What Happens To Your Brain When You Mindlessly Scroll?
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Me: mindlessly scrolling on youtube
RUclips: lets make him realise
RUclips is our best friend 🙃
@iNSTAGiB Who doesn't?
Lol
@@freefocut I agree😳😌
seriously though
I have managed to completely give up social media, I can’t even remember the last I got on Facebook, Instagram,and Snapchat. I feel great and I’m not even interested in going back but I still have one big addiction and that is RUclips. It’s almost impossible for me to quit this
me too, your comment is me to a T
Same here
Same here. That and the game Ocean Is Home 2 on the android.
If youre watching ‘productive’ videos like these i think youtube is fine
is YT that bad tho? to me, it's just during work hours since I'm working from home.. but yeah, I'm not on IG, FB, SC, etc
When you're using your phone to tell you why using your phone is bad.
He’s not saying it’s all bad, he’s explaining why you need to prioritize your time and spend less time on your phone.
😂
he is using it a source of income
I love that spelling m8!
@@andrejz8954M8’
I once read something amazing in a book.
"Overstimulation is inversely proportional to perception."
And this makes so much sense. The more you deprive your senses of external stimulus like phones, the more perceptive you become. Your ability to think and imagine, to create, it soars back high and suddenly you're not crippled by the need for stimuli.
Overstimulation is also the concept used in arcades, casinos, etc. to make people spend greater amounts for some 'positive' stimulus.
its not always "social interaction" its also just plain boredom, we so used to get entertained by our phones that we get bored so quickly and need that stimulus again
This. I dont really use social media, my phone is on flight mode or don't disturb 99% of the time. But I use it to watch Netflix and YT. I even have my phone in the shower...
because we cant be alone with ourselves
Yeah bro 😢 would go insane without having something to distract myself
yes! I'm only 14 so I can't really go out as much as a adult off work
Exactly. My phone has been on Do Not Disturb ever since I got it so notifications don’t bother me as much so nowadays I just use my phone whenever I’m bored or want to talk to a friend online. And online school too, I guess.
The benefits of reducing mobile usage:
1. Cognitive improvement
2. Increased attention span
3. Inc sleep quality
4. Better relationships
5. Dec anxiety,depression
But relationships start out by chatting these days. Right?
@@nilesh_jeetun1677 touch some grass bro, thats not true I think...
It's like fire it can cook your food or burn your house . It depends on how to use it . If using only when we need it then it would be fine
@@nilesh_jeetun1677 It really does seem like that. we are all addicts so everyone is an enabler. it's a scary thing really
Doesnt sound accurate
I think it also depends what your current environment is. I recently went on a 4 day trek in the remote rainforests of Colombia where i didn't use my phone and I didn't miss it all. I was very in the moment, somewhere new, somewhere amazing. I actually got anxiety when I got back to civilization and all my notifications came back. This would be much harder to achieve in the big city where I live in for sure.
i agree
I recently went to a Mexico City and same thing, I only pulled it out to check for directions or whatnot, never to scroll social media, not even when I was ready to go to bed. It’s so frustrating because I want to be like that at home, too, but it feels impossible .. even though clearly I’m capable of it
I get that! Mindless scrolling is a symptom of something bigger. If your every day life throws you somewhere where you don't use phone and are happy with it (like the rainforest) of course you'll be very happy offline!
For real, whenever I go to my mom's side of the family for any weddings/anniversaries/retirement parties i enjoy so much with my uncles aunts and cousin I forget that my phone exists
i've never used tiktok, and wached only long videos on youtube. Im really happy about that.
This is also deteriorating ur brain...need to stop youtube too..cz its stimulating
Reduction is the key here. I've been taking slow steps to distance myself from my phone the last few months. Think of disabling notifications, only replying a couple times a day, leaving it faced down at my desk, ... All these things are very small changes, but I'm sure even those have benefits over time
Go you that is great
i lost it
I also disabled my notifications for months. it’s great since I have anxiety and my phone make it worse, like a monster in my head. I don’t use any other apps except RUclips, I’m trying to manage this one 😅.
I havent had notifications on my phone for years
@@Nowhere9 I get anxious from my phone as well, got parents that feel I need to be available 24/7 regardless, not just to answer the phone but to reply to texts. At some point I had a short bike-ride with traffic lights in my favour and mum exploded at me for not reacting with 64 messages... That's when I made massive Do Not Disturb windows (which mum called through so I had her blocked for a year after non-stop doing so during driving lessons, she could still reach me through my stepdad's phone and they're always together.)
I liked it, now I just go on DnD all the time, reading, movies, gaming, gym, work, socialising. Over the years I rely on it less and less since I got much less anxiety around calls, as well feeling fine with ignoring casual messages until I got the proper time to respond. Also glad I did this years ago since my parents still don't respect my work-schedule, but at least now they're used to DnD and if they disrespect that, I will just block them.
