I see friends, family, strangers, subconsciously go for their phones during thoughtless times daily. Have a moment to think… Scroll. Showering with their phone propped up watching a video. First wake up and spend an hour or two frying the mind.
It has gotten so bad in my friend group and close family I swear they could not function emotionally without consuming content. When you bring it up or any negative about it. Anger, distasteful emotions. How do you talk, convince, gain real traction towards slowing or decreasing time spent. Once or twice a day could be ok. These people do it for sometimes hours daily. It’s sickening. Advice?
Do they have a reason not to?
We all have lots of very good reasons to keep phone usage to an absolute minimum. Not all screentime is inherently bad, but all of the big infinite scroll apps are designed to be as addictive as cigarettes.
I agree that those apps are crazy addictive. But like what’s the reason for them in particular to stop? What are they losing that’s of value to them?
Time with themself and others. Their ability to pay attention to things. A healthy baseline level of stimulation.