RT @StefanBarbas: Signs you're using tech to avoid emotions: - Reach for phone when anxious - Scroll mindlessly when stressed - Game for h…

Signs you're using tech to avoid emotions: - Reach for phone when anxious - Scroll mindlessly when stressed - Game for hours to avoid problems - Can't sit in silence for 5 minutes - Check notifications to feel connected The apps aren't addictive. The escape is

If you're anxious, you check social media If you check social media, you avoid the feeling If you avoid the feeling, you never learn to cope If you never learn to cope, you become dependent

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'Just delete your social media' No. Learn to regulate your emotions first. Otherwise, you're treating the symptom, not the cause.

What people think fixes tech addiction: - Delete all apps - Do a digital detox - Block websites What actually works: - Learn to sit with discomfort - Develop emotional awareness - Build healthy coping skills

The technology paradox: The more you use tech to regulate your emotions, the worse you become at regulating them yourself.

Hard pill to swallow: You're not addicted to social media. You're addicted to escaping your emotions. The solution isn't deleting apps. It's developing emotional intelligence.

Tech addiction is just emotional regulation outsourced to algorithms.

Your phone isn't addictive. Your inability to sit with uncomfortable emotions is.

@unatalhis I should be asking you for advice 😂