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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

I'm Gen Z and don't use a smartphone or social media. It's made me more extroverted and led to deeper friendships.

Replacing a smartphone with pared-down phones reduced chronic distraction, improved focus, and restored peace by removing constant algorithmic attention and social-media-driven mood control.
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Breaking Free From Doomscrolling: Name the Feeling

Back in 2011, Apple's iPhone ads plastered billboards with glossy images of people traveling, celebrating milestones. The message was seductive: This device is your ticket to belonging and intimacy. And in many ways, those ads weren't wrong. Smartphones made it easier to FaceTime across continents and capture memories-but they also planted a subtle belief: that closeness itself lived inside the device.
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Mental health
fromScary Mommy
4 weeks ago

Do You Have "Phone Brain"? What Experts Say About Our Shrinking Attention Spans

Smartphones' infinite novelty and variable rewards hijack dopamine systems, shrinking sustained attention, but attention is a trainable skill that can be rehabilitated.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

How your bedtime may be fuelling your social media addiction

People who are night owls have a much higher risk of developing an addiction to their smartphones compared to those who go to sleep earlier, a new study has found. Scientists have discovered that many who stay up in the evening, who show symptoms of loneliness or anxiety, are using smartphones to cope emotionally and are developing addictions to social media, worsening their mental health symptoms.
Mental health
Mental health
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Are you a night owl? New Gen Z study ties staying up late to 'problematic' smartphone and social media use

Gen Z night owls show higher rates of problematic smartphone and social media use, driven primarily by loneliness and anxiety, with associated mental-health problems.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Brianna was addicted to her phone - this is why they should be banned in school'

A mother demands a statutory ban on phones in schools after her transgender daughter, Brianna Ghey, suffered addiction to harmful online content and was murdered.
Digital life
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Escape the grip of your phone-a guide to living offline

Off-grid living offers self-sufficiency and a return to nature to escape smartphone-driven information overload and restore authentic, simple daily life.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Japanese town proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones

"The two hour limit... is merely a guideline... to encourage citizens," Toyoake Mayor Masafumi Koki said in a statement.
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Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Japanese town wants residents to limit smartphone use to two hours a day

Toyoake urges residents to limit smartphone use to two hours daily to address online addiction, sleep deprivation, and related physical and mental health concerns.
Digital life
fromDefector
2 months ago

How To Put Down Your Phone And Read A Book | Defector

The allure of smartphones is distracting people from reading and negatively impacts well-being.
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#mental-health
fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago
Mental health

How to quit your smartphone addiction, guided by science DW 07/17/2025

Smartphone addiction negatively affects mental health and is prevalent across all ages.
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago
Mental health

Why Your Constant Phone Checking Is Digital Self-Harm

Constant distraction from phones harms mental health.
Excessive phone use is linked to anxiety and loneliness.
Reducing phone usage can exceed antidepressant effects.
Mindful scrolling can help combat compulsive behaviors.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Why Your Constant Phone Checking Is Digital Self-Harm

Constant distraction from phones harms mental health.
Excessive phone use is linked to anxiety and loneliness.
Reducing phone usage can exceed antidepressant effects.
Mindful scrolling can help combat compulsive behaviors.
fromWIRED
4 months ago

A Phone (That's Not a Phone) to Help You Stop Using Your Phone

"I was like, 'I'm going to commit to the bit.'"
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Digital life
fromNew York Post
5 months ago

Internet is baffled by woman's transparent phone - and the explanation is even wilder

The 'methaphone' is a transparent acrylic mock-up designed to explore smartphone addiction through social experiments.
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