Imagine yourself in a condition in which you are buried under a grave but, you are alive and you do not know who buried you now you are trying very hard to escape from this grave and take a deep breath as breath-taking is also not possible under that grave. So, how you are feeling? Are you feeling good that you are going to die, as you do not like your life so much till now, or you are feeling bad that you are going to die very soon? Hopefully, 99.9% of people will take that second option because we all as human beings do not want to die at a very young age.

So, the reason to make you uncomfortable with my words was only that I want to convey this message that nowadays in our daily life this GRAVE is none other than our cute and little but very harmful electronic device i.e. MOBILE PHONE, I am not talking about any single brand either it is an I-Phone or your Android, this so-called small rectangular device is your grave- because this is taking up your social life at a very deeper level. And, when I am saying this I am very serious.
Your day starts by scrolling through some reel videos, liking your crush's current photos(Oh! god she's or he's so hot!!),by watching some negative and political news, and hence, you are filled up with tons of content that you do not want to continue your daily schedule, like meditation, exercising, or reading a book. Because-, you got your dopamine hit by just scrolling your messed up feed in different social media apps. I think this is the common routine of every adult or teenager in today's time. So, in this article, we are going to learn how to stop phone addiction for students & teenagers, what are the mobile addiction symptoms, how you can avoid using phones too much, and what are some psychological effects of mobile phone addiction.
So, follow these steps to stop being addicted:

1. PUT YOUR PHONE ASIDE FOR A DAY

Is it possible for you to set aside your phone for a whole day? If, the answer is yes then go for it. Setting aside your phone for a whole single day can change your upcoming life to a large extent. We are not biologically addicted to our phones but due to some bad and negative feelings that are going on our minds tend to use them for some time to avoid those negative feelings going beyond our minds. To get that push or small dopamine hit our hands can not find themselves capable of not using our phones. So, just try this trick to analyze your feelings for some time.

2. TRY GRAY-SCALE MODE

Social media apps are so much addictive, only because of one reason i.e; their icon color. The color they choose only after processing a lot of experiments on our mind's psychology, how our mind works, and how it reacts to a certain color, you can not even think that, why the icon of Instagram is pink, so why the color of Youtube is red, and Facebook's blue? No, because they are designed in such a way that they keep you engaged for a lot of time, so that you can't even imagine how much the people behind this are playing with our minds to keep us engaged and addicted for the whole time.

3. USE SOME APPS TO BLOCK YOUR ADDICTIVE APPS

Apps like Forest, Focused, etc. are very useful to some extent to reduce your phone usage. First of all, they keep a track of your usage that how much time you are spending on any single app, how much time you are opening it, or anything else. So, you must be mindful and alert that are you using them or in reality, they are using you.

4. NEVER CHARGE YOUR PHONE NEAR YOUR BED

This might seems to be an insane tip but, researchers had found out that people who charge their phones near their beds are 25% more addicted than the people who do not charge their phones near their beds. Also, phone radiations are very harmful to our mind, so if you are sleeping by keeping your phone near your head then, it radiates very much harmful rays which are not good for our mind. So, next time before charging your phone near your bed read this article once again to see its consequences.

5. CHALLENGE A 30-DAY-LONG PHONE DETOX WITH YOUR FRIENDS

Yes, challenges make us more enthusiastic about achieving our goals and if you do it with your friends then it will become more easy for you to get rid of your phone addiction. So, tell them that you guys are not going to use your phone for a whole single month and the one who loses this will have to throw a party for the other ones. In this, way you are going to make your phone usage habit even weak that you can not return it. So, do not give excuses like I have to use Whatsapp to text my Crush, because this is the time to show yourself that you are a SIGMA male. So, do not show any interest in him or her as this will make you more stronger.

6. READ THE CONSEQUENCES PHONE ADDICTION CAN BRING TO YOU

Why people are talking about phone addiction, are they distracted or is it a lie? No, it's not a lie because Phone addiction can eat up your whole career, it will stop you from becoming that self of which you had dreamt since your childhood. Phone addiction can lead you towards distraction, short-term memory, strain in your eyes, bad sleep habits, lack of focus on your main goals, and obesity. Because the blue rays that the screen of phones emits make you feel awakened all the time which leads to various sleep-related diseases and sleep disorders. So, if there are more cons than pros of using a phone then why don't you leave using it, even before it starts using you?

7. BE MINDFUL BEFORE USING THE PHONE

Always before unlocking your phone, start asking yourself why am I doing this?-, For what reason I am unlocking this, and what else I can do if I am not using it? So, if you are questionable to your phone-using actions then your mind itself starts thinking analytically and chooses what is better for the current decision now.

8. FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY

Ask your self again which was the last offline or outdoor game that you had played with your friends. Was it a fun experience for you? Did you check your phone at that time?-, If the answer is No, then start playing that game again over time you use your phone. Take small steps, and do not panic more about it because if you think more about it then you will feel agitated and frustrated and at that moment you will use your phone more than in your previous history. So, be mindful and know of your habits and enjoy your life to the fullest.

Thank you for reading our article. We hope that it will surely reduce your phone usage.

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