I’ve been exceptionally bad at this of late.

I scroll to fill my head with new information to avoid the pain of thinking about the hard realities that lie before me

Is how I describe the urge.

Your willpower isn’t broken. Your dopamine system is hijacked. Scrolling is an addiction and awareness is the first defense.

Bryan Johnson

I’ve been exceptionally bad at this of late.

I scroll to fill my head with new information to avoid the pain of thinking about the hard realities that lie before me

Is how I describe the urge.

https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1923054517991637244?s=46&t=Klz4hGy0f4b2Ub3lXoVfmQ

Dad. Renegade NPC. Seeking balance between level best and happy medium https://nf.td/semui

I like this. Awareness works well.

What I like to do is to become aware of the scrolling and the urge kinda dies

Or I ask myself, what emotion is scrolling distracting me from right now? And I go feel that.

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I like the idea of acknowledging the emotion and feeling it, will give it a try👍

I tend to see the task or action in avoiding first. Just doing it gives me relief.