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Re:The Death of Daydreaming: What we lose when phones take a... by soupfordummies on Monday May 05, 2025 @01:18PM (#43897277)
>"It's clear that they are living in a lukewarm vat of anxiety that they can't face while staring at a screen, but also one which causes them immediate stress when they do look away."

which sounds a whole lot like a word that starts with "a" and ends with "ddiction"

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Re:The Death of Daydreaming: What we lose when phones take a... by MonkeyClub on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @08:42AM (#43904439)
A "lukewarm vat of anxiety", what a nice way to put it!

Seems to me this is the floaty feeling when swimming in stress-induced high levels of cortisol, though I could be wrong. Bit heady and dissociated.

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