I don't know if this is media addiction, because I've had access to media all my life but this has never happened before.

Ever since late 2016 I seem to need constant TV or internet or radio as a distraction. I can't even imagine myself getting motivated to go for a long bike ride, or for a swim, anymore. Wherever I go, I use some form of media as a crutch, I think.

2016 was when I was particularly disciplined, I exercised, I meditated, I played my instrument more, etc etc . . . then I let go of that discipline one night,and since then I guess I've been reluctant to do anything. It's almost like I pushed myself too hard, and now I'm paying the consequences. Like I dieted hard, and then I gave up my diet and became obese, to use a weight analogy.

I also might have gotten 'addicted' to media because I had a constantly anxious 2017/18, and I do tend to use TV/internet to distract myself if I am nervous.

Anyone else experienced this?