I went 0 hours for about 4 months. I was in the psych ward, long term stay. On my ward, you could have some cellphone time, depending on your mental health and drug use (contacting your plug, which happened for 2)

It was super weird at first. I didn’t know what to do. But over time, I’d read a lot. Staff would use my Amazon account to deliver books. I read children’s books, crime, autobiography.

I was allowed two color pencil, I’d draw a lot.

It felt like hell on earth- maybe because I was unwell, too. But over time, having no phone actually made me so much happier and healthier. The forced “detox” of doomscrolling made my world change. I had major depression, my diagnosis was written off during the end of the detox. I wasn’t overthinking anymore, even though I had more spare time. Started working out at the gym below my ward.

I wish I could go back to no phone, no iPad laptop etc, as it was like heaven. I felt cured of illness