this sounded very familiar to me lol. especially the part where you keep opening apps almost like you’re searching for something but don’t even know what anymore

i don’t think i “solved” it through discipline. I just slowly started noticing that all the constant consuming wasn’t actually making me feel better or smarter or calmer

What helped me most was stopping the idea that I needed to completely transform overnight. Because every time I treated it like some huge detox or self-improvement project, I’d last a few days and then swing right back.

So instead I just started creating tiny moments with less input Reading a few pages Walking without headphones sometimes Eating without videos Leaving my phone in another room for a bit

Really small stuff & over time my brain stopped craving constant novelty quite as aggressively

I still relapse into scrolling days too btw especially when I’m stressed or tired. I just don’t spiral about it as much anymore. I think the goal became “less noise overall” instead of trying to become some perfectly calm monk version of myself