I’m spending hours and hours a day wasting time on my phone - twitter, Facebook, random googling.<p>It feels like my brain has been completely hijacked by a dopamine hit dynamic. Feels identical to alcoholism or drug abuse.<p>Every time I step away from my phone, I feel this urge to “drink” and start doom scrolling again.<p>This probably shaves 4-5 hours of every work day.<p>Have you found any apps, hacks, or methods to stop this cycle?
You don't need an app to fix apps. Remove the apps from your phone. You're not using them for business unless that's in your job description. The world will keep turning. The apps in their current state, long morphed from founding ideas and ideals, exist to abuse you and all other users. Delete them.
The actual answer to your question is rather simple, find a way to fix the void in your life that is making you sit on your phone all day.<p>It's much harder to do than it is to say it but it's also a matter of fact.
The obvious solution is get get an Android phone. It won't help much but it sure will annoy you with the the myriad differences.<p>Better still, see if you can pick up an old Nokia 3310 second hand. It works fine as a phone, can do text messages and even has a couple of low quality games.<p>The solution to your problem is to get rid of the phone. It seems like your self control isn't sufficient in of its self to break the addiction (and it is an addiction).
You remove the app, you will just end up using the website. Best thing is to just delete your account on whatever app you have the most problem with. You will come up with 1000 reasons not to though, because you are an addict, and that’s what addicts do.
At the end of the day, it's a fight between you and companies that are spending billions of dollars on top scientists and designers to make the most addictive apps possible. Definitely delete if you feel like it's adversely affecting your life.
If you cannot control yourself you're an irrational animal that needs treatment. Please don't take my words on a bad way, we're all animals after all, but some more rational and controlled than others. Man up and control yourself.
I've deleted all my social media accounts about 5 years ago. I realized that the more I used social media, the more antisocial I became.
Go out and socialize in person.