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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @alt 7h \ on: Cell phone addiction ideasfromtheedge
This speaks to me. I realised I am suffering from phone addiction some months ago. Now that I'm aware of it, I see how it's a daily struggle, and I see so many more people suffering with the same.
I picked up a dumb phone and now I only take my smartphone out when I actually need it. It also has no SIM card so I can't access the internet without WiFi.
I think my partner is suffering from the same and I am trying to wean her off it too. The problem is short form content. We both find it so easy to open up YouTube shorts and scroll for hours, and afterwards I ask myself, was any of that content actually useful or entertaining? Mostly it seems to just be a distraction, even the funny clips and memes aren't that funny.
Some days I genuinely feel like I hate my smartphone for the effect it has on me. I can't bring myself to throw it away though because so much of my digital life is on here.
You couldn't have said it better, you just described the situation of many. That's right, that's what those short formats were designed for, so that you get distracted easily, and spend more time hooked on seeing things that don't interest you, even now the algorithm is based on showing you content about things that bother you to generate frustration and annoyance and you get hooked on making comments arguing. You already took 2 first steps, 1 realizing that there is a problem and 2 taking action by switching to a basic phone. I'm happy for you.
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