u/Apart_Store_7828

I feel like my phone addiction is getting to a point where I genuinely cannot function anymore and it's really affecting my life.

I constantly need background noise or stimulation and even when I have it, I still struggle to actually start doing the things I need or want to (studying, hobbies, even playing video games). Instead, I end up scrolling endlessly on instagram, YouTube where I listen to Al story videos, or consuming news nonstop. Somehow never managed to get into Tiktok though:,)

It feels like my brain is constantly foggy and overwhelmed. I know I need a break from my phone and all this constant input, but I'm seriously struggling to step away from it.

I'm an undergrad student and I am also really stressed about grad school applications, so l should be working on that, but I feel completely paralyzed and my phone is making it worse.

Has anyone dealt with this and managed to get better? Did a soft approach help, or did you need a more brutal reset?

bro this one law literally changed how i move in real life and i'm not even being dramatic

like i used to think talking more made me sound smarter. explaining everything. giving context. justifying my answers. nah. it just made me look desperate and insecure looking back at it

the second you start rambling you've already lost. people can feel it. they smell the nervousness on you and suddenly you're not the person they respect anymore you're just background noise

what hit me different was realizing the quietest person in the room always has the most power. you ever notice that? the loud guy is exhausting. the quiet guy is interesting. nobody questions the quiet guy tbh

i tried this at work maybe 6 months ago. boss asks me something. i give like one sentence. stop. don't add anything. just let it breathe. and he just nodded like i said something deep lmao. i said nothing special. i just didn't oversell it

the silence part is genuinely hard tho. your whole body wants to keep talking. feels awkward. feels rude almost. but that discomfort you're feeling? the other person feels it twice as much. and they'll crack before you do

honestly don't even read the whole 48 laws. just tattoo this one on your brain and you're already ahead of like 90% of people fr

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