Has anyone figured out how to have a healthy relationship to technology?
I just keep bouncing back and forth between spending way too much time refreshing social media (it’s fun a bit of the time and the rest I’m stuck) and logging off for a while, spending a lot of time with random hyperfixations and finally reading random shit in my tabs. It would be nice to be able to spend only the amount of time that is actually fun on here.
I recently got prescribed 36mg concerta and it notably worked the first day because it was a Sunday, thus I had the routine and free time to be able to exercise and not touch my phone. I also cut it in half so it hit more rapidly. I was maybe 50% more productive. Since, I’ve taken it everyday hoping it would help with executive dysfunction and it’s no match for my phone (I logged on in that time). Bouncing between extremes I have no idea how to build habits for such things, and in the logged on phase it disrupts the good habits I have built elsewhere.
Anyone figured it out? Do I just hope in a few months I can get a medication that works better?
ParallaxOnWheels [it/its, she/her] - 1.4yr
i feel like this isnt something you ever "figure out," just like how social media algorithms are always evolving and technology is always advancing, the struggle to compartmentalize it in our lives is always changing too.
my take has largely been trying to emphasize the non-digital world as much as possible and using technology as a supplement/tool to find stuff irl or process/think about irl stuff. that, and battling technology-induced alexithymia with mindfulness and therapy as much as possible.
i dunno, computers are the worst even if they help from time to time.
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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 1.4yr
I just use it when I want to, go outside when I want to. I try not to overthink it.
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imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her] - 1.4yr
personally if i'm scrolling or posting a lot, like more than a couple hours a day, i see it as a tell that i'm in a depressive lull. it can take a couple days to realise it and then a few more to do something about it, but it's my sign to try and shake up my schedule a bit, try to vary my activities, go outside, eat a healthy breakfast, drink some more water, whatever. i'm chronically depressed so it's not an easy fix by any means but i think it's a useful way to look at it for me. this isn't intended as advice just my experience with the thing
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iie [none/use name] - 1.4yr
Get tendonitis that prevents you from typing or clicking much :/
I don't have a good answer, before I fucked up my body I would sometimes procrastinate a ton on here when I was stressed
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HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided] - 1.4yr
yeah
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Hohsia [any] - 1.4yr
No, not personally. I know I spend way too much time on my phone but that’s really just to accommodate for the irl social interaction I don’t get which is a lot. I’m probably too picky when it comes to choosing friends, but it’s probably rooted in having immense difficulty stepping out of my comfort zone, which is synonymous with “avoiding pain zone” if you ask me
I’m usually seen as introvert/anti-social person but if you get me in a room with other neurodivergent people I vibe with? We will not stop talking. And I love it. Literally, there will be no use for a phone whatsoever
Sounds a bit pathetic but hexbear is truly the only form of (albeit emulated) socialization I get.
QueerCommie in neurodiverse
Has anyone figured out how to have a healthy relationship to technology?
I just keep bouncing back and forth between spending way too much time refreshing social media (it’s fun a bit of the time and the rest I’m stuck) and logging off for a while, spending a lot of time with random hyperfixations and finally reading random shit in my tabs. It would be nice to be able to spend only the amount of time that is actually fun on here.
I recently got prescribed 36mg concerta and it notably worked the first day because it was a Sunday, thus I had the routine and free time to be able to exercise and not touch my phone. I also cut it in half so it hit more rapidly. I was maybe 50% more productive. Since, I’ve taken it everyday hoping it would help with executive dysfunction and it’s no match for my phone (I logged on in that time). Bouncing between extremes I have no idea how to build habits for such things, and in the logged on phase it disrupts the good habits I have built elsewhere.
Anyone figured it out? Do I just hope in a few months I can get a medication that works better?
i feel like this isnt something you ever "figure out," just like how social media algorithms are always evolving and technology is always advancing, the struggle to compartmentalize it in our lives is always changing too.
my take has largely been trying to emphasize the non-digital world as much as possible and using technology as a supplement/tool to find stuff irl or process/think about irl stuff. that, and battling technology-induced alexithymia with mindfulness and therapy as much as possible.
i dunno, computers are the worst even if they help from time to time.
I just use it when I want to, go outside when I want to. I try not to overthink it.
personally if i'm scrolling or posting a lot, like more than a couple hours a day, i see it as a tell that i'm in a depressive lull. it can take a couple days to realise it and then a few more to do something about it, but it's my sign to try and shake up my schedule a bit, try to vary my activities, go outside, eat a healthy breakfast, drink some more water, whatever. i'm chronically depressed so it's not an easy fix by any means but i think it's a useful way to look at it for me. this isn't intended as advice just my experience with the thing
Get tendonitis that prevents you from typing or clicking much :/
I don't have a good answer, before I fucked up my body I would sometimes procrastinate a ton on here when I was stressed
No, not personally. I know I spend way too much time on my phone but that’s really just to accommodate for the irl social interaction I don’t get which is a lot. I’m probably too picky when it comes to choosing friends, but it’s probably rooted in having immense difficulty stepping out of my comfort zone, which is synonymous with “avoiding pain zone” if you ask me
I’m usually seen as introvert/anti-social person but if you get me in a room with other neurodivergent people I vibe with? We will not stop talking. And I love it. Literally, there will be no use for a phone whatsoever
Sounds a bit pathetic but hexbear is truly the only form of (albeit emulated) socialization I get.