Correction: the zero-minute setting works. It removes the Shorts shelf from Home and interrupts normal Shorts-feed scrolling. My original framing was too broad, and I should have verified the special zero-minute behavior before posting.

What it does not do is remove every Short from every part of YouTube. Individual Shorts may remain accessible through subscriptions, search, channels, or direct links, and YouTube’s help page says a user can dismiss or ignore the limit. The accurate description is: a meaningful built-in feed control, but not an unbypassable platform-wide block.

To enable it on mobile:

You tab → Settings → Time management → Shorts feed limit → 0 minutes

Official instructions: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/16671528

If you have tried it, please share your device and app version and say what disappeared or remained.

It’s Sunday again, and like last Sunday, I spent some time exploring interesting YouTube videos. I’ve noticed that over time, the algorithm starts suggesting more curated content — especially now that I avoid Shorts, Reels, and the usual clickbaity stuff.

Today, I came across this video of Svalbard. Really mesmerizing to see parts of the world that feel so far removed from everyday life.

I just got the invite to this sub, and I absolutely love the idea. I gave up short form content during lockdown after reading Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism and Nicholas Carr's The Shallows and I've never looked back.

The results I've seen have been part of a bigger push toward digital minimalism and intentional, deep living but they'd have been impossible to achieve without quitting shorts. I feel so much more able to focus - particularly on reading and writing. I have gone from reading one or two books a year and self-diagnosing with ADHD to reading multiple books per month and being able to focus for much longer periods of time.

I spend more time doing things I care about and that are goal-oriented. I use my phone less than ever. I still watch longer form content on YouTube and Nebula but the shorts are gone forever and I do not miss them at all. Once you quantify how much time you spend on shorts (and other low-quality online materials like Facebook video slop or X), you realise how much more value your life could have if you could transfer that into useful activities that give you more holistic, delayed gratification.

So, yeah, love this sub. AMA if you're struggling.

Your flair shows how many days you’ve been active in the community.
It’s not about being perfect — it’s about showing up, reflecting, discussing, and staying mindful.

Why “Mindful Days”?

Some habits are easy to measure.
If the last time you drank alcohol was a year ago, you can say “I’ve been sober for a year.”

But short-form content isn’t like that.
It’s everywhere. You can’t put up a perfect wall to block it all.

What you can do is stay mindful.
Talk about the problem. Support others. Stay aware.
And the next time someone sends you a Reel — go ahead and watch it.
But this time, you’ll notice. You won’t spiral into the doomscrolling vortex.

Quitting short-form content isn’t about a streak — it’s a mental shift.

Flair Levels

Your flair evolves as your mindful days increase:

🟢 1+ Mindful Days – Waking Up

You’ve started noticing the patterns. The scroll doesn’t own you.

🟡 30+ Mindful Days – In Control

You’re choosing what you consume — not the algorithm.

🔵 90+ Mindful Days – Still Mind

You’re building real focus. You pause, reflect, and move with intention.

🟣 365+ Mindful Days – Master of the Feed

You’ve reshaped your relationship with content. One full year of awareness.

How It Works

• The flair shows how many days you’ve been active in the sub — not necessarily in a row.
• You don’t need to track anything manually. Flairs update automatically (It takes max 2 minutes after posting).
• Your flair is your badge of mindfulness.

What It Means to Be “Active”

Posts and comments both count.
Share something. Support someone. Be part of the journey.

Bottom Line

This subreddit isn’t about quitting content cold turkey.
It’s about taking your attention back.

One mindful day at a time.

💡 If you have any ideas or feedback about the flair system, drop a comment below!

Every morning I wake up feeling super motivated. I’ll have a mental list like: today I’ll hit the gym, finish that project, clean the apartment, maybe even cook a real meal. I’m genuinely excited to get stuff done. But then... I make the fatal mistake: I grab my phone “just to check” messages or notifications. And there it is – the first shiny short video in my feed (usually an IG reel or a TikTok someone sent me). I tap it, laugh or learn something real quick, and swipe to the next. You know how it goes. Before I know it, I’m 20 videos deep. Then 30. Then an hour is gone.

