How on earth do I fix my screen time addiction? My usage of electronics is horrendous. Almost everyday, I barely go a minute with some sort of electronic. I use my phone the most, and when I'm not on my phone I'm on my computer or playing video games. And even when on those, I will probably be on my phone too! I also have online classes, which incurs MORE screen time. And I have horrible self control/attention span, so I don't even pay 100% attention in class. I'll usually have other tabs open on my computer and mess around with them or will be, once again, on my phone 😭And when I lay down (usually around 10pm-12am) I spend time on my phone for 2-4 hours. So, I go to bed really late. When I wake up, I also spend time scrolling on my phone. It's horrible.

I am attached to my screen. My dopamine is so screwed. I can't seem to find joy or be able to focus on anything that doesn't involve being on an electronic of some sort. And when I'm on technology, it's almost never something that's actually educational or recreational. Just brainrot and random entertainment.The only time I do well without technology is when I'm socializing with friends and acquaintances, but I barely do that because I'm homeschooled, have no extra curriculars, homebody parents, and my brother doesn't want to take me places most of the time. So I'm stuck at home 24/7. Sometimes I do things with my family, very rarely, but that winds up being board/card games or watching something. In which case, I also usually end up being on my phone throughout the ordeal *sigh*
It's disgusting that I basically live my life behind a screen. I haven't cultivated anything in my life for the past 3 years. And I already struggle with questioning my worth and intelligence, it just sucks. And speaking of intelligence, I've heard being on screens too much can have a severe impact on your brain function. Memory issues, focus.concentration issues, logical processing and reasoning, etc. On r/nosurfers, I've also seen many posts about how detoxing the internet and technology was a night and day difference for some people when it came to their brain and ability to function. And many people were naming symptoms they had when using excessive screen time that I've been experiencing here lately.

I have already noticed in the past year my memory, attention span, and ability to spell has really degraded. In the last 3 years, which 3 years ago I started spending more time online and started online schooling, my overall ability to think has seemed to go down. I believe it's a multitude of factors that has caused this, not just screen time (anxiety/stress, staying up late/poor sleep for years, bad diet, not exercising, not socializing). And I'm trying to fix those, but it's all super hard. I'm just worried that my brain and life are already failing, and screen time is a big factor involved. Even if it's not, I still believe it'd be better to ditch my screen time addiction. But I just don't know how