(Argument about 'emergencies' has been made but what emergency would happen that they'd need me right there and then and I could make a difference...)
Working in a medical lab has its perks. We have to assume everything is contaminated so no cell phones are allowed. I only check it when I'm at break, and this really allows me to focus on my work and be truly present in the moment.
I can’t use my phone at work either. How do you do when you can use your phone?
@@Jo-lp1px My break times are really the few times I let myself go full phone mode and as I'm leaving work. Once I'm home, I'm not really on it unless I'm actively texting. I also have a set time to do any mindless scrolling in the evening so I'm not super tempted to do it outside that window.
i work in a hardware and i’m glad i’m not allowed to. use my phone too but i use it a lots outside of work
you are very lucky!
I am gonna read books to get knowledge.
Deleted all my social media except this, now I'm addicted to listening documentaries or infotainment in general.
Been trying to explain to my family members who text me TikToks all day why they should stop. Thank you so much for this 😂
Social media and apps that enables the mindless scrolling has allowed my procrastination to get out of hand and recently I’ve had this gut feeling that I need to change it since it has made me fall behind on responsibilities and things that I do really value, long term.
This video made it clear and gave me that last push to make some well needed lifestyle changes!
Does anybody else identify with the issues described above? Would be nice knowing I’m not alone.
Let’s dive headfirst in to the withdrawals!!
Same I’ve noticed the increased anexity knowing I need to get things done but I’m on my phone
@@CrashCarson14 yup precisely the same here, was productive today which felt good and no endless scrolling on YT shorts or the like!
@@chairmanm7686 I’m very bad at it in the mornings
you are definitely not alone. scrolling makes my procrastination so easy.
Thats me completely. It’s what i think is the root cause of all my problems but i cant stop. I try to be mindful about it but it doesnt always work
Just wondering if the internet were to be shut down just for 1 day all around the world. What exactly would happen?
FINANCIAL CRISIS
btw im not a native english speaker, thats why my english suckssssss
The world will corrupt
A lot of plane crashes :(
People would get super bored, super quick
For me the issue is doomscrolling. It’s a classic reassurance seeking behaviour which I’ve had before with anxiety. I’m trying to cut down but it’s very difficult. The last three years have been a cauldron of uncertainty and fear, all delivered in real time through the phone. I’ve started leaving it behind when going places which has helped.
Yes, if anything this video and hearing everyone claim things are getting worse now just makes me want to look more. (Not trying to insult anyone, you’re all free to discuss your experience
Social media makes me feel that iam not alone, while the real world makes me feel lonely.
i switched to a flip phone 3 weeks ago and i've experienced all these things, notably decreased anxiety and depression which I've struggled with for a decade, and increased attention span (I have ADHD). one sort of negative thing i've experienced is how few of my "friends" interact with me now that i don't use social media and it's easier to call than text (though many of them wouldn't know because these people don't text me either!). It feels like a loss because I have fewer social interactions, but the quality of my social interactions has increased a lot. I don't want to interact with people who won't put in the slightest effort to talk to me, and without my head in my phone, i've talked to interesting strangers out in the world (i was previously so anxious i never thought i could do this but it's awesome).
i also do feel a lot smarter, though i've always been considered intelligent. my phone was seriously making me a zombie. i'm 20 and have had a smartphone since i was probably 12. it repulses me to think of where my brain - intellectually and socially - could be if i never was addicted to a smartphone, but i'm just happy i quit when i did. the way tech is going terrifies me for all generations (my mom is so addicted to her phone!) but especially kids. a great book to read if you want to fix your relationship to your phone but don't want to give it up completely like i did is How To Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price. the first half if the theory/science of how smartphones addict us and some terrifying statistics, then the second half is a 30 day baby-steps guide to 'break up with your phone'. 11/20 recommend. you can also reply and AMA about getting a flip phone, but Jose Briones' channel on YT and the subreddit r/dumbphones are top resources. pls take ur health seriously.
I’m 22, and I did this at 20 as well. Got rid of my smart phone. I ended up giving in a year later and got my smart phone back because I do use it for work/college and it’s convenient. But of course I’m addicted again.
Kudos to you because that is no small feat!!