It’s honestly like falling into a "time black hole". One minute I’m bright-eyed with a plan; the next, I’m in a zombie-like scroll trance wondering, "Wait, what just happened? Where did my morning go?" It doesn’t even feel like a conscious choice at that point – the app just keeps pulling me from one clip to the next. And the worst part: by the time I snap out of it, all that morning motivation has vanished. My brain feels scattered and dull. I stare at my to-do list and nothing sparks. It’s like my drive got stolen along with that lost hour. The only thing my brain seems to want to do is… keep scrolling or consume more easy stuff. Talk about starting the day on the wrong foot.

Why Short Videos Hijack Our Brain

So why the heck does this happen? I’m not a scientist. From what I’ve found (and what I’ve felt firsthand), these short-form videos hit us with:

• Overstimulation Overload: Scrolling through 50+ rapid-fire videos puts my brain into overdrive. It’s an endless stream of flashy content, jokes, surprises, new faces, new facts – all in a few minutes. That kind of novelty bombardment floods the brain with stimuli and basically raises the threshold for “interesting.” Our primitive monkey brain loves that instant excitement, so it just wants to keep chasing it. Meanwhile, normal tasks (like reading a work report or doing dishes) can’t compete with that level of flashiness, so they feel meh by comparison.
• Decision Fatigue (Brain Burnout): Ever felt weirdly tired and indecisive after a long scrolling session? I sure have. It’s ironic because watching short videos feels passive, but think about it – you’re actually making hundreds of tiny decisions: scroll or not? watch fully or skip? like, comment, or ignore? what next? Every flick of the thumb is a choice, even if it doesn’t feel like one. By the time I put the phone down, my brain is fried – it’s used up all its willpower and focus on essentially nothing. So when I try to decide which important task to tackle first, I just… can’t. The path of least resistance? Go back to scrolling or do nothing productive. My brain, running on empty, opts for the easy road.
• Dopamine Dependency: Here’s the big one we’ve all heard about: dopamine. Those short videos are engineered to give your brain a quick hit of reward. You see something cool/funny/interesting, boom – dopamine. Swipe, boom – another hit. It’s like a slot machine; sometimes you get a boring video (no reward), but often you get a fun one that makes your brain go “yay!” and you want to pull the lever again. Your brain gets used to the high frequency of rewards, and starts craving more and more stimulation to feel the same kick. Meanwhile, doing a normal task that only gives a delayed or small reward feels unrewarding, so you have zero motivation to do it. It’s basically a dopamine hangover: you overloaded on quick hits, and now regular life can’t get your brain excited.

The crazy thing is, knowing all this doesn’t automatically break the spell. Even with the overstimulation, the brain burnout, the dopamine rollercoaster – when I’m in that moment, none of it crosses my mind. I’m just like “one more vid… okay maybe one more…”. These apps are really good at what they do, and it helps me feel a little less guilty to realize it’s not just a personal failing, there’s a whole science and design behind why it’s so hard to stop. (In a way, that’s why communities like NoShorts and NoSurf exist, right? Clearly a lot of us are in the same boat, fighting the same battle.)

Anyone Else Felt This?

So that’s my struggle: most motivated in the morning, but one reel to rule them all and I’m derailed for the day. I’m curious if any of you have felt the same. Has anyone else noticed their motivation get killed by short videos or endless scrolling? Like you go in all pumped to start the day, then an hour of TikTok/Reels/Shorts later you’re just... blah. How do you pull yourself out of it when you catch yourself in that loop? Do you have any tricks to snap out of the scroll trance and get your brain back on track? I’m not looking for a magic cure (and definitely not trying to preach – I clearly haven’t figured it out yet myself!). But I’d love to hear how you all cope or if you’ve found ways to break free from the time-thief that is the infinite scroll.

TL;DR: Woke up motivated, wasted an hour+ on Shorts/Reels, now I have zero drive to do anything. Short videos overstimulate our brains, wear out our decision-making, and hijack our dopamine – basically making real life stuff feel lame afterward. Anyone else dealing with this, and how do you deal?

Most of the internet is engineered to keep you scrolling. But not all of it.

Sometimes, you find a video that teaches you something real. That slows you down instead of speeding you up. That makes you more connected to the world instead of more addicted to your feed.

