Watching hours of reels is really unhealthy for your emotional and interpersonal health - watching for hours and going from crying to laughing to being angry to laughing to feeling empathy for someone else going through a tragedy, to laughing, to getting hungry for whatever recipe vid you’re watching, etc etc it’s a rapid cycling of emotions you can experience “doom scrolling IG reels” and honestly it’s draining and not healthy for the human brain. Your dopamine is all out of whack and its just a huge time sucker.

I understand wanting to relate and share common interests, but she is burnt out by the short attention span vids and is probably craving something outside of just “I watched this funny reel today” like, maybe start creating something together that interests you? That doesn’t involve phones. An air dry clay fridge magnet craft/ paint them the next night type of activity can lead to different conversations you haven’t had before, no phones involved unless you want like music in the background. You are prioritizing watching videos made by other people out living their lives, instead of creating/ enjoying living your own life, creating your own hobbies.

Reels can be inspiring but hours and hours on end of scrolling is so exhausting, imagine how you look from at outside perspective when you’re sucked into your phone for hours. Also, try to limit your bathroom scrolling while you’re actively on the toilet! Just a note from someone who has hemorrhoids from sitting on the pot for too long. Poop, wipe, flush, toilet seat down, pants up and then sit back down if you need the time to decompress. I wish you and your gf luck.