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Neurodivergent 6w
Listen infinite scrolling may have fried my brain but at least I didn’t do it to myself with chat gpt
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Anonymous 6w

(Please help I can’t stop scrolling reels)

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Anonymous 5w

also yeah fuck chat gpt

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Anonymous 5w

tip to help wean off of scrolling: try scrolling somewhere you have to read for the post. like tumblr, yikyak, instagram (not reels), etc. it’s still scrolling but it is slower paced and can help your attention span at least a little bit

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Anonymous 5w

We are focusing on the wrong things with reels it will never be less rewarding but we are not recognizing it as damaging enough. What you see and the way things are framed shift your perspective towards those emotions and sentiments not just what’s being said in itself, the more you scroll reels the more reels become you. “It’s a bad influence, ok mom.” Yes. Once you realize you actually dislike and disagree with short form content, it becomes a lot easier to stop. It just becomes unenjoyable.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5w

reels are evil i just delete instagram a few days after i download it every time

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5w

You can set a timer reminder on IG idk about tiktok but I also used to doom scroll the reels so I set up the timer and it helps!

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5w

Oh hell yea thank you that sounds very useful!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5w

Replacement is possible for me but I can’t get rid of the whole addiction outright but this seems like it’d help a lot

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 5w

awesome! glad i could help :D

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5w

this happened w me, like i started thinking of scrolling reels as the mental equivalent of a grease and candy only diet so when i would watch reels i would just feel gross (esp bc it feels so commercial and exploitative of our attention at the very least). i deleted instagram 3 years ago 💪💪💪

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 5w

Doesn’t even have to be just that because most people know on some level it’s “grease, candy, and exploitation” but people still eat grease anyway. It takes me zero willpower to not use reels anymore. It’s a reframing of mind and recognition that it wreaks quiet havoc while bypassing true recognition because it floods and flattens the reward system.

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