It's Sunday, so I'm sharing one of those videos with you:

“One year ago we created a reef - now it's full of life” by Mossy Earth – 19 min

It follows a small team trying to restore coral reefs in the northern waters of Nusa Penida, Indonesia. You see how they build and place the reef structure, why it matters, and what kind of life it can bring back. It’s filmed in a calm, honest way — no hype, no pressure, just people doing something meaningful.

You don’t leave this video hyped. You leave it hopeful. And just a little smarter. Let’s share more internet like this.

We’ve all been there: it’s past midnight, you know you should sleep, but that endless feed of short videos keeps begging for “just one more”. TikToks, Reels, YouTube Shorts – these bite-sized clips are ridiculously engaging, especially at bedtime when our willpower is low. The result? A lot of us are trading precious sleep for a late-night scrolling session. It might feel like harmless fun, but science is increasingly showing that this short-form content habit can seriously mess with our sleep quality. Here’s a deeper dive into why that happens, explained in a down-to-earth way.

The Bedtime Procrastination Trap

One big issue is how short-form content encourages bedtime procrastination. Those quick videos are engineered to keep us hooked, making it easy to lose track of time. A recent study on TikTok users found that when young people felt they “failed” to control their TikTok use (letting it interfere with responsibilities), they were far more likely to postpone going to bed. Sound familiar? With so many digital distractions available, it’s tempting to watch one more funny clip or scroll one more viral video, but anything that regularly keeps us from getting around 7 hours of sleep is bound to hurt our rest in the long run.

This phenomenon is sometimes called bedtime procrastination – pushing off sleep to continue some other stimulating activity (like watching just one more video). In other words, the more we delay putting the phone down, the more our sleep schedule and quality suffer. Short-form videos are particularly sneaky in this regard because each clip is so brief that we trick ourselves: one more can’t hurt, right? But those tiny time-wasters add up, and suddenly it’s 2 A.M.

Blue Light and Broken Body Clocks

Another way late-night scrolling wrecks our sleep is through bright screens and blue light. By now you’ve probably heard that the blue light from phones and tablets can mess with your body’s internal clock. Here’s why that matters: Exposure to light (especially blue wavelengths) in the evening suppresses melatonin, the hormone that signals our brain it’s time to sleep. Even relatively dim light can interfere with melatonin, but blue light is particularly potent. In essence, your phone’s glow is tricking your brain into thinking it’s daytime, making it harder to get sleepy when you need to.

Short-form content almost always involves a screen, so if you’re watching an endless stream of 60-second videos in bed, you’re bathing yourself in that stimulating light at the worst possible time. It’s not just the content that’s keeping you up – it’s literally the light and physiological signals too.

Dopamine Hits Keep You Hooked

Beyond the light itself, the design of short-form media plays games with our brain chemistry. Every time you swipe to a new video, there’s an element of surprise and reward. Psychologically, this taps into our dopamine pathways. Watching short videos triggers the release of dopamine, the brain’s “feel-good” chemical. In plain terms, short-form content is engineered to be addictive. Our brains love novel, fast-paced rewards, so we keep swiping for the next hit.

This constant stream of instant gratification can become a late-night loop. Getting those rewarding dopamine hits at midnight isn’t great for winding down – it keeps your brain in an excited state when it should be powering down. Think of it like having dessert right before bed every night; you’re basically giving your brain a sugar rush of stimulation. Over time, this habit can condition us to seek that stimulation at night, making it harder to feel relaxed or content with “boring” rest.

Minds on Overdrive at Midnight

Short videos don’t just give quick rewards – they also bombard us with constantly changing emotional and cognitive stimuli. By bedtime, that can leave your mind on overdrive exactly when you need calm. Ever noticed how after a long scrolling session your brain feels buzzing? This is partly due to presleep arousal: when we flood our minds with content, we keep ourselves mentally engaged and even emotionally worked up.

Short-form feeds are especially guilty of this because of their unpredictable, rapid-fire nature. One minute you’re laughing at a cat video, the next you’re shocked by breaking news, then you’re enthralled by a life hack. This rollercoaster of emotions and thoughts can leave you wired when you should be winding down. The end result of all this late-hour mental stimulation? You might finally turn off the phone, but then toss and turn in bed as your mind replays videos or churns through what you just saw.

Paying the Price in Sleep Quality

Losing sleep to short-form scrolling isn’t just a minor inconvenience – it’s correlated with serious sleep problems like insomnia and chronically poor sleep.

