4 ways to stop being so addicted to your phone
Sometimes it's necessary to log off
Sometimes it's necessary to log off
Sometimes it's necessary to log off
It바카라 게임 웹사이트s the first thing you grab when you wake up, and the last thing you touch at night. You reach for it countless times and panic if you leave it at home.
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A smartphone is basically a mini dopamine factory, doling out hits of the feel-good brain chemical as a reward when you get reactions on social media or relieve boredom by scrolling Twitter. Unfortunately, 바카라 게임 웹사이트the dopamine system is not satiable, so you continue to crave more and more,바카라 게임 웹사이트 says clinical psychologist Dr. Elyssa Barbash, of DoctorElyssa.com.
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Getting some distance is essential because new research suggests small-screen obsessions are a major brain drain. Being attached to your phone (even if you바카라 게임 웹사이트re not looking at it) can impair mental functions, sapping your working memory and your ability to perform tasks, according to a 2017 study.
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Luckily, you don바카라 게임 웹사이트t have to totally ditch your phone to lessen its negative effects. The more you train yourself not to, say, mindlessly scroll on the toilet, says Miller, the less you바카라 게임 웹사이트ll feel the urge to. Here바카라 게임 웹사이트s our not-even-close-to-unplugged-level plan for self-rehab.
1. Delete Your Most Addictive Apps
We바카라 게임 웹사이트re not saying you can바카라 게임 웹사이트t use Instagram, Snapchat or Twitter at all 바카라 게임 웹사이트 just that you may have to check them on your laptop. Delete just one or two of them from your phone. It might hurt a little, but this will help short-circuit the dopamine loop you바카라 게임 웹사이트re stuck in by reducing the number of triggers at your fingertips. The goal: Make your phone so boring that you resort to thinking deep thoughts in the pharmacy line instead of posting about your mascara purchase.
2. Set Up a Roadblock
To stop reaching for your phone the second Hulu cuts to commercial, 바카라 게임 웹사이트put a hair tie around it,바카라 게임 웹사이트 suggests Catherine Price, author of "" 바카라 게임 웹사이트It will act like a little speed bump and jolt your brain out of autopilot.바카라 게임 웹사이트 When you see the hair tie, ask yourself whether you actually need to open any apps right then. If the answer is no, put your phone back in your pocket (or, better yet, in another room).
3. Get Some Distance
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4. Download to Detox
Three apps can actually help halt the endless scrolling, if you're not already using the Screen Time feature available on iPhones, which allows you to see just how much time you spend on your phone as well as set limits on how much time you can spend on your phone every day.
Space
A quiz first diagnoses how you use your phone (how often you are lured in and for what purpose). You then set better goals, and Space tracks how closely you stick to them. Free on and .
Moment
Enter the amount of time you want to spend on your phone each day and Moment will notify you when you have hit your limit. It will also log your use by apps to help you identify your biggest time users. Free on .
Freedom
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