I am addicted to videos warning about how addictive social media and society in general (tick tok in particular) is becoming.

@zed739

Жыл бұрын

Don't let the irony of the statement blind you to the real harm this truth can cause

@javieralvarez1072

Жыл бұрын

@@zed739 I'll try.

@jacksprat9209

Жыл бұрын

@@zed739 the irony of the video is more interesting. They use the same tactics they warn us about. They know how to scare people into watching a video purporting to be in your best interests but is in reality purely for monetary gain. Everybody on YT is a faker.

@sorrycantvizualize

Жыл бұрын

Bruh

@migspeculates

Жыл бұрын

@@jacksprat9209 Well some KZreadrs are using the platform to spread their passion and ideals as much as possible Then & Now is one of them. It all comes down to the landscape of the social media app which forces some tactics to be adopted for efficiency's sake

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

@IkamiLog

Ай бұрын

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

@elizabethwilliams6651

Ай бұрын

Yes, dr.sporessss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

@Jennifer-bw7ku

Ай бұрын

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

@IkamiLog

Ай бұрын

Is he on instagram?

@elizabethwilliams6651

Ай бұрын

Yes he is. dr.sporessss

I am horribly addicted to media. I literally get a feeling of being depressed if i’m not playing games or watching videos or tv shows. It’s horrible, I even considered giving away my phone and changing it to a nokia. My world/life seems grey and boring because the life i’m seeing online seems so colorful and exciting. And the worst thing is that no one takes it seriously, because everyone is addicted and thinks this is normal.

@ariesbull

3 ай бұрын

Oh… I can understand this. I went through a bad divorce and can’t move forward with my life to be ‘normal’. So looking at everyone else online was really bad for me. Around a year ago I decided not to interact with the apps. All notifications off. I still have them but they no longer draw me in. Now weeks can pass before I remember about them and I feel much better about myself, and my life seems ok to me and not a failure. I’ve stopped comparing myself to others basically. Maybe give this a try and see how you get on. I wish you well with this ✨

@Cheese_crackers

3 ай бұрын

I feel you... There's time I felt exactly like you and still do really. I have put my phone in my locker during work hours and it's crazy how you notice how much everyone is glued to their phones while working, whether listening to endless podcasts or actually watching videos. It becomes creepy. But what I noticed also after 3 days my mind becomes clearer, I'm focused on my work, my sleep is tremendously improved and I'm way more in the moment focused on what's in front of me. But even after doing it for a week or so as soon as you pick it back up it's as if you never let it go. I've considered getting a flip phone and only using the internet on the weekends at a coffee shop or something so I can use it for what I need like paying bills, looking something up I kept thinking about during the week etc and leaving. Because it's not like I'ma sit there for 8 hours mindlessly scrolling. I can admit that having the internet (the world) in my pocket is way too distracting for me personally

@estebanwixom8540

3 ай бұрын

We are becoming addicted to screen time on our devices and are losing the ability to exist and communicate organically in the real world

@greenjosh75

3 ай бұрын

I am the same. The first thing I do everyday when I wake up is start watching KZread as I get ready for work, I watch KZread at work when I'm not busy and bored. Then come home and watch while I cook dinner/eat before I get on my computer till I go to sleep. A few times when I couldn't afford to renew my monthly internet I was so bored and depressed I thought I was gonna loose it. All I do aside from work/eat/sleep is gaming/movies/KZread. I need help 😢

@turtleanton6539

3 ай бұрын

Fully agreed 😊

This depressing because none of this is going to just go away. It’s only getting smarter, faster, flashier, sexier, more alluring. We’re doomed.

@villemononen5303

Жыл бұрын

It goes away (or lessens it's pull) once the individual decides so. It's up to each and everyone how they choose to live their lives, and where to focus their daily energy on. At the end of the day, it's just a digital illusion. Just a one unplug away...

@ricksanchez9669

Жыл бұрын

oh its going to go away. WW3 will bring people back to reality real quick. Once the chip supply chain is interrupted, all bets are off. We will be lucky if governments don't start confiscating phones, computers, smart TVs, anything with chips that can be used to make weapons. The likes on your Instagram post wont mean shit because uncle sam just took every internet connected device you owned and every man in your life under 65 has been conscripted.

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

Жыл бұрын

If you want to be a nihilist, go ahead...

