When I first started uni over 4 years ago (now graduated and working), I was very sharp.I could comprehend things, I was articulate, I had intuitive understanding of pretty complex systems and concepts, I was creative, fast, focused, thoughtful.But then I started spending a lot of time scrolling short-form content like tiktok, and wasn't doing any mind-engaging activities. I was and some days still mindlessly scroll tiktok for like 8 hours a day. I did that for years and now I am genuinely dumber than I was. I can actually recognize it and feel it, it feels like the connectivity in my brain is broken and I am actually having difficulty concentrating or even thinking deeply on things. I notice this at work especially, like I am trying to think but my brain is fucking empty and I feel retarded.I am almost 27, but brain plasticity makes me confident I can gain my intelligence back through disciplined effort. From now on, heavily weaning off scrolling until I permanently delete the tiktok app, and I will only be doing things that actually make me think.
>>84918085Try reading, or spending time outside with no phone. I go camping for a week at a time with 1 phone charge and I sleep like a baby and dont get dopamine cravings etc.
Just get one book on your phone and scroll that
>>84918085Gaming like 1 hour a day as a way to unplug can strangely help too.
>>84918085the solitary confinement of staying in a room all the time with minimal face-to-face is also a brain cell killer. i want to start attending group therapy taking classes or maybe volunteering and also getting more exercise so i can maybe avoid early-onset dementia.
