Please drop advice, I've come to accept that I'm HORRIBLY addicted to social media

I got home from work at 2:30am, I got on Instagram around 3:00am, I've been up and now it's time for me to go back to work, no sleep LITERALLY from 3:00am to 2:00pm I was scrolling and commenting on social media, the whole time I'm scrolling and scrolling, I'm telling myself "man you need to get off" "if you read a book, you will be sleep in 10 mins" but I never do. I feel it's partly to do with the content on my social media, it's not a bunch of funny, mindless videos. It's informational, hidden history, metaphysics, etc... I LEARN from them but for some reason it's almost impossible to just put the damn phone down🫠 I'm not looking for sympathy or "just delete the app". I'm looking for real steps to take, or people who have also been super addicted to social media who got out of that HOLE. It's like these past 5 months has PASSED BY due to me constantly on social media but I'm tired of it.

HomemadeLightbulb•about 3 hours ago•2

Pretend your phone is a desktop computer and only use it when you are sitting in a particular chair.

You need to get back to “going online” instead of just being there.

Also, you’re not really learning anything from reels that you wouldn’t learn better by reading a book or watching a documentary. It just tricks you into feeling productive. You’re not.

Lady-Lunatic420•about 3 hours ago•1

Sounds like my boyfriend

No-Restaurant3443•about 3 hours ago•1

Deactivate your META accounts, instagram and facebook:

Settings & privacy:
>Tap Settings.
>Tap Accounts Center, then tap Manage accounts.
>Tap Manage next to the profile you want to deactivate.
>Tap Deactivation or deletion.

Delete them if you feel they’re that bad. Then the apps to stop the muscle memory of opening them on your phone screen.

The best thing I did to fix my sleep almost immediately was blackout sleep mask, mantasleep mask. And putting my phone in a different room of my house at night.

I’ve been seeing people fully disconnect themselves from their physical phones by getting a LTE enabled Apple Watch. Since it’s LTE enabled, they’re connected to your phone without the bloat of social apps. You can keep the phone in a drawer and never have to touch it until you absolutely need it. They sell cases for the watches to look like a phone with a small screen.

Always take it a day at time, everyday not on social media is a win. These apps are designed to hijack our brains and turn users into addicts. Celebrate the small wins, go outside.

Hope this helps.

lilheckraiser•about 3 hours ago•1

What worked for me for a while was going into my settings and putting timers on certain apps, so that you only get an hour or two on them until they block you from opening it. You can also apply color filters that can keep you from getting those specific dopamine triggers. The hard part is keeping yourself from finding loopholes or going back to change the settings when you're too bored. Another thing that helps is putting the phone away as soon as you get home, so you don't even start the doomscroll. I have so much anxiety when it comes to missing my friends texts and messages, so I'm currently looking for ways to set-up automatic texts that let my friends know I'm not on my phone but I'll get back to them within a specific time frame.

Practic-Owl3809•about 3 hours ago•1

i switched my addiction from being on social media making comments (mostly), to making endless wishlists of things i’d want to buy on different apps. then i look at the amount of money it would be to buy all that and decide that i don’t even like it all that much, until i curate my perfect items that i do eventually buy with my tiny paycheck. it’s a long process because money is tight and so is my attention span.

it’s very time consuming and did fully replace all my social media apps except this one. either im at work, adulting, or just imagining my next wishlist item or experience what it could be. i’m 100% happier now too, i also found out what i really like because it forces u to put a hierarchy on what u want (or want to do) most.

basically i went from commenting, because honestly no one cares about my opinion anyway, to visualizing and then buying myself the things i always wanted but never got because i was too busy growing up. this birthday coming up is going to be the best one i’ve had in decades, and it was so easy to achieve.

i no longer go on facebook because everyone fights, i no longer use instagram because it’s apparently designed to depress me, and i only go on tiktok to watch other peoples video reviews of stuff. as i stopped going online so often to see other people’s reactions, i realized i was mostly addicted to that part, not even caring about whatever reaction it was, even if it upset me. if u mindlessly watch things, ur brain only stimulates itself over pain or pleasure (things that stand out emotionally to you) and online most of the crap is pain. or useless things your brain can’t grasp as important.

try it for a month, it’s fun! the lack of people endlessly suffering online is easy to avoid and replace with other dopamine activating activities. i’m lazy so i chose toys. to collect nostalgic items from my past that got lost along the way. when new things get released or i find an old thing for a good price it makes just as much if not more dopamine than i ever got using drugs.

i also quit drinking; i think quitting (not deleting just not watching) social media had the most to do with it. when i most often wanted a beer it was after grabbing my phone and getting upset at whatever was waiting for me to see.

Exciting_Claim_486•about 3 hours ago•1

imo the biggest move is charging your phone outside the bedroom. sounds too simple but it removes the decision entirely. you cant scroll what you dont have in your hands at 3am

8byzz•about 2 hours ago•1

Change your beliefs about yourself. Are you the type of person that prioritises entertainment and cheap dopamine hits over your health and goals? Based on your actions, you do

So fix your beliefs and embody the type of person you actually want to be, who is not addicted to their phone

And btw, educational stuff can even be worse than mindless content, funny videos will probably make you feel guilty after 20 minutes so you stop, but "learning" gives you permission to keep going for hours

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MaeFordays•about 2 hours ago•1

proof that social media is no better than porn addiction

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