Thank you for the article, it inspired me to look up the difference between addiction and abuse. It eased my mind to figure out I wasn't addicted. Subscribed.
Thank you for the subscription, Beckie, and I’m glad you found this post valuable. I’m glad you were able to examine your own behavior. It’s important there’s nuance to behavior change and sometimes when “addiction” get thrown around it’s almost *easier* to dismiss behavior change as impossible or not worth the effort. “I’m just addicted, oh well! Nothing I can do!” But problematic behavior? Overuse? Excessive use? Those sound a little more like things we can work on.
there are so many elements that plays in the situation of addiction to screens, certain activities and based on psychology I've gotten to realize is that sometimes it’s the unconscious choice we make and never realize that does this, making dissociating from it difficult.
I don’t think everybody’s addicted to screens, I think quite a number of us have growned some awareness, and we have returned, but nevertheless, a large percentage are still being affected. And every day they wake up, they make the conscious choice to keep going that way.
Such a lovely essay. A friend of mine introduced me to your work and I’m happy. I’m here. Feel free to check out our latest cultural magazine. It’s also on the same theme. I’m sure you will love it.
I love the agency perspective you took here to dismantle the labeling ‘addiction’ people have. See what I did there? 😜 but seriously, people love to throw around labels and approaching it as behavior analysis is a much more effective approach. It would appear I bookend my days, but nothing suffers from it. I have my oura ring data to prove it!! lol turning off the badges and scheduling my notifications has been game changing for me. Keep the content coming! It’s super helpful.
Great post. I think I'll have to re-read this one.
Thanks, Lynn. Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for the article, it inspired me to look up the difference between addiction and abuse. It eased my mind to figure out I wasn't addicted. Subscribed.
Thank you for the subscription, Beckie, and I’m glad you found this post valuable. I’m glad you were able to examine your own behavior. It’s important there’s nuance to behavior change and sometimes when “addiction” get thrown around it’s almost *easier* to dismiss behavior change as impossible or not worth the effort. “I’m just addicted, oh well! Nothing I can do!” But problematic behavior? Overuse? Excessive use? Those sound a little more like things we can work on.
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I'm a bookend, though more omega than alpha time, lol.
there are so many elements that plays in the situation of addiction to screens, certain activities and based on psychology I've gotten to realize is that sometimes it’s the unconscious choice we make and never realize that does this, making dissociating from it difficult.
I don’t think everybody’s addicted to screens, I think quite a number of us have growned some awareness, and we have returned, but nevertheless, a large percentage are still being affected. And every day they wake up, they make the conscious choice to keep going that way.
Such a lovely essay. A friend of mine introduced me to your work and I’m happy. I’m here. Feel free to check out our latest cultural magazine. It’s also on the same theme. I’m sure you will love it.
I love the agency perspective you took here to dismantle the labeling ‘addiction’ people have. See what I did there? 😜 but seriously, people love to throw around labels and approaching it as behavior analysis is a much more effective approach. It would appear I bookend my days, but nothing suffers from it. I have my oura ring data to prove it!! lol turning off the badges and scheduling my notifications has been game changing for me. Keep the content coming! It’s super helpful.