How much has doom scrolling affected your life?

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Lately I ve seen my little nephews who're obsessed with social media and browsing tiktok and youtube shorts so much that it pains me to see them
I don't loathe them but I can understand how much these things have gotten to using the modern era of humanity

I ll even admit that I sometimes do it but thankfully I have a control over myself and a limit for when to stop which is usually right before sleeping at night lol
Wanted to ask the peeps here on how doom scrolling like this has affected you in any way? and if so, what have you learnt to recover from it or are trying to?
 
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Well if u can find things like Meditate / stretch or do yoga / light workout interesting, then I'm sure you'll get rid of that doom scrolling, well aside from the kids or ur nephews ofcourse.
 
My suggestion? take a cold shower and limit app usage with app limits on iOS. with 1 hour a day and reduced it so 15 minutes a day. that's what helped me with my doom-scrolling because I was more selective when I wanted to watch social media.
 
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Well the first thing is that you need to forgive yourself for doomscrolling.

Second, uhhh just do something hard and productive, that way you will feel a lot better
Im not tryna be Sherlock here but really just find ahobby that keeps you energized and refreshed
 
At a certain point it was just me endlessly scrolling through YT shorts on and on and on sheesh
and lemme tell you, the cure is always overcoming your temptations and reminding yourself that you have better things to do than to waste time
 
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Hugh Janus said:
Well the first thing is that you need to forgive yourself for doomscrolling.

Second, uhhh just do something hard and productive, that way you will feel a lot better
Im not tryna be Sherlock here but really just find ahobby that keeps you energized and refreshed
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Thanks captain Obvious.
But hey, sarcasm aside, that's literally the simplest answer here, social media addiction is crazy and surreal, eats your brain without you even realizing it
 
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Well its not a hobby or anything but social media is a waste of time IMO unless sure just using it to msg ur mates or get uptodate with the news with whatever biz u follow

Id rather spend that doomscrolling time by binging anime tv shows or play my backlogged games
 
I just doom scroll on Instagram but its not THAT bad to the point where I'm like a possessed by aliens or demons lol
 
PiratekingzzDomain888 said:
I wouldnt say doom scrolling is a disease, I mean it CAN BE one if you take into account how many people in our era are affected by it, but it needs to be overcome by the person itself, no external way to remove it from your veins

In simple words, shut that phone off and go do something better
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Missed the golden chance to say "shut that phone off and go touch grass"
 
Ya need to ask yourself where you ll be in the next 3 4 or 10 years, Im acting like a wise old man here but trust me as someone who wasted away his adolescent life by doom scrolling I really wanna say that ur wasting precious time where u can instead build for yourself think for yourself while ur still in your prime
 
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If u want my take here, I deleted all my social media apps that I only used for time waste except for Reddit and Snapchat (to stay in touch with friends) and I put a 1 hour timer on each in my head.

My social media addiction was so bad with TikTok man I still struggle tho and honestly miss having a flip phone sometimes like back in the day lol
 
Want a simple advice from a guy in his 30s?
  1. Go for a walk in your neighborhood
  2. Have a good Workout or Yoga
  3. Have a cold shower always
  4. Open ACTUALLY beneficial or good apps like listening to some Spotify
 
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Honestly what worked for me , I turned off all notifications.

AND I MEAN ALL like Messenger, telegram, email, social media etc.

After that I deleted the absolute pointless apps on my device - tiktok, insta, snap, facebook etc. There is legit nothing worth consuming there for me
Now.. I"ve managed to get to the point where I do sometimes scroll reddit. Very rarely YT shorts but only the ones that are actually beneficial for me like Baldurs Gate 3 tips or guides in 30 secs
 
Lock out your apps with timer based apps, there's tons of them out there
its for those people without any restraint on themselves, it really helps

Ghost said:
Just go out and touch some grass, its not that hard
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Suuuuure, lets see you touching grass my man
 
Dreamy Bull said:
Ya need to ask yourself where you ll be in the next 3 4 or 10 years, Im acting like a wise old man here but trust me as someone who wasted away his adolescent life by doom scrolling I really wanna say that ur wasting precious time where u can instead build for yourself think for yourself while ur still in your prime
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Nah dawg when ur telling the bitter truth, its actually the best and simple answer to tell someone instead of telling them loopholes, life is all about taking risks and gambles btw, cant be assed enough to scroll away on endless reels or shitposts on social media all the time now
 
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