@thekajalflaneur

Жыл бұрын

It seems that way dosent it. But i think one can choose to disengage and go into life without your phone, without expectation. Life opens up once you are no longer feeling under such surveillance. In the macro, eventually this will be regulated. We are still in the wild west, but I'd say its the twilight, not quite sundown but almost. So just hold on, my man. Remain calm, be brave and just ride through this night until the new dawn. All will be okay eventually. You'll be right :) lots of love to you

@Way_Of_The_Light

Жыл бұрын

Best to stop reproducing and end this never ending cycle of human sufferings.

We’re basically being entertained to death 😕 It is indeed time to take back control! Awesome vid 🌟

@theintrovertedaspie9095

3 ай бұрын

And its to give us cheap dopamine and stimulation which us used as a coping mechanism to deal with stress or burn out from all the huge amounts of work people are enduring just to simply make ends meet in this day and age. Especially for poor or lower middle class people. Same thing can me said about junk food., its quick, its easy, and its often all you can afford. Its all connected. Society finds ways to incentivize us to consume. Our problems and are their profits.

@ebossnz6838

3 ай бұрын

It's always been the case. Sports was made to entertain and to distract you from what's really going on.

@theintrovertedaspie9095

3 ай бұрын

@@ebossnz6838 Really? I thought sports were things people liked doing. Sports and games have always been a cornerstone of human culture.

@ebossnz6838

3 ай бұрын

@@theintrovertedaspie9095 they are in some cases. We see them as fun. But over all when big things take place they always do it around game time. Then all you see on the news is the game or sports. In most cases now it is fun and we like doing it. I'm talking about the world cups etc. But originally the sports was made to settle matters like in Aztec times. Rituals etc. But Look up sportwashing that will explain a little more about it

@simspawn

3 ай бұрын

​@@theintrovertedaspie9095No, that's not what sports are about. Might have started that way, but nobody, and I mean nobody, memorizes stats of games from 60 years ago without having an addiction~ but in seriousness though, it's ALL a tool to control the masses. Society itself and the idea of "society as a whole" is an abstract and is a tool to control the masses.

I'm an addiction counselor and since finding this video we've been showing it at least once a week. Excellent job.

@theharshtruthoutthere

3 ай бұрын

Soul of ADAM: repentance (Luke 5:32 KJV) repent (Luke 13:3 KJV) born again ( John 3:7 KJV) ( 1 Peter 1:23) come out from Babylon and expose it ( Revelation 18:4) (Ephesians 5:11 KJV) forsake your evil ways (sins) (Jonah 3:10 KJV) do the WILL of your Heavenly FATHER. (Matthew 7:21 KJV)

I smoked a pack of ciggies a day for 6 years. Tried to stop many times. The thing that finally worked was changing jobs to something that i found more meaningful and more varied. In my experience addiction is usually a cover, a replacement, or a treatment for something else.

@kionnakelly2918

Жыл бұрын

It’s a symptom of the underlying problem usually.

@whywhywhy9659

Жыл бұрын

Captain obvious

@ian-haggerty

Жыл бұрын

Amen brother.

@Interdacted

Жыл бұрын

Woah. Hello sir, You are me.

@atmosrepair

Жыл бұрын

Yes that what it is,, self medicatio of Underlying trauma,, and trying to feel good again,, feel whole again,, use a substance to put that piece of yourself back together.I was able to quit cigarettes by telling myself that I will just have one later, and ignoring the impulse at that moment, and before you know it, you're thinking about something else. I even kept one last Marlboro, it's my lucky cigarette. If I said I quit now for good no more, it was too much separation anxiety and worry how I can make it in the future. Ignoring that desire that pops up, does resemble choking a demon out of yourself, at first it is tussle and struggling a lot, but it gradually weakens, and weakens, and then it flops dead, and you let go of the choke, and it falls right to the floor!

I'm 65 years old, so while I did grow up with television (all THREE channels), I didn't grow up with the barrage of attention-stealing devices and apps that Gen Z has had. I'm thankful for that. I look at the youth of today and my sense is (GENERALIZATION ALERT, not meant to be applied to all) that they are lost, confused, overwhelmed. Our economy is changing rapidly, leaving many by the wayside, and social ties are weak or nonexistent, creating many "losers" who are becoming destructive or self-destructive. There are "winners" too, but it's way out of balance. We can't all by Tik Tok stars, raking in million$.

