Re:Ask HN: How do you avoid dopamine addiction on social media?
by raspyberr on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:07PM
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It is simple. It's just not easy. Lots of cool tricks and yet all the addicts are still there. The most important thing is to start. I even think talking too much about it is a negative because it feels like you're heading towards your goal without actually having done something. Spending lots of time talking and researching uses up energy and makes you feel like you've achived something when you actually haven't done anything at all.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you avoid dopamine addiction on social media?
by KerryJones on Sunday January 02, 2022 @06:03PM
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Agree in concept, but now moving goal post? First mentioned that "there are no cool tricks". Many addicts _don't know_ about the tricks to help, and many of them are helped when they do have them.
I agree that I've seen many fall into the trap of thinking they have done something when they haven't done anything at all, but that's completely a separate discussion than using behavior psychology to your advantage.