@@MuzicOutlet Whole society now just 'relies' on phones, I get my work schedule through a phone-only app, gym-sign-in are also phone only, there's other conviences that are available on a PC as well, like bank, e-mail, etc. but phones are significantly faster. Heck, I need my private phone at a job I never imagined needing it, because of certain apps and code-scanning. Caught me off-guard day one since it's like 'Ok, just download these apps real quick.' 'Uhm, I left my phone at home...' '....' '....' It's even in my contract to not have your phone on you during work. :'')
I've mostly just eliminated the things causing me more 'harm' than good, such as social media and being available 24/7, but I kept banking, some life-management stuff, gym app, banking apps, music, etc. RUclips and kindle are still on there but not easily available, if I open them it's for 10m+
I still have a smartphone, just no social media, and I still feel some of your pain. Even put my number up and such but people who would text me and asked to hangout just never contacted me again after I got off social media. Has definetly helped me be “in reality” more haha. The few who do stay in contact with me i feel a lot closer to at least. A wise man once said, it’s better to have a single quarter than 25 Pennies
@@niya3550 how cheap was your phone and what kind of phone did you get?
Quitting phone these days for a med school student like me is flat out impossible to be honest. So much communication is there with my classmates, with professors, so many study materials, etc.
I think it's not the phone that should be quit, it's the usage to be culled down. Easiest way to do this is to delete all social media like tikotok, Instagram. Too bad I am addicted to educational RUclips videos ahaha
came here to say this. how am I going to talk to the people i need to talk to? how am I gonna access our class dropbox full of study materials?
I too hated that aspect of school. Why deal with books and papers if literally everything is PowerPoint slides and Google docs? Even team projects are zoom calls
Same here
exactly and its even harder to avoid during online school. my eyes feel so strained most of the time due to my leisure time being spent online and school time as well.
agreed so much of uni work nowadays is on our phones. i wanna quit fb so much but i cant cause i got course gcs on there and club events
Great video!!
3 days no smartphone and i feel soooo free and more calm
I feel my stress level raised after long scrolling on social media .In contrast , my stress level droped when i exercising, reading books, writing or long walk with my favourite music .
Never felt so targeted in my life. The audacity.
The gall
Oh, you'll feel more targeted if you see how often apps try to track you in the background. Duckduckgo tracking protection beta is a revelation.
A ousadia
You feel the targeting unlike advertising on phones etc. Explicit is not the goal with smartphone except to trigger soothing behavior. My digital pacifier
Try a Nokia! Put your sim card in there and leave your smartphone at home when you leave. That way you're still available for emergencies, but can't get distracted anymore. And when you're home, turn off the smartphone and put it in the bottom of a drawer somewhere. Or get rid of the smartphone entirely. I've personally done that for 6-12 months three times and those were the best times of my lives. Went from average grades to getting the highest grades of my schools, found a bunch of new passions and actually spent time on them, and suddenly had the energy to hang out with friends 4 times a week instead of just wanting to sleep all day every day. Living WITH a smartphone is making you miss out on life, not the other way around! Wishing you all the best!
I don’t know if the problem is interaction with the apps themself or the “mindless” aspect of it. A good way to stay connected while limiting is to delete them from your phone but use them on your laptop. That 1 small extra step is enough to stop mindless dopamine satisfaction but stay connected to everyone when you need to be.
I do that.
@Alexa Tri OMG YES. i deleted tiktok but still keep instagram and facebook just for contact purposes. then they put out the reels...
@Alexa Tri bruh fr
Yeah once you actually try to stop using social media you’ll see that theres nothing to “stay connected” to. Social media is irrelevant as hell especially when you have loved ones irl that you can bother instead
@@Louise-kz3zs iirc you can disable shorts, there are several ways to do it you can find online
Funny how a lot of issues can be resolved by simply touching grass. Your videos are highly insightful. Keep up the great work. I learn a lot from each one.
Every time I find myself mindlessly scrolling youtube shorts, I always want to do something else, like reading something or watching something, but my brain is just shut off at that moment and it takes a bit to just quit it and do what I was supposed to / wanted to do.
I deleted all social media apps after developing carpal tunnel, and the first week I kept checking my phone even though there was nothing there to check. But it eventually went away and I'm feeling much better. I also replaced my social media time with reading and now I'm reading 3-4 books a week. Before I quit my phone, I never had the attention span to even finish one.
Wow I think this was for me.
I assume you're reading the physical books, but how do you feel about the Kindle Paperwhite? I mean it's still a screen so... I bought the new Paperwhite but I feel and know my attention span is weak and I can't really finish books.
3-4 books a week? Depending on the size that's gotta be 8-12 hours a day of reading.
@@dieseldouche7735 books I'm reading are about 300 pages usually. I read 2-3 hours a day during the week and on the weekends about 5-6 hours a day and it takes me about 1 hour to read 50 pages, so I can read a book in about 2 days. it sounds like a lot but I was admittedly spending about that much time scrolling social media before
@@kiwi8476 yes reading physical books but it's just a matter of preference. just replace the time you'd spend on social media with reading and see what happens!