@veganautics

Жыл бұрын

Nailed it.

@gifzwerk

Жыл бұрын

wise words

@sr.antipiro8669

Жыл бұрын

.

@shanastroskyphazer8172

Жыл бұрын

your in a ego trap FOOL !

@DC-cz2sr

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm a 80s baby I hate this look at me online social economy. Yes some got rich off social media but there are plenty of ways to get rich I make well for myself trading without a making a KZread channel of myself being a trader. I value me and my family's privacy

I think with today & the social media addition, it's partly the unwillingness to ever feel bored, the fear of missing something that's going on. Also, the idea that doing something is always better than doing nothing. Throw in the desire to be liked as well which is strong too.

I am addicted to extremely well produced and highly researched videos like this one.

@fishdude666ify

Жыл бұрын

Word.

@SilentVinyl

Жыл бұрын

You seem like one of those dead internet theory accounts

@Mediocre00Rebel

Жыл бұрын

At least this is better than watching corporate TV tho.

@FurthermoreJack

Жыл бұрын

Can't lose with a Tom Scott accent

@BirdmanVeganFuture

Жыл бұрын

Most are addicted to certain foods, like fast foods, cheese, meats and soda

The realization that I can't even watch this video without constantly refreshing social media

@BloodSweatandFears

3 ай бұрын

When I was doing this I finally deleted it from my phone. I was bored for a while but my mental health has improved by quite a lot. It’s worth it completely.

@Yetaxa

3 ай бұрын

@@BloodSweatandFears I've done that many times but something eventually compells me to see again. The intense worry of what I'm missing out.

@BloodSweatandFears

3 ай бұрын

@@Yetaxa As long as the short form scrolling (TikTok, reels, shorts) it shouldn’t be as bad. Short scrolling has been proven to ruin your dopamine levels, that’s why people get addicted. I still use KZread long formatted videos, and Instagram but I only use it for photos, not video content.

@Yetaxa

3 ай бұрын

@@BloodSweatandFears yeah that's the aim. I've cut out some of the worst offenders. twitter was the absolute worst. Musk ruining it aided in that, but some things are still hard to cut

@BloodSweatandFears

3 ай бұрын

@@Yetaxa What annoyed me the most about twitter is just the absolutely huge amount of new advertisements added. Even in comment sections are ads wtf?!

Im 63 and addicted to the internet. Its not a problem for me or those around me and it hasn't come at a better time in my life. Im now crippled because of back problems and unable to move around freely. Luckily everything i wanted to do in life ive achieved and more in the past, so now im finding great pleasure surfing the net , finding answers to questions ive had all my life. What a lovely addiction.

@silverfoxchain

3 ай бұрын

Its so sad when toddlers and teenagers and young adults are though

@charliepearce8767

3 ай бұрын

@@silverfoxchain Your very right. Most haven't had the chance to experience "real life." Just glued to the screen, sitting at home on their bottom not being active and all. I note nowadays, no kids playing out on the streets, riding their bikes, blowing up letter boxes with fireworks, etc.. Just eyes fixed on a screen.

@lynnfisher3037

3 ай бұрын

So sad that you didn't GET anything that was said here.

@turtleanton6539

3 ай бұрын

So nice

@johedges5946

3 ай бұрын

Bless you Charlie 🥰

Addiction just seems to be part of human nature. We tether to anything that adds rhythm to the unpunctuated flow of time

@wadeguidry6675

Жыл бұрын

Did you make that up? Great observation.

@javieralvarez1072

Жыл бұрын

You are mesmerizing...

@villemononen5303

Жыл бұрын

In my opinion and experience, most of the addictions are manufactured and marketed to general masses in hypnosis. Once one starts to cut down their addictions, they start to regain their own power back, and own peace of mind too. Bunch of programming tricks cast down on masses in this grand theatre of delusions. And believe me, in no better nor worse in this too. But once you get the grasp of it, the direction is upwards.

@ytisfulloffreaks4189

Жыл бұрын

Rhythm , Longest word that doesn't contain a Vowel:)

@dansmoothback9644

Жыл бұрын

Really well put! I think we are addicted to more things than we realize, but its obviously the more harmful ones that get our attention. Interesting stuff to think about

I find myself layering my addiction. I listen to a KZread video at the same time as scrolling social media….all while trying to get some work done. Hayyyyyyllllpppp!

