Solutions to excessive smartphone usage
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@CO3 Communism would fix the smartphone issue, no doubt.
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When I remember the best moments of my life, it's when I had a flip phone. lol
Thanks for sharing!
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C CO3 referenced this topic on Mar 25, 2024, 11:27 PM
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C CO3 referenced this topic on Mar 25, 2024, 11:28 PM
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@CO3 I think this is my main problem today. One good suggestion is to put the phone on grayscale mode (the colors are too stimulating, and causes cheap dopamine in the brain). It definetly works and makes the experience of doomscrolling more boring.
Also, delete Twitter as well, or at least put some time restriction on it. Probably the most addictive social media today.
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is it not just energy problem. if you have the energy to do what you want you wouldn't be sat on a phone
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@peatyzilian Yes that's a solution I've seen! It all depends on the level of your dysfunction imo. I've seen people say they cannot even have a device like mine without abusing it.
Tbh I think you can do a lot with just limiting your current device with ADB and the options you allude to, but I came to this device through my affection for analog tech and the fact that I think you could lose a lot of time if let's say you kind of fall off the wagon just getting rid of your own obstacles. the fact that it's hard to break is a huge plus for me.
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@questforhealth said in Solutions to excessive smartphone usage:
is it not just energy problem. if you have the energy to do what you want you wouldn't be sat on a phone
You could say this about literally anything that we choose to do. Even many deficiencies are caused by low biological energy. Does that mean you shouldn't eat nutrient-dense food or ever consider even non-contaminated supplements? Being sedentary is not inherently harmful in a highly energetic state. Does that mean you should never walk? We take many steps that are always in flux because they are interacting with our environment and our biological state.
The very nature of what most of us do - although browsing this forum I increasingly question this - is about gathering methods and tricks to make it unscathed through a highly sub-optimal environment. The smartphone issue could be solved through the actions you take that you in your head associate with health decisions; food, medication.
However, this distinction is a spook. If you get rid of your large screen social media device and replace it with a functional one it is just as much of a health decision as those other things IF it has a large impact.
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maybe i said it the wrong way
but I have found this to be true from my own experience going through absolute hell
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@questforhealth i altered the response a bit to a bit less rude and a bit more explanatory of my position
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when i was very hypo and even now reading paragraphs like that was excruciating and made it very hard to get better
will read one day
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I've got an iPhone and found that setting it on grayscale lowered any unnecessary use of it.
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I'm interested in this.
Does it take pictures? -
@happyhanneke Yes! Consider it a cheap (and it is!) Android smartphone with a smaller screen and a physical keyboard. Not incredible ones though. Soon I will compare them to the pictures on one of the modern Japanese flip phones. I suspect they will do slightly better. Here's a pic taken with the phone:
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Is it compatible with different providers when unlocked or even possible to unlock? I'm with Cricket that uses the AT&T network. I don't really want to change carriers since I live rural and it works very well here. Other carriers have bad coverage here. -
@happyhanneke From a search on the dumbphones subreddit it seems like it isn't.
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@CO3 on cricket specifically. works on T-mobile and Mint it seems. I'm in Europe personally
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@CO3 I'm sorry. Just joking. I'm in the US now but now how annoying it is if Americans assume the whole world is on their schedule.