I’m quitting Reddit

dude, this is over 3000 posts scrolled each and every single day

So OP here, just letting everyone know that I recognized it was a problem a month ago. Depression is fucking vile. I deleted the app on my phone about 4 weeks ago, and only reinstalled to check my recap cause curiosity got the best of me, due to my coworker u/masonicminiatures was making fun of his. Needless to say, this was the best thing ever, and after a week and a half my mood greatly improved. For those who deal with addiction, depression, or if you’re just struggling, get off the social media, get off your phone. Smell and touch the grass. This will be my last post and I am never coming again to reddit, except for next year when I can proudly show 0 bananas scrolled.

Shit man I hit over 3 million…..
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it’s nice to know that there are people worse than me C:

Jesus dude. Touch grass.

Damn I thought 269k was a lot

Damn son …
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Nah that’s wild. I thought I was bad. Do you even work?

I’m literally on here every single day this year and scroll for hours at a time at downtime for work. And I only have 180k. Please delete the app.

JFC!

To put this into perspective…

I was out of work for the first 3.5 months of this year.

For the next 4 months of this year, I worked in a job that I hated and spent most of my time on Reddit when I should have been working.

For the rest of the year, my job has been full work from home, so I regularly get distracted by my phone.

I have deleted and redownloaded Reddit about 6 times this year because I feel like it’s an addiction and it interferes with my work and my social life….

And I still only scrolled about 1/4 of what OP did…

Impressive

Hey! You beat me!
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wtf son, please close the app

I scrolled 80,264 bananas this year. That’s not as crazy as OP, but it really puts it into perspective.

Honestly, i think this was a bad marketing move by Reddit.

I really hope people wake up and step away from the screens. I get it that it’s tough to actually stick with goals.

You might have set screen time restrictions in the past and end up ignoring them. I beg you guys to keep on trying. You can quit. I believe in you.

Just imagine what you could be doing instead with your extra time. They say we spend on average 2.5 hours on social media each day.

That’s mind boggling. I think the problem is that most people fill their boredom with screen time.

In some extremes, it can be debilitating. If you have this problem, then i suggest you make a true pledge to your screen time.

Find hobbies. Spend time with friends and family. Try to be present.

If you keep at it, opening up reddit each time you are bored, you’re reinforcing this bad habit. It’ll be tougher to unwire. Brain rot is a real thing don’t let it happen to you.

There are tons of tools to help you as well. Use your phones default screen time settings, download apps, or lock your phone.

I know how it feels because I’m in the same boat. I struggle with screen time. I even had days where my screen time was more than 7 hours.

But, lately I’ve been doing really good. I don’t open social media the first thing in the morning. I’m more focused and present at work.

I personally had to trick my brain by making a bet against my self. I use an app that blocks apps. If i want to ignore, cancel, delete the session, it’ll cost me a $1.

When i see that it’s going to cost me, it gives me that split-second to really put it into perspective. That my time is worth money and i shouldn’t be squandering it