I have an Internet addiction, just like practically everyone my age. This may be a strange way of looking at things but what saddens me most is the collective alienation we experience not only in relation to other humans but to ourselves, our inner-lives; the creative background of our personality. Due to the constant bombardment of programming assaulting our minds on a daily basis we only ever get a break from it (sort of) when we're fully unconscious in sleep. The result is that we are molded and shaped into a generic being that pales in comparison to the fruits of our extraordinary ability to look into our own souls for who we are and how to become who we are. People nowadays have nothing in themselves, not a single treasure that would make them truly independent, if only in thought. We will see what happens to society when it is occupied with people who resemble more "unlived life" than life...

This video is some real wisdom. I struggle with porn addiction, weed addiction, and doomscrolling. Humans weren’t designed for these kinds of things. Thanks for helping me

@trippybruh1592

Жыл бұрын

How can you not doom scroll these days?

@jftrucker2609

Жыл бұрын

I'm with ya on the porn .but I'm picky!The acting n fake noises or edited.. trash!I like chubby natural and I must feel it .Then that's the good stuff LMAO

@ninamartin1084

Жыл бұрын

Humans alongside all higher animals keep ourselves alive by use of dopamine/serotonin mediated pathways.....it's why we seek water when we are thirsty or food when we are hungry or sex when we are horny. It's how we survived as a species and it's how we survive as individuals. We would literally die if our receptors were turned off as we would starve to death. So don't give yourself a hard time!

@tylerburgess7664

Жыл бұрын

This is why we probably should just unplug. But then we probably would get ostracized.

@AG-er5vmTG

Жыл бұрын

@@tylerburgess7664 I unplugged and lost half my friends. It’s tough to find a middle ground.

I’m 52, and I’ve just been constantly swapping addictions my whole life. I’ll quit vaping only to become addicted to porn, then to something else, and so on. It took me a long time to realize what I was doing. I’ll do anything to relieve the feelings of nervousness, anxiety, and depression.

@johnmccarthy7195

3 ай бұрын

Embrace those addictions, avoid harm.

@victoraraoz75

3 ай бұрын

wtf kind of advise is that? lol@@johnmccarthy7195

@Name3rdGearVTACK

2 ай бұрын

@@johnmccarthy7195 What garbage advice... Sorry you have given up.

@johnmccarthy7195

2 ай бұрын

Given up?? I'm living the good life addictions and all.@@Name3rdGearVTACK

Thank you for making this. I'm a former heroin addict. Learning to control my addictions revealed how out of control addiction is with pretty much everyone these days, especially addiction to attention and likability. We seem to be willing to ignore some horribly dangerous addictions, while demonizing less dangerous but over-stigmatized addictions.

wow, fantastic analysis and commentary, thanks for a great video and a real eye opener - wish this got across to more people to see what society is really doing to us all...

occupy your mind with observing the moment do not distract yourself love the light that comes from within you

Hard to tell the difference between doing something because you're addicted vs doing it because you simply enjoy it

@SL-es5kb

Жыл бұрын

The difference is if you recognize that thing or the amount you are doing it is harming your life but you continue…

@Interdacted

Жыл бұрын

Or if the thing your doing is something you can't live without anymore because it's such a habit you want whatever the "insert addiction here."

@usersdksdfg

Жыл бұрын

for me it's easy. i'm addicted to porn, but I play basketball simply because I enjoy doing it

@mrmacedon

Жыл бұрын

To enjoy is to do something that is hard with ease, like gym

@deeppurple883

Жыл бұрын

It's trying to do without whatever that might be. See how you act without it. 🤔

Dude... Right before he said "Aldous Huxley" I thought to myself "Brave New World". It's becoming more and more obvious that we're not just heading towards a mixture of a Brave New World, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 - like society, but we're being consciously engineered to help build that prison-like society for ourselves, by a small group of corporations, elites and world leaders and politicians, and what surprises me the most about it, is the speed with which it's happening, and the fact that most people don't even notice that it's happening.

@joycewright5386

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing! They will more easily put us in bondage by offering constant pleasures (Brave New World), than by Orwell’s 1984 rules and regulations with the threat of punishment.

