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Has anybody here successfully freed themselves from phone addiction? How did you do it? I need to drastically reduce my screentime by next year.
>in b4 delete apps
Doesn't work for me because my autistic ass will start scrolling thru pictures or the work safe internet. One idea I had was leaving my phone at home, but that has its obvious disadvantages.
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commit to a few phone-free days where you use it only for work purposes and nothing else
it breaks the habit which makes it easier to keep your usage light afterwards
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>>33953193
I've never been addicted to my smartphone because I use it mainly (but not all that often) use just as a phone. Even then, I don't usually answer the thing when it rings. It's just a tool I hardly use, not my master.
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try turning on greyscale so it's not as colorful and flashy. or if you're on iOS (im sure android has something similar, but its been a few years), turn on the screen time limits or have a focus mode with most notifications disabled.
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>>33953193
Leave the phone home. Discover that your world doesn't end when you don't check on what Taylor Swift is tweeting every 5 seconds.
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>>33953193
Leave it home. We got along fine without them for thousands of years.
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>>33953193
What problems are u facing with your phone, anon? Doom scrolling? Gooning to 4chan pron? Online gambling?
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me too
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>>33955447
Basically I reflexively reach for my phone anytime I have a task that takes more than 5 seconds of effort.

Today I locked my phone away in a cabinet first thing this morning. It worked at first, but by the end of the day I still ended up scrolling.
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>>33953193
Don’t have friends and don’t use social media



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