3:00 Since checking your phone is such a low cost effort that will cause us to always decide to check it. That's why I love the piece of advice from Thomas Frank gives which is to log out of your social media apps every time you close them so if you want to check the app again you have to log back in and that will increase the effort needed. This helps people check their phone only when necessary.
Try a Nokia! Put your sim card in there and leave your smartphone at home when you leave. That way you're still available for emergencies, but can't get distracted anymore. And when you're home, turn off the smartphone and put it in the bottom of a drawer somewhere. Or get rid of the smartphone entirely. I've personally done that for 6-12 months three times and those were the best times of my lives. Went from average grades to getting the highest grades of my schools, found a bunch of new passions and actually spent time on them, and suddenly had the energy to hang out with friends 4 times a week instead of just wanting to sleep all day every day. Living WITH a smartphone is making you miss out on life, not the other way around! Wishing you all the best!
yea i i just told
that’s wise. also, i’m your 69th like lmao
@@RobinPoggers nice
I just delete it lol
your personality is literally everything
Sometimes I close tiktok just to open it again not even realizing it
As someone who quit social media, I advise you find something to replace it with that makes you feel good. Like any addiction, quitting leaves a hole that you need to fill. For me, I decided to start learning Japanese to procrastinate, i enjoy memorising words and I feel good when I see myself improving. Not for everyone I know but find something that does the same for you, it could be a puzzle game, a book or anything, so long as it’s not harming you c
RUclips is technically social media cuz it is media shared socially by people
I switched it for speed/coke
@@wolfetteplays8894 omg are we the same person? lol I’ve been using cocaine in this way. and you’re so right about finding something positive to replace that addiction with ! 😄
@@Lucas-bf5gs 💀
I’m gna quite the phone n go catch Pokémon.
15 years back we barely had a telephone in our house.No stress, tension, or feeling of missing something. Just going with the moment and enjoying the upbringing time of childhood where we always had fun playing outside. I had focus, concentration and sleep too. Now if I don't use my smartphone I feel that I'm missing a big thing in the world.
I’m 28 years old and those days of freedom and no judgment from people are long gone my friend. I like the technology I hate social media
@@anthonychacon2107 actually we can't ignore technology..just need a balanced between real life and technology
I think you were just young dude😂😂😂
I agree ever since I got my first smartphone I developed FOMO (fear of missing out)
@@thebigson8721 Right? Lol. Guy is talking as if he grew up in the 50’s.
The iPhone came out 15 years ago.
And pretty much every working age adult had a cellphone of some kind by 2007. Computers at home were pretty rooted by then as well.
I was mindlessly scrolling when I found this
The reason I get anxiety when parting with my phone is because I do and have everything on it, not that I'm missing out. My phone has a flashlight, camera, voice recorder, note pad, art album, calendar, calculator, dictionary. These are things that I use every single day. I now have the luxury of having them in one place and I get pretty frustrated when I have to source these things individually. The bottom line is I feel as if my phone has everything I need so not having it makes me feel unprepared, it's like going out with an empty purse.
Phones are, indeed, very useful.
I imagine often that if you introduced them to an ancient society, they would recognize it as the most useful tool of their lives and consult it for the weather, growing seasons, and math.
Not only that, but phones would also provide the miracle of light, can remember everything to the last detail, and can gather information about lands never before seen.
They would recognize it as a tool so useful it shouldn't be overused.
Text message recieved:
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!!!
I'd like to get a phone case with a magical feel so I can always remember what an innovation my phone is, but I can't find it. I should make my own... I feel bad about being dependent.
@@hostuu5210 the importt thing is to use it wisely
If you will be trying to quit using your phone for some time, I recommend having more than 2 hobbies that can pull your attention. I advise gardening, aquaculture, vermiculture (for those who are not afraid of earthworms and actually find them cute and adorable), cooking and baking, small population farm (preferably chickens, ducks, turkeys as these are pretty independent when left on their own. I advise though to keep an eye on them.) Hope this helps.
aw thank our for your comment, it's so cute
great advice
Thanks for the advice :)
I agree. I mostly use my phone for informational n research purposes as a teaching device. Other than checking emails of course.
I stay busy with work, mechanics, carpentry/building things, cooking, etc. I live a very calm life. Although I’m not as social as a “normal” person. I’d say.
Also to try a flip phone! Put your sim card in there and leave your smartphone at home when you leave. That way you're still available for emergencies, but can't get distracted anymore. And when you're home, turn off the smartphone and put it in the bottom of a drawer somewhere, if getting rid of it entirely sounds too scary. Or get rid of the smartphone entirely. I've personally done that for 6-12 months three times and those were the best times of my lives. Went from average grades to getting the highest grades of my schools, found a bunch of new passions and actually spent time on them, and suddenly had the energy to hang out with friends 4 times a week instead of just wanting to sleep all day every day. Living WITH a smartphone is making you miss out on life, not the other way around!