@prettyhatemachine8887

Жыл бұрын

@@joycewright5386 Yeah, but there'll still be a 1984-like phase for the "problem" phase of the "problem, reaction, solution" plan. Also, they seem to want to implement the Ministry of Truth part of 1984 into their plan for us. but as for everything else, it's so like brave new world and Fahrenheit 451, that they even wrote about in their vision for the future on the WEF website, about people who refuse to live in this new world they're building, and how they're basically going to live in those "reservations" that were depicted in Brave New World, where people live "The old" lifestyle and how it sucks without the elite's support (the current economy).

Social media is especially bad for us. When you’re not living that fun exciting life that you see other people living it really messes us up psychologically. FOMO is a real thing and it makes you feel awful

This is so revealing and enlightening. I appreciate the hell out of you and this video

This one was a really powerful one for me, and that's saying a lot from someone who thinks every one of Then&Now's productions is powerful. I nearly lost my life from a chemical addiction and I continue to deal with and suffer from all sorts of less intense addictions. I feel as though the society that I live in is designed to completely encapsulate my weaknesses and exploit them for as much as possible without any regard for my humanity whatsoever. I feel like I have almost no control. Things need to change

God bless you brother this is one of the best videos on the topic and I will share this with everybody I know.

Stunning! I've just had that conversation about the overabundance in our society in my head these days and how easily we can access or lose interest in everything.

One of the best KZread documentaries I have seen in a very long time! Captivating, thought-provoking and educational. The pacing was beautiful and the quality was impressive. Thank you for this video!

I deleted all my social media five years ago and it was one of the most beneficial decisions I have made so far. It was after learning at university about the ventral tegmental area and how these companies really do exploit our own fucking brains just so we spend our limited time on their vapid nonense, it also put me off research science as I realised any research I did would potentially help companies exploit peoples brains further. Meaningful ways to spend your time rarely begin with an app, you only have one life don't spend most of it online especially not on social media.

@Meghan144

3 ай бұрын

KZread is social media

@discipleadamos9527

3 ай бұрын

Repent and surrender to Jesus. The end is truly near. The rapture of the church will happen, and a fake alien invasion, realistic hologram technology by project blue beam, ww3, natural disatsers etc..

@discipleadamos9527

3 ай бұрын

​@@Meghan144Repent and surrender to Jesus. The end is truly near. The rapture of the church will happen, and a fake alien invasion, realistic hologram technology by project blue beam, ww3, natural disatsers etc..

@discipleadamos9527

3 ай бұрын

​@@Meghan144kzread.info/dash/bejne/nomjxrerdsq9g8o.htmlsi=uj6aQRRXMRB4Xijz

@discipleadamos9527

3 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nomjxrerdsq9g8o.htmlsi=uj6aQRRXMRB4Xijz

Excellent sir! J it’s discovered you! Love your use of history and philosophy. ❤

This is why I’m giving myself a limit on how much I use electronics going forward from now on. I’m going to start with a three hour limit and lower it over time. Wish me luck guys ✌️

I wish everyone could see this video. People need to be aware of the harm that the addiction pandemic caused by the social media attention driven algorithms have cause and will cause if we don't stop this.

Internet addiction! I recently thought about that. And it's not only for example TikTok having an AI algorithm optimized for addiction or that people use their smartphones all the time, but the use of the internet in general has become a general addiction.

@SevenTheMisgiven

Жыл бұрын

Wow you are already here in 2023? Damn. Very impressive.

@user-zt4zr7eg6z

10 ай бұрын

Of course. Always online. Its also depending. You are supposed to have a phone.

Very well done video, props to you, very professional and understandable. Thanks for a nonbiased view.

I feel like the goal addiction is worse than we give it credit for. We have lost control of long term meanings in life as they have become less about personal growth and more a number catered by someone else to reach, it's not so much the loss of self, as it is the relinquishing of self to someone else's standards.

