was so amazed by the description of the experience with rats
I know about dopamine and its manifestations but I didn't even think it was so connected with phone addiction!
Btw I realized I really addicted from my phone:(
But I think categorical binding (it seems like this tip is more convenient for me) can help me to solve the problems with permanent usage the phone
Thx for your podcast and recommendations! I’m going to watch the video about the effect of phone addiction on our body
Thanks for sharing. Might get an alarm clock, a notepad and a planner. So I'm on my phone less. When I go out with someone I leave my phone at home. I try to turn off my phone or put away my phone on weekends if I can. My addiction app is webtoon, Google and TH-cam sadly because i love ready, watching and looking stuff up. 😅 I hope to put away my phone at night too. Although I need a reminder alarms all the time for schedules which is even harder.
Thought I'd be addicted but answered no to all the questions
I keep my notifications from all social media accounts as hide notifications and this way I can keep my addictions low
I have an iPhone but no social media at all. I don’t have a habit of walking around texting 💬 causing people inconvenience. I get irritated with people walking around bumping into me or delaying my journey as they’re busy texting or scrolling. I get irritated when I’m with a friend and they’re not connected in a conversation because they’re busy texting
I'm 9 years old and my aunt said that i used 3 hours of cellphone a day! I was not concerned about it. Then, she asked if i was addicted or not, i said no but she said yes. I remember last month that me and my aunt made a deal that when i had school, i would have no cellphone until 5:00 p.m. A.K.A my screen time after my no screen time. Which starts at 2:00 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. but in the weekend, i can use cellphone all i want except my no screen time
I ended up deleting almost all social media, getting a digital alarm clock, keeping my phone out of the bedroom when I sleep, and setting time limits for certain apps that I know I will waste a lot of time on. Also if I’m working or doing schoolwork and I need to focus, I’ll put my phone out of reach like in my book bag or something so it’s not an automatic pick up when I want to be distracted for a second.
I use flip phone most of the time when out..smartphone only when I need and for business..best of both worlds.
Great video!
I think our devices are not the problem It's the internet having Unlimited data ...
Creates the challenge that leads us to be addicted to ours smart phones.
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I think it's important to acknowledge that the phones aren't the underlying cause of this problem; they're just the means of conveyance. The real problem is the way social media companies knowingly take advantage of and exacerbate our FOMO responses.
This is something that I am trying to do. I will take “breaks” with a dumb phone.
I am not sure exactly how I accomplished this, but I am on my phone less now than when I was working. Retirement has given me many things to do and the phone is not as important as it used to be.
Great video! I find I am least addicted to my phone when I am deeply engaged in something I’m really enjoying. I love to travel and if I’m travelling I might still be looking at Instagram throughout the day but I am less concerned about notifications because I am so immersed in something else I love. Similarly when I am engaged in my work and find purpose in it I am not interested in my phone. Unfortunately it’s hard to always be engaged and doing things you love. Still trying to figure it out. Thanks for the tips!
I have been using zen mode in my phone.. it's very helpful
Im glad I have no phone even though I’m In high school, mainly because my parents don’t think I need one yet, but I am trying to get less off of things like my iPad, i usually get stuck because I use it for work at school since my computer is huge. So yes I km basically an iPad kid
My sleep quality has been absolutely terrible, and I realized it was because of my phone. The only time I’m not consuming content is when I trying to fall asleep but my brain’s not used to that. I knew it was a major problem when my weekly screen time for TikTok was almost 23 hours
My notifications are all switched off. At night, my phone sleeps soundly IN a DIFFERENT ROOM. I use old-fashioned alarms unless I really have to use my phone (i.e., hotel). It's not ideal, but it does give me a break.
Okay I have adhd and I'm on my phone a lot during the day, but I usually use it as background noise or just to keep in touch with people
Surprisingly I don't have any symptoms of phone addiction.
I can leave my phone in one room for hours if I'm talking with someone because to me, or if I'm outside foraging because thoes activities are more enjoyable than what little there is on my phone
I'll also get bord of it and go do something else
People trolling in comments and our habit of finding and reacting to them definitely has not helped this crisis
I have to actively put my phone down and put notifications on silent because it's gotten too bad. Sometimes I'll just outright leave the phone in the other room. I still am on it more than I'd like to be, but decreasing phone usage has made me overall happier and more attentive. But I got a long way to go. I was even thinking about getting a shit 13 year old flip phone with nothing but buttons on it. We don't NEED to be connected to the internet 24 hours a day. We just don't.
We were better off when our phones were hung on the wall and the games we played were outside with our friends. Ah, the good old days.
Spotify knows I like sad music. That’s my baseline
I stayed in a place in rural Portugal without WiFi or cell data. I couldn't use the internet on my phone for 2 weeks and instead of going on my phone I had to do something else. It was amazing 😁
If society didn’t force us online with everyday tasks such as banking , bills and general things then it would make it much easier to avoid smartphones and even internet
Hell. Yeah. Thanks ASAP Science!