I have 12+ on work days...

You just described me, I don't use my phone at all (except for calls and messaging), but I use my laptop the entirety of the day.

Fr people are so late lol I was addicted to computers and now I'm addicted to phones too 😂

@@markmuller7962 Phones are slow and cumbersome to use compared to PCs though, only useful when not at home

I get cravings to go back home to my computer all the time while others around me are glued to their phone screens. It's harmful in a different way.

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.

My lil brother just broke his phone screen like 2 days ago, but we were all busy so we couldn't do anything yet. He only waited 1 whole day to get it repaired. But MAN, he was trippin hard, like he was asking how he was ever able to survive life before he had the phone and everything. He didn't wait long enough to break the phone addiction and snap back into reality. But I hope when he gets older he does

So where was it? 😅

You not alone!

To be fair everything is electronic now a days. My phone has my life on it. It's not even about getting my dopamine from social media, literally my life. Bank.. stock market... All my information I could see why you'd get the anxiety

​@@HUMANOID6969 this!! I can happily do without social media but if I lost my phone I'd be very anxious

How do you manage spending less time on your phone ?

@@leilasol i honestly just adopted a schedule that i stuck to. when i know what to do at a certain time i just dont procrastinate by picking my phone up. so you really need to build a habit i guess? but also find other things that make you feel relatively better so everytime you decide to scroll too much your brain kinda tells you to do another hobby of yours thats more fun

@@sonyclaystation I like that. Thank you 😊

sometimes I say to myself okay im gonna reduce my screentime, then im like.. okay.. what to do with all this free time? I don’t have a proper replacement for it. I wanna do something productive also enjoyable besides mu daily duties

Have the exact same experience - I’ve set time resteictions on apps I know I tend to check compulsively and try to do wind-down before bed (some days it’s better than others)

I get nauseated from Tiktok. My younger sister (gen Z) constantly sends me videos from tiktok, so I try to oblige her and watch them. But even then it gets to be too much.

⁠​⁠@@blojofosho133dumb take? I completely disagree. Obviously whether it be phone or laptop their still the same concept, can use the same apps and waste your life away. Although, a laptop has a longer loading time, not only do you have to open up your browsers, it’s not instant and things aren’t just a swipe away. And how many times do we get computer rage when things won’t load be frl? It helps us practice patience unlike our phones. And yt, is a whole different ball game then TikTok The long intros before even getting into the video, and not to meantion how their minutes maybe even hours long unlike mindlessly scrolling through 15 second long clips that only makes you feel worse abt yourself after

I watch a lot of movies and UKposts videos idk if it fits in social category but it's like 8+ hours of my day

the reason i hate the existance of youtube shorts

Are you sure you're not just drugging yourself with long format videos? If somebody watches TV for 4 hours a day - not to mention more - would you consider that normal and ok?

I used a social media platform as 10+ years old, started in 2005 or 2006. It was basically like ig/fb without the algorithm and other addictive things ofc. I remember it being really bad for my mental health at the time. I used to spend hours there being jealous of other people's lives as I imagined them.

I wish I was born in 90's too. Things were probably more natural and beautiful back then.

Born in 2000. Experienced both worlds while growing up. Loved them both.

Unfortunately I was born in 2010 and got my first device at 2

I remember a time before smartphones but I'm still addicted....

Sad but totally accurate

Yes !!

Read Dopamine Nation it talks about this comparison

NOT TRUE!!! BAD HEALTH ADVICE!!!

​@@adamabramson2504how?

@@adamabramson2504bozo

but hey, apples stock went all time high for a moment in human history and a bunch of wealthy investors increased their wealth

Reading books all day causes the same issues and people have been doing that for centuries. There are way more people affected now of course.

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 :)

Yeah.

Yeah let's make a whatsapp group to talk about it... no, wait

If you want to procrastinate less and concentrate better on studying you can study with me here. Instead of watching videos on youtube you can have a video of me studying and keeping you company, so you don't get distracted. You can make youtube into something useful instead of a distraction. I study for 1-3 hours with breaks in between while I keep you company If you're interested, feel free to study with study videos of mine Hopefully it will be useful for you...

​@@_Ginger_Tea_Nice self promotion. But. Nah ill pass😢

Have you heard of ATOMSUNPLUGGED? There’s two days a week that we turn off our phone for 24 hours. It’s Tuesdays and or Thursdays. They call in no tech Tuesday or no tech Thursday. The thing that makes this so successful is 1. Some folks use it for a free out of work day. The law in the states prohibits the termination of employment due to “ creed or religious beliefs “ and it’s become a “ moral impedance “ to be mandated to use phones at work and in the event they refuse they are deemed unfit to do the job. 2. You start doing it and telling friends about it , it spreads a lot. And quick. It becomes an attachment point where you and your friends essentially re bond over things that the rest of the world forgot. 3. It’s literally like being unplugged in the matrix. A whole different world of experience and events like fight club sort of only the no tech days are to be kept alive by not talking about the cool or fun stuff they did on that day online. I like my no tech days for urban exploration. Others like family vacation. Whatever you’re into or curious about getting into this is a good place to start. 4. Some people litterally do it’s a giant you know what … to alpha beta bad guys like google and ads peoples. 5.Theres almost always someone we know who will do it with you. No matter what you do with it there’s only good that can come of it .