@warren010h

3 ай бұрын

Very true. But this is a world now where, if you don't have goals or something to push you forward, its easy to get left behind in struggle in many aspects as a result. Its as if the standards of living are going at 2x speed and if we don't try to keep up (often to an unhealthy degree), we get ledt behind. The rising cost of living for example, seem to outpace what people can keep up with. Working more hours, getting multiple jobs, having to find some way to grind endlessly to get ahead and hopefully reach sucess that mitigates that issue, seems to be the natural result. I agree, addictions to goals may be a thing. But I think the crazy effort with them is often a byproduct of what seems to be necessity.

those types of videos make me so concerned and a bit sad because I basically grew up with the internet, and started having a severe addiction to it at 13. I will be 23 at the end of this year. It has been almost 10 years that I'm really addicted and have had huge difficulties controlling myself. I have tried more than 5 times, I don't use social media anymore BUT I "transformed" my Instagram addiction to a youtube addiction, if I quit youtube then it's become another internet kind of addiction. I think my brain is now easy prey for the internet. The "fun fact" is that I'm not bad at having discipline, I have stopped smoking for example, I have loose weight by controlling my overeating disorder, and I have a bachelor's that I worked really hard for. But the internet is the most strange addiction ever because it's everywhere, we need it for everything, it's almost part of us. But I'm still dissatisfied because I don't draw anymore, I don't do sports anymore, and I don't read anymore.

I have watched a total of around 200 videos related to my problem and this is the one that best explains it and the solution. I felt so lost but finally after so many videos from many creators I finally CLEARLY understood everything. Big talent, it all started like it wasn't going to be that good, as if it was going to be repetitive information that I had already seen, but your way of telling the story + obvious incredible research was amazing. I can see you put hours into looking for information related to this. Very good job and well done. In my opinion one of the best videos I have ever seen. Respect!

@harmhoeks5996

Жыл бұрын

And continue watching 😊

Great message. Keep up with your great work. Thank you

awww that was so interesting and informative ! thank you ! i will try to be more aware of these incentives that just make me more addicted and out of control. it is true it controls us and it feels like there is no break, no calm anymore. it is kinda scary to be controlled this way (just for the profit of those giant) loosing our health along the way. thank you for sharing and making me more aware!

im addicted to this channel

@ontheline3077

Жыл бұрын

one of the healthy ones

@chaosdweller

Жыл бұрын

Yer name ? haha!

Watching this while indulging in my addiction is like taking the red pill lmao 🤣

@gameaddictgonewild4391

Жыл бұрын

Weed and energy drinks You should stop using them.

@Juline1221

Жыл бұрын

@@gameaddictgonewild4391 I can't do the energy drinks god no

@gameaddictgonewild4391

Жыл бұрын

@@Juline1221 replace addictions with disciplines. Make smoking a cigarette, costly. Make smoking green, even more costly. By forcing yourself to do a x amount of pushups, for every J you smoke, or every cigarette, you will experience the effect of not wanting to smoke, legit. Quitting is super hard. For me the thought of not doing something i loved for so long was unbearable, so i did it this way. My habit of bad consumption became a better habit. I started to eat well, so i could do the pushups better for my J's. Now i barely smoke J's, and i replaced cigarette's with vape. (The future will tell if its a better option than smoking tobacco but i think it is). I know the struggles of indulging in bad habits, and at first everything seems fine. But disaster is building up, and when it finally hits you, it will hurt more than just a vew push ups. Sorry for the speech, i wish you the best.

@Juline1221

Жыл бұрын

@@gameaddictgonewild4391 I like how u jumped to assumptions. I mean we all can do better but I think I'm doing ok. My only addiction is weed and making beats. My audio engineering skills got me an internship so if smoking weed worst thing I can do. I don't mind my habits. Especially since one of them is my career of something that I love to do

@gameaddictgonewild4391

Жыл бұрын

@@Juline1221 :I I asked you, weed and energy drinks. You said, i cannot do energy drinks. So, yeah. Obviously i assume that you smoke weed, and i am right. But whatever bro. The average addict always does "allright". Here. Its copied. I recommend watching the full video but i assume you wouldn't because its a seminair of 4 hours and i assume that you do way too allright, to study self development, even tho it can save you from the accumulated disasters i got. Be smarter in your philosophy The definition of failure is the following: A few errors in judgment repeated every day Jim Rohn told a story about his father, how he used to eat a midnight snack every night. His father would eat an apple and some graham crackers before bed. He did this because he believed in the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. Jim brought that up, because this story is a wonderful example of a good philosophy. He also stated that some people with poor philosophies tend to mix up this simple saying. The saying says an apple a day, not a Hershey bar a day. Mr. Rohn brought this up to insist not to develop the wrong ideas. To never think “I’m healthy enough now”. To spark the question, “What’s that going to cost me down the road?”. This is why personal philosophy is so important. Jim Rohn explained that disaster occurs when people use the words; “You could, you should, you don’t, you won’t” etc. One question that was stressed by Jim, was the question “Are there errors in my current judgment?”. If so, that leads to another term Jim used, called Accumulated Disaster- Errors in judgment, and being lax about developing your own personal philosophy. “If a guy has an empty bank account, he probably has high cholesterol. Why? Because he probably didn’t pay attention to either”. ~Jim Rohn

