Phone addiction

[kidsandgrownupsloveitso]

Posting here for traffic.

I think I’ve got a phone addiction.

I use it constantly for everything. I spend hours out of my day on it browsing the internet, FB, MN, Twitter, instagram, snapchat, emails, banking. I don’t post much on social media but spend a lot of time being nosy on it. It’s began to impact my life. I’m getting up late because I’m I’m on my phone in bed in the mornings ‘checking’ all the apps I have, if I wake up at night to use the toilet I check it, I use it at work (I’m sure my boss will notice soon), the housework is getting neglected and worst of all my family have noticed.

How can I stop this stupid time wasting? I always have my phone on me and am on it without even realising (if that makes sense). It’s become a habit that I can’t seem to break. I will put my phone on the side thinking I won’t go in it for an hour but it’s soon back in my hands.

Is this even a real thing?

For a start don't take it to bed with you. Mine stays in the lounge overnight.

Yes it's a real thing. It's not so much phone addiction though it's more social media addiction even if you don't post you're needing constant updates.

There's apps that can help you stop using your phone for a certain amount of time each day, can't actually remember what they're called though sorry I'll try and find out

@PosiePootlePerkins That’s a good idea. I use it for my alarm but I could buy an alarm clock for the bedroom. I know I sound ridiculous but I feel anxious if I don’t have it on me

@Dippingmytoesin That would be great. Thank you

Offtime
Moment
Break free

These are for iOS

@kidsandgrownupsloveitso I feel the same! It’s always within reach, and I can almost find myself surprised that it’s in my hand sometimes, pointlessly looking at Facebook/MN etc. I’m going to start making a point of putting it in a drawer for an hour at a time or something, sure it’s just a fidget thing sometimes!

Same here... such a waste of precious time. I'll look at the apps.

Times link

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/break-your-smartphone-habit-in-14-days-2rbscrmc5?shareToken=f2daf98705f4a49d6d08ab54fe75762e

I have to put mine in a drawer and give myself time slots to use it.
I don’t have a social media addiction as I don’t even have Facebook.
I have a mumsnet addiction and a ‘research’ addiction. I have to research everything before I do it.
Products to buy, places to go, books to read, activities to do with kids, everything.
Then I don’t have the time to do it

Me too. It’s embarrassing.

My problem is that although I would like to switch it off for periods, I can’t as I have elderly parents (one caring for the other as well) who need to be able to get me in an emergency and also my DD who goes to her dads and I wouldn’t want to be non-contactable.

It doesn’t help, that the ONE time I did leave the phone, I went back to it with 20 missed calls and texts from ex saying he was in hospital with DD who had broken her arm and was fraught and desperate to speak to me

Do you then give it to your children? Madly? In an unexplainably stupid way? You do dont you? Physical addictions are Alchohol and Heroine, these drugs are physically addictive, your body becomes used to the actions accociated with doing them and then goes and does it on it own..... thus the difficulty giving up. I,m afraid phones and tech in general are such things, they also seem to make life easier for a while like heroine and booze. Will the governement who makes billions from them , ever tell you that? NO WAY.

i know all of this and still, i madly unexplainably, give it to my kids, thats because i,m not sure and there is a FOMO factor, all my mates are on it ! ok, have the crack then, no worries. "imagine" ...... all my mates are on heroine dad..... ok son, dont want you missing out.

I’m exactly the same.
I did use an app but found myself overriding it all the time.

We did have one day a week screen free and that worked really well