Scrolling guilt
By Maya Staff ·
Lost the evening to your phone and feel awful? Why the guilt keeps you scrolling, what the research says, and how to get out of the loop.
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- Feeling: Feeling guilty
- Thought: I've wasted the whole evening again
- Belief: I have no self-control
- Insight: I'd tell a friend they were worn out, not weak
- Behavior: Keep scrolling so I don't have to feel it
- Insight: The pull to keep going passes if I let it
- Insight: Tomorrow the phone charges in the kitchen. Tonight, I let it go
- Belief: I have no self-control
- Thought: I've wasted the whole evening again