Reading these comments about how it’s got us all by the tail; the first step to doing better is recognizing the problem. We are collectively becoming more aware of these things and now that we have acknowledged it we can take the steps to address it.

Enjoyed this anthropological snippet. Makes you wonder what's in store for us down the line. Great post.

Pro life tip: you can change imprinting. Try using negative association. Run up a lot of debts, suddenly your phone vibrating creates fear not dopamine. Personally, I just minimise access to things like social media. Install it in one device you don’t use all the time. That way you’ve got to go out of your way to use it, it’s less accessible, your less likely to casually use it to pass the time.

@SmithWhite-pf9kq

Жыл бұрын

Loolllllll @ the run up a lot of debts part

@michaeladkins6

Жыл бұрын

@@SmithWhite-pf9kq Dont do that.

I feel like being ASDHD has been a blessing for me in regards to addiction. It's not that I'm immune, but I'm easily overwhelmed and it's impossible for an addiction to last more than a few weeks for me. This combination has led to me automatically ignoring most notifications, if they're even on. And I pace myself on everything because otherwise i'll burn out on it in a few weeks.

@Jenny-vm3yu

3 ай бұрын

That’s a really cool take and highlights how everyone with ADHD is soo different! Personally I’ve always struggled with addiction, just not in the traditional way (recovered hardcore nicotine addiction) until I was an adult. It all started with TV shows, movies and books for me probably from the age of 6. I would become so obsessed with a fandom that it was all I could think about. I would write fan-fiction instead of revising for my exams in high school lol. I still get fandom obsessed to this day but as you pointed out, it changes due to ADHD and I just move on to the next shiny fandom. Although, it’s the same addiction. It has taken me almost 4 years to beat nicotine addiction. I always thought it would be fine as I lose interest in stuff…I didn’t even consider a physical addiction and craving. I was only an occasional social smoker before lockdown and thought I was immune to nicotine. Then I became addicted in March 2020 and I’m finally permanently free of all nicotine in January 2024. Ooof. I have so many regrets.

Thanks for making this video ❤

Interesting video, thank you! I've been trying to cut down on phone screen time recently and it's surprisingly difficult. I don't know what else to do with myself half the time but I'm sure there is a better way to spend my life. My first step has been leaving my phone on the other side of the room when I go to bed and reading instead!

I'm happy to wait a while for videos that are carefully researched and produced. You never disappoint!

Something I've always wondered is where exactly the line is between addiction and just doing something you really like. The answer I usually get is: if it interferes with you living your life. What does that mean? How would playing video games 12 hours a day, everyday interfere with my life if that's what I want for my life? Would that be considered an addiction? Or is it only an addiction if I feel like I can't stop playing even if I wanted to?

@kimbradshaw1480

Жыл бұрын

Yeah - if you really really really want to go to the beach on a nice day but can't drag yourself away from the screen, that would sum it up! Nice point.

@Ooopsi

Жыл бұрын

It becomes addiction when feelings of compulsion and anxiety start accumulating if you don't do the activity you're addicted to.

@Trylobyte

4 ай бұрын

If thats genuinely all you want in life then fine -but if you wanted other things and you couldnt get away from the screen to do them then its a problem for you.

Fascinating.. Thank you for posting

This video was so helpful. I’ve been struggling with social media addiction for years and trying to take control is one step forward 4 steps back. This is the year I hope to gain freedom. 2 weeks No contact with my IG but gaining all the tools like this vid, books, therapy and addictive programs. 99,9% of us have no idea what we are using. Thank you for this vid.

Consumption is much easier than creation. It will be our downfall.

@mechamicro

8 ай бұрын

Already seen the result, it is daunting

I noticed this about myself a long time ago… had to put strict time/quantity limits on anything that wasn’t actually productive, and high led to me doing the same thing with productive pursuits, then had to limit myself there as well. Thank you for this video, I quite enjoyed it!

