03/13/2026
A fascinating listen. I am seeing more and more dependence on phones at my practice. I feel most people dismiss how bad this is for us because most of us don’t feel a huge “rush” of anything when doom scrolling. This is partially because we quickly build a tolerance, diminishing the positive feelings. However, what it is doing to our reward system and the detriment it is doing to young impressionable brains is scary.
I know my son and I are going to sit down and make some changes, I encourage you all to do the same. I’m ok with not always being his friend, they will thank us later and it’s worth it;)
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