Maybe I'm too anti-social or something, but I get anxiety when my phone is getting too many notifications. Whenever I get more than like 1 person at a time, I stress out and put it on do-not-disturb and go do something else. If I'm not on work hours, I often lose my phone somewhere in the house and it doesn't bother me one bit. To keep it under control, anything non-essential I automatically disable notifications, and I always disable notifs from group messages. I'll check it when I have time.
Dude I had to literally pause this video and stop 🛑 to read your comment. I can’t listen to a person speaking and comprehend what I’m reading at the same time. But me too!
Gotta let go of the term 'anti-social' and start using 'asocial', they are very different and the latter is what you are describing.
Stop over eating proccessed sugar it's the reason for high blood pressure and over stress
@@Niloufasay according to Google, they’re not that different. They can be used interchangeably. How would you say they are *very* different?
@@leelee8720 A quick Google would also bring up what is associated with these two terms. With anti-social also having asocial traits *but* is also used to describe criminal behavior.
I don’t use social media (except RUclips, which I’m trying to quit). The idea of not having social media apps seems to be incomprehensible to anyone I have ever talked to irl, and that’s a big problem
"I hate this thing, that is I love it more than anything in the world"
This sentence sums up my addiction😢
honestly while its hard to quit, it feels great to be without my phone. i wish i could just throw it in the trash. but i cant, i need it for some aspects in daily life :/
Exactly. Especially with the pandemic- the world has integrated phones and social media into necessity and it’s scary :/ it used to be a boomer thing to be like “lmao technology bad” and it’s not that it IS bad but that it’s addictive and too much of a good thing is not a good thing. And yet here we are lmao…
when you bring up the study relating depression and phone usage i think its important to note that its probably also the fact you’re depressed that makes you use your phone more rather than just using your phone more making you depressed
idk but that’s where my mind went
That's likely it. A lot of the people ive seen/met (including myself but have cut back as i reached adult hood) using social media heabily/religiously are generally struggling with interpersonal issues and things online or things devices in general can give them access to, either helps, or acts as a distraction, or is a full on addiction.
I totally agree. Kind of upset that’s how they worded it after being such big proponents of correlation ≠ causation.
@@nwcam exactly- i couldn’t remember what it was called but yes correlation≠causation
@@nwcam they didn't say it caused depression. Unless you have a timestamp I missed? They said it "may be associated" with depression and "it is hard to say whether your phone causes depression."
I reduced my social media usage since I wasted my days off in 2020 scrolling through world issue Tweets.
Now I prioritize my hobbies.
True. Learned it from watching for myself.
The easiest way quit it is to use your laziness to your benefit. If you quickly delete an app before thinking about it, it creates a small barrier of redownloading that somehow stopped me from using the app again.
Me with dating apps...when I do download it I usually get mad then that makes me undownload it quicker
I quit facebook 12 years ago, and it was one of the best things I ever did for myself!
My mother deleted my Facebook account 7 years ago because she thought I was too young to be on Facebook. Best decision
It’s not only about Facebook tho. Everything on your phone
now Instagram
I did a dopamine reset few months ago. Wow.
Highly recommend!!
There's obviously so many good things to gain for quitting your phone so I'm gonna try and do it tomorrow and probably document it too.. great video👍
I find that my phone use increases drastically when I don't like what I'm doing. For my job, I research and write on various topics. If I like the topic, I can go without touching my phone for hours. If I find the topic uninteresting, I find myself opening twitter or ig for no real reason every few minutes.
But I definitely am addicted to my phone. Even when I'm reading or crocheting, I lose focus on what I'm doing after about half an hour because I want to look at something on my phone and all my mental energy focuses on that. I will for sure try to incrementally decrease my unproductive screen time.
This! I've noticed this with me too. I've found that I use it to procrastinate.
Maybe it's just me but I feel like I use my phone differently than what this video describes as phone addiction. I dont often get text notifications nor spend a lot of time looking at posts on insta or tik tok (dont even have that one) where I feel like I'm comparing myself to others. I spend LOTS of time on my phone but I follow accounts for my hobbies to keep me updated (formula 1, bmx, powerlifting, memes, etc.) and mostly spend my time watching informative videos on RUclips so I feel like I'm always learning. Idk maybe I'm saying this to cope with my phone addiction but I honestly feel like you can be on it a lot while not corrupting your mental health. Social media can be destructive but also constructive depending on how you use it.