Great video mate.

great editing and set design!!

Nobody runs off a list, a table, an inventory, a catalogue quite like @Then & Now 😀

@chaosdweller

Жыл бұрын

Funny name haha.

Dating apps are the absolute worst when it comes to this sort of shit. Gamifying dating like that somehow feels worse and less moral than the classic honey pots like gambling.

@JoffreyGeenen

Жыл бұрын

Depends on the '' needs '' of one person, but i would say, when i felt really lonely back in the day, tinder would be the only app i ever payed money for, even with knowing they were playing a trick on me for paying, i never payed for any other platform. It depends on what you '' lack '' or most importantly THINK/FEEL like what is '' lacking '' in your life dictates which platform will be the most effective. It's if you think about it, a self serving circle. The more you get this false perception of relationships and individual lifestyles through media and the net, the more you feel like you are missing out, and that is really how these company's play they're cards.

@GR8APE69

Жыл бұрын

@Joffrey Geenen Instagram is a good example for what I think you mean. It's basically a giant FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) generator.

@JoffreyGeenen

Жыл бұрын

@@GR8APE69 it's very broad don't you think? tiktok, insta, facebook, youtube... all DEPICTING something or someone in an act or idea, not as a raw human being while faking a lifestyle through sponsorship deals. I deleted instagram ages ago, still use YT for video's like this or computer related things and never and will never step on the next poison that is tiktok, i hope the damage of these things on younger generations will get more attention soon tho, or i'm afraid we are going to end up with some really narcissistic, asocial and confused adults who are in a constant existential crisis and always by themselves.

@GR8APE69

Жыл бұрын

@Joffrey Geenen To an extent, yeah. It's obvious that they ALL feed on human beings' addictive proclivities in one way or another, but Instagram in particular feeds on FOMO via an exclusive tendency toward "glamor shots". This has been more or less proven to be the case after some studies discovered that Instagram is the #1 social media culprit responsible for body image issues in teen girls. Everybody on Instagram has their profiles filled with nothing but posts aimed at showing how awesome their lives are, resulting in the more susceptible among us to think their lives are shit in comparison. I'm sure some of this happens on Tik Tok as well, but Tik Tok has a lot more than simply FOMO posts - Instagram is 99% FOMO posts. I can learn recipes on Tik Tok, and watch sketch comedy bits, watch animal videos, and on and on. I honestly feel like Tik Tok gets a lot of unwarranted hate from people who resent the fact that they're no longer of the age group that sets the pop-culture trends and teenagers think they're old compared to themselves. That's just people being salty because they refuse to age gracefully. The criticism about Tik Tok being an inlet for the Chinese Communist Party to mine endless amounts of data on all-too-eager to capitulate Americans is one of the only valid criticisms of Tik Tok that I've seen, but I digress.

Great talk, thank you

The addictions will increase as society continues to forgo morals/ethics & we need to cope more with daily life, from overloading

The editing on this channel is great, always very engaging

So knowledgeable and interesting. Wow so many addictions all around us. It’s like we stand no chance. Let us resolve to diagnose ourselves before we are trapped

This video is truly informative and helpful for the present days. Thank you so much.

I think a big part of this is how we often ignore that we humans are as much emotional beings as we are intelligent ones. Emotions are always relegated in our discussions, decision making processes and world views to our own demise

Just like dog training like a good dog trainer we need to set ourselves up for success.There is no honor in strength and bravery if you know you will fail far more times than not. Make it easy to do the healthy thing and refuse to beat yourself up if you fail every once in a while.

Lighting and production value in this video is incredible. Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this type of attention to detail.

Thanks for this video, I think it's message was spot on.

That Mitchel Kapor line is disturbingly adroit accurate and apt. It is telling that the most intelligent can tell us of our future misdeeds and dangerous paths and yet we end up down them anyway. We are tragically doomed and flawed and predictable so. Which makes it all the more tragic for me.

Is it strange that knowing you smoke made me feel more communal when it comes to the struggle. Funny how the mind works. We all want liberation from what once gave us immense joy...

After Myspace's demise I quit all of it. KZread is it and I only listen to it while working. Thanks, by the way, for helping me pass the time and get educated. I'm a maintenance tech and have lots of time to myself while working. Helps to distract from the mundane by listening to something informative.