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 UKposts for about an hour a day, but otherwise have other things to do. It's freeing.

UKposts 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 UKposts, 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

good luck ❤

absolutely! It's the human equivalent of the rats in plain empty cages versus the enriched environment in the experiments.

there’s a great video by the book Leo talking about how our stress from a busy life or just dull jobs is what is causing phone addictions, not solely the phones, (she mentions the phones do play a part though, cuz yeah they do)

I struggled with ADHD throughout my school life. In college, I was constantly distracted on my phone instead of studying and I became very depressed. I realized the hard way that I needed a physically active job with a light mental load, and I quit school to clean houses. Now I get to scrub tubs and listen to my audiobooks 😌

​@@farelimm Good for you I'm sort of stuck in life and then I go online and go into to search engine to look stuff up but Google for some reason had to put a Twitter bar down below the articles and I might have a really bad compulsion like my head will literally start hurting or get worried if I don't check comments on Twitter or Reddit and etc. I already know it's going to be bad but my brain is like nope you will feel anger and annoyed my biggest problem with internet in general is how people get online and run there mouths like I try to be respectful but everybody gets heart when there online and feel they can just say and make fun of people or kick people when there down and out like wow. Like I don't understand people it seems sorry for the rant friend but I had to get this off my chest and that being said I guess I should just stay away from anything involving politics or sports on the Internet because people turn sadistic and my mental state is not as good as use to be.😢

@@depressed3083 I understand the comment compulsion, I have the same problem. Only thing that has helped me with that is to simply limit my internet time. In the meantime, change your username, open your curtains, and close the laptop. Get some vitamin D and fresh air, my friend! Drink water!! Volunteer for a good cause and do kind things for those who need it! Most of all, each day is a gift. Being thankful every day no matter how dark circumstances seemed helped me out of my own head and got me focused on others. Cheers 🥂

I love snake game

And you could determine how long a friend spent on their phone by their high score in snake 😂

Snake game???

​@@rebeccahylant7695 yeah

​@@rebeccahylant7695I think they mean one were a pixel collects other pixel and grows, the shape was like a snake.

Same!!!

I don't use social media but I am still addicted to UKposts. A type of social media itself. Trying to limit that.

Man I struggle with this. It is so hard to stay away from your phone while watching TV and then you miss what goes on in the TV show. I would love to know how long it took you to get over this

@@garlicman82 It was surprisingly not difficult. When the phone is in the other room and I catch myself starting to reach for it, realizing it's in the other room, I'm also reminded that I left it in the other room on purpose so I'd stop compulsively checking it. It has probably also helped that I was just so irritated with my behavior that I just don't want to repeat it, so it's easier for me to just leave it in the other room. Good luck to you! If I can do it, you can!

@@kellyro77 ahhh cool. Well I appreciate the encouragement !

One step at a time

ATOMSUNPLUGGED has no tech Tuesdays or Thursdays. Just ask that you keep what you do with those you do it with off the internet, and spread it around so more of us can re bond re bound and revive UNPLUGGED. plus you actually make money by doing it, less advertising in your face !

true. We use are our phones to pay for things now such as the DC Metro. Businesses seem to expect that everyone has a smartphone which they carry with them everywhere

Boomers used to preach against computer/phone overuse so much but now they shuddup because the economy is digital. It was bad as long we were doing it for fun, now it's "for work and necessary". Overuse is guided and legitimised top-down from the economy.

If you want to procrastinate less and concentrate better on studying you can study with me here. Instead of watching videos on youtube you can have a video of me studying and keeping you company, so you don't get distracted. You can make youtube into something useful instead of a distraction. I study for 1-3 hours with breaks in between while I keep you company If you're interested, feel free to study with study videos of mine Hopefully it will be useful for you...

it sucks to be born on this generation

​@@sabrinadiyorioYou can choose to opt out and not participate. And I think more and more people of your generation are feeling that way and wanting to, but they don't want to be the odd one out among their peers. Maybe you could improve your own life while at the same time showing other people that it's possible ... you could be a leader in improving life for your generation and those that follow..

Yeah i agree all (if not most) the negatives could be linked back to social media

It's not just social media, people get addicted to all sorts of things on the internet

Not just social media, video games are also there.

preach 🙌

Not just social media. I don't have any of the popular social medias but I'm still addicted to my phone. Deleting the distracting apps has freed up space and attention to work on actual projects that will improve my skills and my life, but I always relapse back to my phone eventually.

Totally agree with you.

