I’ve been meaning to come back to this thread and a TikTok I just saw has reminded me to!
I wanted to come back to say this only works, temporarily! So while I stand by it being a good first step what’ll happen is that over time you start making it work and end up using it more and more. So for instance the inconvenience of having to charge up the device - you end up plugging it in automatically! The inconvenience of not being able to carry it around as much - you end up doing just that (eg, even taking it on to the loo!)
Something I think is better (so the above could still be used but in conjunction with other things) is de-saturating your device via accessibility options:
He’s spot on - once you’ve done this for a week, then just taking a peak at what it was like you will see how over-saturated everything is - no wonder people prefer their screens to real life!! The more you decrease saturation the less you actually want to use your phone, but even minimal de-saturation has a tangible effect.
And the video that brought me back to this thread:
This is actually something I’ve been experimenting with - going back to pastimes that weren’t as damaging, such as gaming and watching television shows and movies. I think when you combine it with desaturating your phone, it really can help break the habit.
You could probably replace gaming/watching shows with whatever you did before these dopamine-hitting-scrolling-apps came about.
