Psychoeducation articles on attachment, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and more.
The standard advice for too much phone use includes a version of this: put your phone away and invest in your real-world relationships. It’s not...
Read Article →You send a text. Then you wait. Depending on who you sent it to, and what your history with them is, and what emotional stake...
Read Article →Not all phone dependency is loud. Some of it is quiet, solitary, and easy to mistake for something entirely benign , introversion, self-sufficiency, someone who...
Read Article →If you have an anxious attachment pattern and an active social media presence, you probably know this experience well: you post something, then immediately start...
Read Article →When people talk about phone addiction , in news articles, in conversation, in the advice you’ve probably already tried to follow , they tend to...
Read Article →At some point in the last year, you probably had a version of this experience: you sat down with a specific plan, or a feeling...
Read Article →FOMO , the fear of missing out , has accumulated a kind of cultural contempt. It gets treated as a symptom of narcissism, shallowness, or...
Read Article →Most people, when asked why they’re on their phone so much, give answers that feel true but aren’t complete. “I’m bored.” “I’m just checking.” “It’s...
Read Article →You’ve probably tried this already: deleting apps, setting screen time limits, putting your phone in a drawer during dinner, telling yourself you’ll only check it...
Read Article →There is a particular anguish to watching an adult child , someone in their twenties, sometimes older , lose themselves to gaming addiction. The fear...
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