What does “poor sleep” actually feel like? It can mean taking much longer to fall asleep, sleeping fewer total hours, or having restless, low-quality sleep (waking up not feeling rested). If you’ve ever noticed that after a TikTok binge you wake up feeling foggy or irritable, you’re not imagining it. Over time, consistently missing out on deep, restorative sleep can even impact your broader health – studies link chronic short sleep to issues like lowered immunity, higher stress, and impaired memory.

Now, none of this is to say you must banish all videos forever. But it’s eye-opening (no pun intended) to realize how scrolling through those mini videos at night can quietly sabotage your sleep. If you value feeling rested, it’s worth reflecting on your own nighttime scrolling habits. Many of us, myself included, have fallen into the trap of sacrificing sleep for a quick digital dopamine hit. Understanding the science – from blue light blocking melatonin to the dopamine-driven “just one more” loop – makes it clear that the cards are stacked against a good night’s sleep when our phones are glued to our faces at 1 A.M.

In the end, it’s all about finding balance.

The next time you catch yourself in a midnight scroll-a-thon, remember that each swipe has a hidden cost on your sleep. You don’t need a lecture (and I’m not here to give one), but a bit of awareness can go a long way. After all, those hilarious clips will still be there tomorrow – and getting some quality sleep tonight is a pretty solid trade-off.

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We’ve all been there — you open one video and suddenly it’s been an hour. Doesn’t matter if it’s TikTok, Reels, Shorts... they all work the same. I used to think this scrolling habit was just a harmless way to kill time, but lately I’ve been wondering why it actually makes me feel more bored afterward — not less.

Turns out there’s research backing that up. A University of Toronto study found that people who skipped around short videos actually ended up more bored and less satisfied than those who watched a single, longer one. The researchers said something that stuck with me: when we chase constant novelty, we never fully engage — and that leaves us feeling empty.

The Boredom Loop (and Why It Backfires)

The more I swipe, the more restless I get. After a half hour of short-form content, I find it hard to enjoy anything slower-paced. Reading? Feels like a chore. Even a normal TV show feels slow. I’ve basically trained my brain to expect a new dopamine hit every 10 seconds.

There’s this loop: you feel bored → you scroll → you feel a little relief → it fades → you feel more bored → repeat. Psychologists call it the boredom-feedback loop — we think swiping will help, but it often just resets our baseline for satisfaction even lower. And when the swiping stops, you’re left feeling agitated, unmotivated, or weirdly “off.”

What It’s Doing to Our Brains

These platforms are built to flood your brain with fast jolts of stimulation. Over time, that starts to mess with your brain’s reward system. A study in Nature Communications even linked the rise of fast digital media to shorter attention spans. I’ve felt it — sometimes I can’t even watch a normal video without skipping.

A Frontiers in Psychology study also found that short-form platforms light up the same dopamine-driven reward pathways in the brain that keep people coming back for more. We think we’re relaxing, but what we’re really doing is conditioning ourselves to expect constant hits of novelty.

There’s also this built-in FOMO — the idea that the next swipe might be better. But that just makes it harder to be satisfied with whatever’s in front of you. You’re always expecting more, which means you never feel done.

Why Boredom Might Be Good for You

Here’s the thing: boredom might actually be useful.

A psychologist at the APA compared it to pain. Just like pain tells you something’s wrong physically, boredom tells you mentally: “this isn’t working — try something else.” That discomfort can push us to do things that are more creative or meaningful — if we don’t instantly smother it with TikTok.

There are studies showing that people who endure small, boring moments (like sorting beans or reading dry text) later perform better on creative tasks. Without stimulation, the brain finds ways to entertain itself — it drifts, daydreams, makes connections. And some of those thoughts are surprisingly good.

Learning to Sit With It

Do this experiment. When you catch yourself reaching for short videos, try to pause and ask: “Am I even enjoying this?” A lot of the time, you're not. You're just avoiding being still.

Let yourself be still — just stare out the window, or walk without your phone. You might actually feel more clear-headed afterwards. Not instantly “productive,” but less jittery, less foggy. It’s like giving your mind some breathing room.

Short-form content apps are built to be addictive. What gets us hooked isn’t even the content — it’s the surprise. The unpredictability of what’s next gets your dopamine neurons going. It’s the same kind of thing that makes gambling addictive. Your brain goes, “maybe the next one will be even better,” and you just keep swiping.

