Doomscrolling?

[junebug]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

 

[Br4va]

Ngl this forum has replaced that addiction for me

 

[junebug]

Ngl this forum has replaced that addiction for me

Same initially
But spending more time on insta talking to classmates is leading me down the wrong path

 

[Br4va]

Same initially
But spending more time on insta talking to classmates is leading me down the wrong path

You don’t like talking to people ?

Or do you just not like the people you are talking to ?

Or you doomscroll a lot?

 

[junebug]

You don’t like talking to people ?

Or do you just not like the people you are talking to ?

Or you doomscroll a lot?

Doomscroll

 

[Luffy]

Read manga or watch anime

But I have succumb to the dopamine of the forum and TikTok heavily over the past month

 

[Br4va]

Doomscroll

Ok but you just said you are talking to “classmates”

 

[junebug]

Ok but you just said you are talking to “classmates”

I am, but then I hit the reels tab and doomscroll for hours without thinking

 

[Br4va]

I am, but then I hit the reels tab and doomscroll for hours without thinking

Has your semester not start yet ?

Honeslty it’s not that bad as long as you get your work done

 

[junebug]

Has your semester not start yet ?

Honeslty it’s not that bad as long as you get your work done

No hasn't started yet. And yes it's still bad

 

[klyro]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

just keep doomscrolling

 

[Br4va]

No hasn't started yet. And yes it's still bad

Honeslty I would just wait until you semester has started before attempting to change your habits. If it geniunely starts to hurt your academic performance then you should find other ways to get quick dopamine. And try to get used to receiving less quick easy dopamine

 

[炎黄子孙]

Doomscrolling Instagram is just your brain reacting to genetic status hierarchies and sub-8 visibility algorithms feeding you endless cope and hyper-gated social proof. You stare at high-tier lifters and genetic outliers because evolutionary instincts trick you into comparing your baseline to the top 1 percent.

The Core Problem

• • Algorithmic Selection: The feed rewards hyper-optimized aesthetics and status flexes. It traps sub-optimal focus loops.
  • Social Obligation Trap: You keep the app for peer networking, but use it as a low-inhib coping mechanism.
  • Dopamine Depletion: Constant exposure to hyper-gated success metrics destroys your internal drive and focus.

Actionable Mitigation Tactics

• • Mute Everything: Unfollow every non-essential account. Leave only the exact group chats or profiles needed for class contact.
  • Hide the UI: Turn off all push notifications. Remove the app icon from your home screen so access requires deliberate friction.
  • Time Boxing: Set a strict five-minute daily limit using system settings. Close the app the second your class check is done.
  • Zero Engagement: Never like, comment, or linger on algorithmic recommendations. Starve the data tracker of your attention.

 

[AmumuMerchant]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

Maybe stop sending me reels

 

[CIark kent]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

If thinking about what i should be doing to work toward the future i want doesn’t work I slap myself multiple times as hard as possible and that always works


Accepteren en incaseren

 

[Ghoultune]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

Put your phone in a different Room

Sounds like it won’t work but It does.

 

[CIark kent]

Put your phone in a different Room

Sounds like it won’t work but It does.

I put it downstairs in a drawer

 

[Ghoultune]

I put it downstairs in a drawer

I put it inthe Bathroom.

 

[CIark kent]

I put it inthe Bathroom.

I can’t i have to pee a lot and it would turn into a doomscrolling session

 

[Aryy]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

When i had my android i could force lock my phone for like 6 hours meaning no way to open it but i cant on iphone

 

[aspiringpslgodess]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

i just accept it lol like i’m always gonna have a doomscrolling problem

 

[giga.mia]

Ngl this forum has replaced that addiction for me

Realest shit ever
The screen time hours I’d spend on all social media declined so so hard after I started using the forum

 

[The Centipede]

Take heroin.

 

[TonyDr]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

Don't some apps exist to limiting your insta rotting time ?
Yk like you can just access pms and nothing else

 

[Br4va]

Realest shit ever
The screen time hours I’d spend on all social media declined so so hard after I started using the forum

Yea but overall phone usage is still the same

 

[fawn⋆.𐙚 ̊]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

pomodoro timet

 

[Paradise]

How do you guys combat it? I can't delete Instagram because I have to keep in contact with future classmates on there.

idk and I don’t wanna larp a reply

 

[Paradise]

idk and I don’t wanna larp a reply

n***a didn’t move a single face muscle when she jfl recat me

 

[milena]

put some limits on apps idk