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It issssss but sitting on your phone scrolling tiktok or Instagram or in my case Lemmy doesn't really qualify. People should play a board game or read a book, or sketch with pencil and paper. Or if they're gonna be on the phone, screen off and on a voice only call with someone. I love screens but before bed its just a horrible idea, it feels waaaay better to sleep if you haven't been on a screen for at least an hour beforehand, speaking from experience.
You do make a fair argument. But at least in my case I have no one to play with, and with my ADHD reading is way too dang (idk if you can curse here) understimulating if I’m trying to get rid of anxiety in the most effective way (that will also probably make it worse in the long term)
Oh wow you're brand new to Lemmy! Yes you can say whatever the fuck you want here for better or for worse. I mean, depending on the community a mod might get upset. Welcome :)
And yeah that's true, it can be hard to be stimulated adequately with a lot of that stuff. Sometimes I like to listen to audiobooks, which I think can be more engrossing if you make it challenging for yourself by really trying to picture the changing scene like a movie. Other times I will 3D model structures in my mind or think about code or something like that. But I really recommend finding something to get off the screen, its so worth it.
Oh thank you so much for the warm welcome!
Yeah, while I personally have a few bigger issues to solve, since I left Reddit I’ve been listening more to Legends of AVANTRIS podcasts and it’s a fun thing to listen along to. I’m currently listening to Icebound Ep6 and it gives me some much needed laughs.
Ironically, responding to this message it’s 11:45 right now for me, so I should probably get off lmao.
Once again thank you so much for your kindness and have an amazing morning/day/evening/night!