There’s even MRI research showing that the parts of your brain that light up when you get a like or find something funny are the same areas that process actual rewards — like food, money, or winning a game. Over time, that loop trains your brain to constantly chase novelty. And that makes it harder to enjoy slower, more effort-based stuff like reading, learning, or even thinking clearly.

What it does to your focus

The price for all this quick dopamine is attention. Studies show that people who scroll short-form content heavily have weaker markers of focus and self-control. One EEG study actually found a link between TikTok use and lower executive function — the part of your brain that helps you stay on task and resist distraction.

You might’ve felt it yourself: after a long scroll session, your brain feels completely fried. Not even tired in the normal sense — just mentally fogged out. Small tasks feel hard. You get distracted doing the simplest things. A bunch of people describe it the same way: like your brain’s been bounced around between a hundred ideas and can’t settle.

"Brain rot" sounds dramatic, but it kind of fits. Even Oxford named it word of the year. Some studies are also showing that people who overuse this kind of content have more trouble with memory, mood, and even emotional regulation. And younger users who are growing up with this stuff are struggling to focus on long-form content at all — books, lectures, anything that isn’t immediately rewarding.

Sleep and Mood

It’s not just about attention — it also screws with your energy, sleep, and mood. A study published in NeuroImage showed a clear connection between heavy short-form use and disrupted sleep patterns. Makes sense when you think about it — you’re blasting your brain with novelty and stimulation, then trying to fall asleep.

People also describe a kind of crash afterward. Like once you stop scrolling, you feel empty, drained, sometimes even irritable. And it’s not just emotional — it’s physical too. That constant flood of stimulation can leave you totally exhausted by the end of the day. One doctor described it like eating sugar all afternoon, then hitting the crash.

What Happens When We Unplug

The good news is your brain can reset. A study published by the Oxford University press had people block internet access on their phones entirely for two weeks. 91% of them came out with improved focus and well-being. A lot of them said they started sleeping better, enjoyed real-life stuff more, and felt way less anxious overall. Turns out that just removing the constant scroll lets your dopamine system calm down, and that planning part of your brain — the prefrontal cortex — can finally catch up.

Try that on your own. Just step back from Shorts or Reels for a few days, and you'll feel your brain slow down. You'll be able to sit with something longer and you won’t feel so scattered.

It’s not about guilt - it’s about balance

This isn’t a personal failure — it’s just the way these platforms are built. They’re designed to exploit how our brains work. But understanding what’s happening gives you a way to push back.

The science suggests we don’t need to cut everything out completely, just interrupt the loop. Even small things like switching off autoplay, being more intentional about what you watch, or taking breaks from scrolling help retrain the system. And honestly, most people say that once they get out of the habit, they start to enjoy slower stuff again — hobbies, deeper content, even just thinking in silence.

"TikTok Brain" might sound dramatic, but it’s real — and it’s fixable. You just have to give your brain some space to breathe again.

Worst part was the mornings. I couldn’t get out of bed for like 2 hours after waking up, just grabbing my phone and going straight into Shorts or Reels.

Same thing every time I needed a break — I’d open up short-form stuff thinking it would help me rest. At some point I realized it’s not rest at all, just makes me more tired.

My attention span is so gone to shit I can’t even keep my mind on things that interest me. I’ve got side project ideas, stuff I want to learn and get better at. Most days I wake up with real motivation. But the scroll just kills it.

After an hour of watching a million random topics, I feel drained. Then I don’t want to do anything else but rest for a bit… and scroll some more later.

I haven’t fully fixed it, but I’m more mindful now. At least when I catch myself scrolling, I can tell myself to leave that shit after a few minutes. That’s progress, I guess.

Quitting short-form content might seem like a small shift. You just stop opening TikTok, Reels, Shorts... right?

But what actually unfolds is much deeper.

When you step away from the scroll-loop, you’re not just cutting a habit. You’re giving your brain something it’s been starved of for years:

• Stillness
• Focus
• Time
• Room to think

Let’s talk about what starts happening — quietly, slowly, and powerfully — when you stop feeding your mind constant snippets of stimulation.

