Girl Talk on Yik Yak | Hey, so It actually is that phone. I can’t even think in complete sentences. I was on my phone 12 hours a day during the summer semester as a coping mechanism I think, due to isolation on campus. I find it interesting that I’m noticing myself not being

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Girl Talk 6w

Hey, so It actually is that phone. I can’t even think in complete sentences. I was on my phone 12 hours a day during the summer semester as a coping mechanism I think, due to isolation on campus. I find it interesting that I’m noticing myself not being

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Anonymous 6w

functional and it’s kind of detrimental. I’m just putting this out here as a wake up call to some to be productive and not get yourself in this situation.k, thanks bye 🫶🏼

Anonymous 6w

aw man, even my grandma has brain rot. I can’t escape it 💔

Anonymous 6w

Im in the same situation and im looking at r/digitalminimalism I literally am braindead its so so sad😭😭😭

Anonymous 6w

this is so real. i have less of a desire to use my phone when i’m in a better place mentally. i feel bad so i use my phone and then my phone makes me feel bad

Anonymous 6w

The best advice I have is to change your phone to grayscale 🙂‍↕️ apps work rlly hard to make the colors engage our animalistic brains and graying everything out makes it super boring. Also setting super strict time limits on apps, even if you ignore them (also, always use “ignore for 15 minutes” instead of plain ‘ignore’, so it’ll keep bothering you)

Anonymous 6w

You’re so right. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. Like, my attention span is so low and it’s so difficult for me to retain new information. I’m on my phone 24/7 bc nothing else interests me anymore. This + barely sleeping = disaster. My words get all jumbled up when I’m speaking. Little simple things that were never a problem is ruining me lol

Anonymous 6w

I became illiterate literally now I do other activities, read and go outside. I couldn’t think in complete sentences either 🙏🏻

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Anonymous 6w

I noticed I was having issues about doom scrolling and such. I started putting limits on apps I use. My phone still says 12+ hours a day but that’s because I listen to YouTube to sleep. I’m only my phone for like 4 active hours a day!

Anonymous 6w

It’s not a coping mechanism we have dopamine addictions

Anonymous

#1 6w

Me too. And, you’re actually making me feel better knowing it’s not just me. We have to turn this around and retrain our brains. No chat gpt, we have to workout our brains, love. I feel like I’m a human from wall-E

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OP 6w

😭 I dont even use chatgpt and this still effects me so I can’t imagine how bad it is if you DO use it

Anonymous

OP 6w

But i swear the radiation from the phone hits the brain or something 😭

Anonymous

#1 6w

it’s BAD!! like all I can do is laugh about it and be grateful I have the awareness to notice my brain rotting and eating itself yk?

Anonymous

#1 6w

I think so. And, the microwave just speeds up the detrimental processes of the radiation

Anonymous

#2 6w

addictions generally are coping mechanisms so it’s both

Anonymous

#3 6w

I would say addictions are caused by coping mechanisms

Anonymous

#2 6w

yeah that’s what i’m saying too, that’s why addictions are coping mechanisms. people become alcoholics because they’re using alcohol to numb the pain. they are still actively in pain while having an addiction though, so they continue to use it to self soothe

Anonymous

#3 6w

He’s but not everyone time, some people get addicted from recreational use

Anonymous

#4 6w

Do as I say not as I do tho bcos I got too bored w the grayscale and turned it off and constantly ignore my insta limit and don’t have a yikyak limit 🥰 but anyways that’s not relevant

Anonymous

#4 6w

I turned it back on and it’s immediately sad again lmao even in yikyak, which I didn’t realize relied on color… anyway for iPhones it’s settings > accessibility > display and text size > color filters > toggle “on”

Anonymous

#4 6w

i’m stuck doomscrolling rn so i’ll turn it off and see if it helps

Anonymous

#3 6w

update still doomscrolling but way less overstimulated and it actually made me want to reply back to texts i’ve been avoiding. like my brain can chill now and be filled with other things. i also feel like im in the giver

Anonymous

#3 6w

idk if this makes sense but it’s like the visual equivalent of listening to brown noise instead of a podcast 🙂‍↕️

Anonymous

#4 6w

no that makes so much sense

Anonymous

#2 6w

Im confused. You guys are saying the same thing 😂

Anonymous

#4 6w

Thank you!! I’ll try this

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Anonymous

strawberry_hair 6w

Maybe more if you count Spotify usage but yeah screen time limits has really helped me realize how much time I was wasting.

Anonymous

strawberry_hair 6w

Ya, I am constantly listening to music bc I have adhd

Anonymous

strawberry_hair 6w

I noticed that I became out of touch with everything tho