Addiction is the state of dependency on something (and in rare cases someone) in order to function. In other words, it is a situation whereby a person has little or no control over their lives without the company of the substances or habits they have gotten so used to. There are different forms of addiction [...]
If you find yourself checking your phone first thing in the morning—before even getting out of bed, you may be addicted. If you find you’re text-messaging while in class, checking your phone instead of working on an important assignment, or checking Facebook during a family dinner — your phone is interfering with your life and you [...]
Rewarding Yourself Never reward yourself with what you’re trying to quit. If you’ve been clean for three weeks and you feel very accomplished, don’t ever say, “I’ve done such a good job! I’ll go ahead and reward myself now by masturbating.” I can promise you that more often than not, this doesn’t work. Tempting Times [...]
The average phone user unlocks their device 63 times a day, for 2 hours 49 minutes each time - a minimum of three hours a day. And in a move that might seem counter-intuitive, a Berlin-based psychologist has developed an app to help wean us off our gadgets. Called Offtime, it limits which apps can [...]
We’re all pretty attached to our phones these days, but some of us are more attached than others. I love my phone and really don’t know what I’d do without it. Ten years ago I wouldn’t have thought I’d be so attached to a piece of technology, yet here we are. Some people might be [...]