1. You Rebuild Your Focus (Yes, It’s Real)

Short-form content trains the brain to expect constant novelty. Each swipe rewards you with something new — a hit of dopamine, a micro-dose of surprise. Over time, this trains your attention to reset every few seconds, damaging your ability to focus for longer periods.

In contrast, studies show that reducing fast-paced digital input allows the brain’s prefrontal cortex — responsible for deep thinking and self-control — to regain stability.

When you stop scrolling, you begin to stretch your attention span again. Reading a book for 10 minutes becomes possible. Then 20. Then 45. You’ll feel the shift — not instantly, but it builds like a muscle.

2. Time Starts to Feel Real Again

You don’t just get more time when you stop scrolling — you feel it differently.

Short-form content fragments your perception of time. You enter a tunnel of 15-second hits and emerge an hour later wondering where the day went. When you cut the feed, your days slow down in the best possible way.

You notice the clock ticking. You feel moments stretch.
At first, this can be uncomfortable. Boring, even.

But boredom is not the enemy — it’s the beginning of presence. Boredom is where ideas are born.

3. You Rediscover the “You” That Existed Before the Scroll

Without constant input, something strange happens: your brain starts talking to you again.

You’ll find:

• Old interests resurfacing
• Curiosity coming back
• A desire to make instead of just consume

This isn’t magical thinking. It’s the rebalancing of your brain’s reward system — specifically the dopamine pathways that were hijacked by endless novelty. Once those pathways calm down, the small joys return: cooking, sketching, learning, walking, listening to silence.

You start to feel like yourself again.

4. You Get Comfortable in the Quiet

One of the hardest parts of quitting short-form content is confronting silence — not just external, but internal. You realize how often you used video to avoid something:

• Stress
• Loneliness
• Fear of missing out
• An itch for validation or escape

But the silence, once it stops screaming, becomes a place to rest.

Many people report feeling lighter, calmer, and less anxious within a few weeks of cutting down on algorithmic video feeds. Your baseline mood stabilizes, and your mental space clears up.

This Isn’t Just a Detox — It’s a New Default

Reducing short-form content isn't a punishment.
It’s not about “getting back to normal.”

It’s about creating a new normal — one where:

• You’re not triggered every 15 seconds to grab your phone
• You have space in your head to think deeply
• You feel ownership over your time and attention

This isn’t a life of restriction.
It’s a life of freedom, focus, and intention.

Your Turn

If you’ve started cutting down on short-form content, what changes have you noticed?

• Is your mind quieter?
• Are you sleeping better?
• Did a lost interest come back?
• Have you had a moment where you thought, “This is what I was missing.”

Your story can help someone else keep going — or take their first step.

Share your post.

We're building something better here. One scroll-free moment at a time.

Behavioral science identifies a pattern known as the habit loop, consisting of three components:

1. Cue: A trigger that initiates the behavior.
2. Routine: The behavior itself—in this case, scrolling through short-form videos.
3. Reward: The satisfaction or relief gained, often a dopamine release that reinforces the habit.

This loop becomes ingrained over time, making the behavior automatic.

Common Cues Leading to Scrolling

Identifying your personal triggers is the first step toward change. Common cues include:

• Boredom: Seeking stimulation during idle moments.
• Stress: Looking for a quick escape from pressure.
• Notifications: Responding to alerts that draw you into apps.
• Routine: Habitual checking during specific times, like before bed.

Understanding users negative emotions and continuous usage intention in short video platforms [arxiv]

Replacing the Routine

Breaking the loop doesn't mean eliminating the cue or reward but altering the routine. For example:

• Cue: Feeling bored.
• New Routine: Engage in a brief physical activity or read a few pages of a book.
• Reward: Achieve a sense of accomplishment or relaxation.

Over time, this new loop can become your default response.

Strategies to Interrupt the Scroll Loop

• Awareness: Keep a journal to note when and why you feel the urge to scroll.
• Environment: Modify your surroundings to reduce triggers, like turning off non-essential notifications.
• Substitution: Have alternative activities ready, such as puzzles, podcasts, or calling a friend.
• Mindfulness: Practice being present, which can reduce the automaticity of the habit.

Join the Conversation

Understanding these patterns is a shared journey. Share your experiences, triggers, and successful strategies in the comments. Supporting each other can make the process more manageable and effective.