He's not saying this applies to every single person. If you don't feel like you want to change anything, that's great. However, I do also feel like there is something weird probably about constant stimulation whether this is social media or Watchung educational videos all the time. It is still affecting our brain and I'm sure it also has some negative impacts. But for you the positives might outweigh the negative
this is exactly how I use my phone, glad I'm not the only one
Yes that's me too
This is exactly the way I see it too omggg
I agree as well.
Been using Fabulous for several years! It’s great!
When my phone was broken i had no phone for a week and in the beginning it was really Strange but in the end it was soooo peacefull, i rlly loved it
The hard part is when you convince yourself you are being productive on your phone, whether it's reading the news, checking emails, or of course watching informative RUclips videos. I realize this is probably better than social media, but still just as easy to get sucked in.
I can relate. I haven’t been on Facebook and Instagram like that lately but RUclips on the other hand is my only struggle with social media and though this week isn’t as bad as last week it’s still very easy to get drawn in to it 😑
I've had my phone on "do not desturb" for 7 years now and it does help a lot in being in the moment when it's important to me
do not disturb is so nice to have on
I been watching your videos for so long . I love sceinece and I love your personality 💕 thank you for doing what you do.
I’ve quit all my social media and tiktok. Still use RUclips but not as much. My partner did this as well, one thing I was surprised with was how amazing exhausted I was after the first few days. It was like once my brain didn’t have constant stimulation and reward being shoved into it all day every day, it could and needed to rest. I was exhausted and spent a lot of time sleeping but I could also tell I needed it.
I 100% felt this with Instagram, I spent a year or two glued to it... Once I quit it was super super tough... But finally I am away from it and much much happier for it.
yea.... but right now im in a situation that got me a bit worried ... my one friend only uses insta and not whtsapp and I need to ask her for some school related stuff ( as she and I and r in a same grp and the teachr gave her the file as I was absent on that day )but now Im kind of scared to go back on insta ... so that it doset get to me again and she keeps forcing me to come back on insta so that we could talk .. i really don't wanna get back to the insta shit took me 3 months to completely quit it and now im anxious ,scared,lost about what to do ..
@@youknowwho7896 I get your situation. There's always some anxiety when you're forced to do something that you previously quit. Well, I don't know how to put it, but it's the fear that you might lose the satisfaction you gained since you stopped using insta.
I guess in your case, you could ask your friend to mail the stuff. Everyone should be having an email id, i suppose. But if your friend is forcing you to get back, remember, it's your life and you take decisions that's good for you. So you might hold your ground.
me too but with tiktok ... i haven't been on the app for the past 3-4 months :D
@@youknowwho7896 Maybe it would help to make another account and don't follow anyone on it, so you can still open the app but hopefully not get sucked in
my daily average screen time this week so far is 12 hours and 13 minutes. last weeks average was 14 hours 27 minutes. and the week before that was 15 hours 51 minutes. I think it's safe to say that it's an addiction and definitely has a negative impact on my sleep, social/personal life, mental health, and physical health. I won't go into detail but it ain't good. perhaps the scarier part is that there are a lot of teens who are in the same (or at least similar) boat. and it's kinda hard to quit it, especially if trying to do it alone.
edit: I also do occasionally fall asleep on my phone, and I don’t have the automatic screen lock thingy on lol so that adds to the insane screen time 💀
Thank you for this. We are not alone. I’m addicted too 😪 and I’m 30. Been using SP’s since 2010.
Fellow teenage cell zombie here. I'm trying to cut back but there's always something new that brings me back
@@jjaa_joyjoyartist your phone has a focus mode that makes everything black and white and boring. Maybe try that?
@@MrGamelover23 That sounds interesting
Hostile interaction design is definitely a good, underrated tool: make your phone as discomfortable to use as possible.
My methods were, to name a few
-a red background photo (same shade as the notifications) which I found made me uneasy and hid some notifications
-time limits starting a 1min on all apps you want to reduce, so as to prevent endless scrolling (you’ll have to type a code every 15mins, giving you a sense of time when you eventually lose it)
-deleting apps and using their website instead
-sorting apps into multiple obscure app folders on your home page, so as to make it hard to reach them, and reducing reflexes of opening apps automatically..
Then again, radical measures like changing phone to something more low-tech, deleting social media accounts or at least apps, removing all notifications excepts necessary ones are the best ways to go.
I’ve personally went from 9-10h/day to about 4h currently
Good luck to you!
Awesome video! This is the struggle I'm in right now. Thanks.for sharing!
You are so “OUT”rageously wonderful.
Listen, I absolutely love how you linked all the scholarly articles here in the description. Just so very grateful for your work and your unique style of passing the knowledge :)
Pity the channel is run by raging leftists of the same caliber as BuzzFeed
I am so grateful for this type of content.