Same. I’ve been told how mature of an adult I became when i graduated high school and when i heard that I felt like i was ready for retirement and planning my funeral

Good luck to you for keeping a healthy lifestyle. And Not to ignore most of your points, but I really hate how people went on about how mall shopping is terrible because of the over consumerism but now everyone’s ordering foods via apps and going on Amazon to buy everything.

Technology has ruined us all.

Try minimalism and use flip phones instead.

wow,the method you use is excellent!GOOD IDEA!

How do you call each other?

@@joeyswoosh5 we do not call each other much, but we have a home phone. My oldest daughter has an iphone 4 that is only good for texts and calls. My husband has a work cell phone. This "technique" is not something I developed to try to minimize phone time, but rather just not buying any phones and using castoffs from family members as they upgrade.

​@@joeyswoosh5Skype I guess

​@@Abcd-jz4gpto be able to contact them when out and about without having to use other people's phones/landlines

They're gone forever

@@pouyan_m I know 😞

@amycohen5 Ive come so far that now i wish i was born before invention of samrtphone and internet

I sincerely wish I was born ten years earlier for many reasons and having an entire childhood without a smartphone would be a very good reason.

@@iantaakalla8180 i agree

You are not alone, I too self critic myself for being addicted thinking I’m becoming less intelligent and stuttering in speech.

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

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Germany. Really need

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?

Same lol

You just have a problem... especially if your on tik tok, insta, twitter, Facebook the main social media. I'm only on UKposts and that's technically a video platform.

@@shaunmacready701 i just watch youtube and play games on my phone mostly 💀

@anniemontion8816 yeah incase your curious go into your settings well being and just check out how much time you spend on your apps etc. My daughter used to say she doesn't spend much time on social media, then we checked her stats and I was like yeah you do. My wife says I don't use Facebook much, checked stats. Yes she spent most her time without realising. I'm about 35 hours a week that's including d8sney plus, netflix, which is 25 hours a week I don't watch TV I use mobile only in bed at night. When off work I use an app for s video game I play around 5 hours per week and 4 hour on UKposts. I listen to meditation music to fall asleep too. Check out your wellbeing stats you might be surprised.

nah that's so real, there must be a magnetic field between mine too. 💀

Jesús loves you

This. Also, i would like whatsapp can have a log off option. Im trying to focus on my work and i noticed that the stories option on social media is a trap, because people tend to compare themselves and their activities

Just turn off notifications

@@susannewillert2685 That’s what I did. I will admit that UKposts is still my kryptonite, though. So. Much. Information. 🤗

​@@nikindd I have a WhatsApp that I can turn off the wifi in. It helps SO MUCH especially if I'm studying something on my phone

Yeah, I think often even a small barrier is enough to give you a moment to think if you actually want to go on that app or if you're just compulsively checking it.

God forbid you use your phone to listen to music to help you concentrate on work, listen to music while working out, or even *gasp* listen to an audiobook (bonus points for reading the physical copy along with listening to the audio)...

Living* in the moment

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

@@ALY_SAIFUDDIN I honestly felt the opposite, time going too slow while using my phone

You'll get there. It just takes time and little tenacity, so try to be patient and especially good to yourself on days when things don't go your way. Wishing you the best.🙏🙏

Yeah, Apple really needs to bring back the ipod nano. Especially the ipod classic.

Nu leer ik Nederlands op Duolingo. Though I could do some stuff to limit my use of UKposts on my PC. I think I've about got my phone addiction stomped after deleting socials. One thing that prevents me from going for a flip phone is that I want to use Discord since I chat with my closest friends that way

Omg I was gonna comment something similar ! me too with reading and I am concerned lol

Exactly, because you've been selectived of what you see or what you read, and not only just receiving random information without control.

I wondered this exact same thing through the whole video. Eg. watching study lectures from your phone is very different thing from doom scrolling instagram, but both are 'screen time'

I think as far as dope goes, it is better to read a physical book than electronic. But is it as bad as tiktok? Definitely not! I would say to try to get books for your local library or buy then physically if you can. I realize this isn't always feasible, but imagine a world with no libraries. That just doesn't sit right with me. I go and check books out even if I don't get to reading them just so they stay around. Its amazing the wealth of knowledge most folks have access to at their local library. Plus many libraries are beautiful and offer a unique experience and vibe when visiting.

THIS. My personal hobbies are to make music using FL studio and use my drawing tablet to draw environments. This technically counts as screen time, but it’s not negatively impacting me the same way scrolling through UKposts shorts does to me. I think there should be a distinction between the two

This is rlly good advice. Hope your symptoms aren't too bad

Same here. I barely use social media (unless UKposts counts), but my iPad is usually my source of entertainment when I really don’t have the energy for much else. It’s difficult to know whether I should prioritize screen use so I can connect with others, learn new things and be entertained or if the cons outweigh the pros and I should learn to have a bit more of a boring life. Timed lock sounds like a good idea, though

​@@creativename3256Read a paper book and lock yourself out of your phone. This is my plan. ❤