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Ask HN: How to overcome Addiction?

4 pointsby Anand_Sabout 9 years ago
I sometimes find myself obsessively reading articles on Internet. I also see a lot of people who are addicted to Internet, binge watching Videos, Gaming, social networks, etc.<p>What can one do to overcome such addictions?

5 comments

chipsyabout 9 years ago
Plan and structure more of your day. Put better things to do on your calendar, things you like such as hobbies or social events as well as &quot;productive&quot; tasks. Give yourself a generous amount of time to do things in, more than you expect to use. If it doesn&#x27;t become a habit and you just waste all the time, figure out why. You aren&#x27;t a robot and you have to make a life that works well with your natural feelings, so don&#x27;t expect to become someone else just because you constructed a schedule that says so.<p>Edit: and don&#x27;t make decisions &quot;when you feel like it&quot;, then you fall off schedule. Plan a lot in advance and then try to stick to how you planned the day.
vectorEQabout 9 years ago
Ask yourself questions about it. Write them down + answers. what do you get from it? etc.<p>Read books instead of internet articles. Try to get an outdoor activity you like. Set a time schedule in which you allow yourself to use internet.
TaiFoodabout 9 years ago
You get some sort of reinforcement from this activity.<p>Do you eat only sugar? Why not?<p>What you read might be constructive.<p>Enroll in a school.<p>Keep a journal of your suspect activity.
brudgersabout 9 years ago
If it is, clinically speaking, an addiction, schedule an appointment with an experienced psychotherapist.
hoodoofabout 9 years ago
Go watch TV. Or play a computer game.