This prompts the question, how do we not use our phone? It’s how we connect with friends, make plans, send emails, join meetings, etc. I’ll admit I have an addiction, but it’s something I would like to fix. I just don’t know how to mediate these factors
Or maybe look at their snaps and comment on them, but there is a limit between interaction and addiction, use it correctly
Not jealous at how good an educational channel ASAP Science is or anything...
don't worry nobody's gonna check your channel
@@gustavopalacios8868 chad
This is phenomenal. I’ve been turning banners off, and removing apps from my phone. It’s been anxiety provoking but I want to keep reducing my use
Yesss me too!!
I mostly turn notifications off for the majority of apps that I have, only one's where notifications are left on are with educational apps primarily.
as a person using yt on desktop i take this as an absolute win
I did this a few months ago. Not so much quit my phone (because I need it to calls) but i deleted all my social media apps for a month. It was the best thing I've done and need to do again soon!
This video has the ability to trigger a paradigm shift. Thank you Asap, so many will benefit from this video!
5:06 "This is because your conscious brain can only produce one or two thoughts at once."
ADHD: "Allow me to introduce myself."
Man, I love your videos guys!!
absolutely loved the video!
It was really hard starting out giving up on Twitter, Tiktok, and other social media. On the bright side I weaned myself off the apps and don't feel the need or compulsion to check them as often as I used to. And have timers on the app if I do want to check anything. Trying to replace your social media time with something else was hard, but eventually made it.
Dang, I just started paying for Fabulous yesterday lmao, but it is a great app. And also been helping with my smart phone addiction. I was scared of using the app as well but, it's pretty good so far.
Also as a programmer, I wonder if there's a way to design social media apps that doesn't use endless scrolling. I mean, I know the app companies don't want it cause they'll lose money but also, it's like healthier for us in the long run, mentally and physically
If only the incentive behind people working hard were to better the health and quality of lives of people in our society...capitalism sucks
overstimulation of the brain is really an enemy to my attention span. I gave up some of my social media and it had a big impact--- I can now finally read a book on focus mode :D. I also noticed that once I left social media, I didn't want to download it anymore. I guess not being occupied with random videos for like 3 hours of my day made my life easier and happier.
What instead do you do with that time when you have nothing else to do when you sit at home
@@henkbroam3747Literally just about anything. Read, cook, take a walk, spend time with a pet, clean the house, stretch, meditate, study, find new hobbies, take a relaxing shower
Yes, and as an educator, I am literally fed up with easily distracted students, incapable of original thought, fearful of sharing their own views b/c they cannot risk anyone disagreeing.
It's not about using modern technology. It's about HOW you use it. I have tablet or phone in front of my eyes realy long time in a day because i use Samsung Notes for all my notes. I completely switched from paper to digital notes and I must say that this thing completely changed my life. It's fantastic. My organization of notes and thoughts improved drastically. I have much better marks at school too because of it.
This video was amazing thank you❤❤. Also I love your vibes
I actually did my capstone on how social media and time spent on our phone can lead to more anxiety, depression, and interpersonal problems. Really good video!
The way the beginning stages are discribed are insanely accurate this is exactly what happened to me when I took a break from social media for a summer
nice presentation and it made me to stop using my phone.
thanks for the courage
Excellent presentation of facts including gaps in data! Great video!
I can say from an anecdotal point of view, this video is spot on!
I had a disagreement with Meta and deleted all of their apps from my phone, and turned off notifications from my other social apps while I was at it.
I constantly went for my phone over the first week or 2, then I stopped grabbing it so much.
Now I'm exercising more, I've picked up some of my old hobbies, my relationships are better, and I feel more focused.
I've probably cut back my social media/phone time by 90% and my life feels so much better for it!
Ain't saying that phone addiction is good, but why does everybody mention texting friends as if it's unhealthy? I for one have been going through serious relationship problems for the past weeks and texting my friends has been the greatest method of stress relief
Because they want to paint a picture of stupid shit
Not gonna lie, it's a surprise to see a Kripperino in the wild xD
I totally agree, you may see from my name, that my online friends actually helped me through what Im going through.
Yeah or getting an invite to a party, Is a great stress relief, My phone is right next to me right now but i havent checked it once as Im to busy enjoying time with friends and playing games.
I haven’t watched the video yet so I’m not sure but from what I’ve heard texting isn’t that bad because it’s delayed gratification, you have to put stuff in to get enjoyment out, where as tiktok or Snapchat where you just mindlessly scroll or snap people and repeat is that instant gratification, teaches your brain that it’s easy to get a dopamine hit so then you need to do something easy and can’t work for dopamine by reading a book or doing some project, then you become dependent on your phone, attention span decreases, and you become less motivated to do anything
Good stuff. Thank you for sharing
tnks bro
So glad I came across this video. Since COVID started, I’ve been trying to find reasons as to why I’m so attached to my phone. I knew that it was a problem, but it’s eye opening to see that there is psychological strategy that these platforms use to get people to keep scrolling!
