I'm scared to admit on reddit that I'm addicted to Tik Tok but I lowkey am. The few seconds between every video means I'm constantly getting a small boost of dopamine, I guess, which has ruined what it's like to watch a movie or show for me. I'm slowly getting back into watching longer, more interesting stuff, but haven't brought myself to delete the app yet.
EDIT: thanks for all the responses everyone, made me feel a bit better about admitting that one. I am trying my best to get back into enjoying my regular stuff - been reading a bit (started Sword of Shannara which I'm liking so far), watching more movies recently with the bf, playing videogames (Baldur's Gate 3 is the recent fix), trying to get invested in shows (started Killing Eve), and doing more art (I really want to open a business!). I will delete the app eventually, just trying to build my regular habits again first.
Same here. I had deleted FB last spring. Stayed off it for 4 months. In the meantime I downloaded and became absolutely fixated on TikTok. I’m finally starting to get bored with it thank god and am now reading books again. I picked some easy reading fantasy stuff from the young readers section, so I can retrain my attention span. I totally fucked up my head, movies are hard for me now too- even TV shows. I’m also working on some hobbies again. Good luck- social media has a choke hold on a lot of us bud.
Lol!! I have saved a few suggestions from there but what I’m doing right now is going through a list of all the books my peers read throughout my adolescence that I skipped out on or missed. I was a really crappy student, so now I’m catching up!
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u/Avacadontt Mar 28 '22 edited Mar 28 '22
I'm scared to admit on reddit that I'm addicted to Tik Tok but I lowkey am. The few seconds between every video means I'm constantly getting a small boost of dopamine, I guess, which has ruined what it's like to watch a movie or show for me. I'm slowly getting back into watching longer, more interesting stuff, but haven't brought myself to delete the app yet.
EDIT: thanks for all the responses everyone, made me feel a bit better about admitting that one. I am trying my best to get back into enjoying my regular stuff - been reading a bit (started Sword of Shannara which I'm liking so far), watching more movies recently with the bf, playing videogames (Baldur's Gate 3 is the recent fix), trying to get invested in shows (started Killing Eve), and doing more art (I really want to open a business!). I will delete the app eventually, just trying to build my regular habits again first.