I see friends, family, strangers, subconsciously go for their phones during thoughtless times daily. Have a moment to think… Scroll. Showering with their phone propped up watching a video. First wake up and spend an hour or two frying the mind.
It has gotten so bad in my friend group and close family I swear they could not function emotionally without consuming content. When you bring it up or any negative about it. Anger, distasteful emotions. How do you talk, convince, gain real traction towards slowing or decreasing time spent. Once or twice a day could be ok. These people do it for sometimes hours daily. It’s sickening. Advice?
The only soul you will ever be able to save is your own.
Set an example, invite them outside to play, or suggest a board game night, basically offer them options that get them away from it, but expect most of them to just keep scrolling for your own mental health.
To add on to this: it is important to not engage with their bad habits. If they send you a link to reddit or Instagram or tiktok, don’t look at it and don’t react to it. If they ask about it, “oh yeah i don’t use reddit anymore”. Even say you’ve blocked it for your own mental health.
Theother person may need to choose between you and the content. Their choice may hurt, but it needs to be made.