I recently took a break from social media and substituted my impulsiveness with using the news app. Not seeing other people stories and opinions really gave me the mental break I needed. This break from social media also allowed me to appreciate the beautiful friendships I have with others. In short, it allowed me to be more present.
As human beings, we’re meant to interact and create personal connections. social media does the opposite sometimes. I definitely recommend a social media break for everyone!
Thanks for the video!
It's been 4 long days and it feels very different without social media. I guess there's no turning back this lifestyle suits me best, wish the best for everyone we can definitely do this!
People are addicted to quick learning on phones now. So they think it's doing them good
@@missNebFr i am alao one of them and i am looking forward to cease the overstimulation in my mind.
When I am sick and can't go to school my mom takes away my phone for the time I would've been at school for some reason. What I experienced during sick days was that I got happier throughout the day doing the things I actually like instead of mindlessly scrolling. There where some days where I even stayed off my phone for the whole day even after I was allowed on my phone again just because I found it more entertaining to do things I like instead of scrolling on social media for hours
Oh man you're amazing with this info..God bless 🙌
This is so accurate. The addiction is very real. I avoid social media (except RUclips) and know I'm better off for it.
i cant imagine how problematic should it be to have all the symptoms of drug withdrawal because you haven't used your phone for a while
That's wild
This is the best video that yt has ever recommended to me.
Thank you ❤️
My phone is consistently on silent, not vibrate, but silent. Unsaved numbers go straight to voicemail, notifications (RUclips, TikTok, email etc) are all turned off. I don’t use FB, Insta, nothing. These little things help me a lot. I get so overstimulated if I don’t. I also have a setting where all my coworkers are blocked after 4 pm lol.
I'm on YT. That's it. It's amazing. My wife tells me about something people are doing and I'm so detached from it. It's great. I was getting super fired up for no reason. 10 out of 10 would recommend.
Once my phone has been stolen from me, so i spent about a few months using the keypad one that only makes calls, till date that was the most productive time of my life: i was freshly graduated, submitted my proposal and started my master research, worked in 2 stable part time jobs in 2 pharmacies and became completely financially dependent, did my profession license training in an emergency unit, started my national service as a teaching assistant in university, and i was able to do house chores in time no piling no slacking...
When i look back at my younger self who was 21 i thank her a lot for giving me such a huge boost, i did in less than 6 months what others couldn't do in years, and i learned the biggest lesson of my life; if i found myself lost and don't know what to do just do your other things that generally make sense and my brain will figure what i really want soon enough
This makes so much sense now.. when I was maybe, 10 or 11 I quit all social media / games that you play with other people (roblox) etc for a few years. My anxiety spiked, I would panic, but then, after a few months, it went away, and I felt great, like, I never felt that good before, but then Covid hit and I got bored and went right back into that trap.
However I have been improving, I only ever use discord RUclips and sometimes tiktok, mostly the first two though
Nah but this video was exquisitely executed…. Kept me hooked from beginning to end
To me social media is a sensory overload and it makes me anxious and i couldn't figure this out for years... Earlier i used to scroll mindlessly when i was anxious and it made me even more anxious, now I've picked up some good offline hobbies and it helps a lot. I only use some of it scarcely now just to catch up with friends and follow some artists or educational content and it's so much better this way.
I’m glad I’m not in this alone because for the longest time on Social Media I couldn’t figure out why I would feel so discouraged or anxious but now I see that it’s mindless scrolling that’s been the greatest trigger. But I must admit that staying away from Facebook and Instagram has been a relief but RUclips is the one I have to be more careful with nowadays
@@knucklesdafunkeeog6523 yeah i absolutely agree with you.. i have to keep tweaking my youtube feed so that it isn't bombarding me with stuff i don't want to see. the algorithms are becoming more and more intrusive and have become extremely stimulating. it's really difficult to use social platforms for doing only what you intend to.
This was the final push. I’ve been addicted to my phone for 6 years.
Starting today I will see how long I can go without social media. :)
How's it going ?
Keep doing the good job! 💕
Great video 🔥
We're not naturally wired for this. It's incredible how a simple piece of metal can keep us addicted and make us become dumb and unable to concentrate.
Addicted to phone? For Sure!!
Addicted to RUclips? You Betcha!!
I had developed Carpel Tunnel Syndrome from using my phone the way it was described in this video.
A pop socket/finger grip solved that problem over time, but the phone addiction is still there lol
I’ve gone 4 months with out social and let me tell y’all it does wonders!
Also should talk about phone/tablet addiction in toddlers and how it affects their development