Mental Health Warning on Social Media Sites? FRIGHTENING VIDEO – IS IT TOO LATE? – Sept. 11, 2024 - “Social media platforms are designed to addict users—especially our kids —to spend countless hours digging for their algorithmic fix,” Coleman said in a news rel... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetSept 24 2024Smartphone Addiction
Understanding Social Media Addiction AUDIO – WISHFUL SCROLLING – Aug. 27, 2024 - From endless scrolling to dopamine hits of likes and shares, social media has become... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetSept 03 2024Smartphone Addiction
Are You ‘addicted’ To Your Phone? ONLY WHILE AWAKE (OR NOT) – Aug. 26, 2024 - “It’s hard not to resist picking it up and swiping it open,” Gloria Mark, chancellor’s professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, who studies the imp... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 20 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneSmartphone Addiction
Hang Up Your Cellphone Addiction VIDEO – THE NEW CIGARETTES, BUT USEFUL – July 22, 2024 - Almost 50% of Americans are addicted to their cell phones. On average, people check their phones every 12 minutes throughout the day. Whether texting, cal... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 30 2024Smartphone Addiction
Is Social Media the New Smoking? IT’S ADDICTIVE – July 14, 2024 - The parallels between social media and smoking are striking. Both began as widely accepted societal habits before their negative impacts became apparent. In the same way that s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJuly 23 2024Smartphone Addiction
Kids Struggling With Screen Addiction GEN THUMB? – July 11, 2024 - Like many teens his age, KJ became consumed by watching TikTok, YouTube, and sometimes Snapchat videos. He especially enjoys watching videos on barbering. On weekends and school ni... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJuly 16 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
We Simply Cannot Leave Kids to their Own Devices AUDIO – MAKING CHILDREN CRAZY – July 8, 2024 - It’s unlikely these bans will stop kids from doomscrolling outside of school hours. And even if governments can get the likes of Meta and TikTok to age-gate their plat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinterventionJuly 16 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Social Media Addiction Among Young People Very Worrisome GENERATION ILLITERATE? – July 4, 2024 - I am writing this in light of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s op-ed in The New York Times and the recent article published about that op-ed by ABC News. Many current... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 9 2024Smartphone Addiction
Should ‘Addictive’ Social Media Be Regulated? VIDEO – NOT THIS SITE – June 26, 2024 - Dr. Anna Lembke, medical director of addiction medicine at Stanford University, explains how constant connection can be harmful and why governments, companies and families sh... Read More...Addiction Recoverycell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 2 2024Smartphone Addiction
45 States Hammer Zuckerberg Over Child Endangerment THE LOST GENERATION – June 22, 2024 - As one example of Zuckerberg’s decision-making, executive David Ginsberg told him in 2019 citing concern about “areas of problematic use/addiction and teens,” says court r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJuly 2 2024Smartphone Addictionteenagers
Top 10 Addictions People Want Help With ASK FOR HELP – June 26, 2024 - Porn, Alcohol, Gambling, Opioids, Food, Marijuana and Five More ... A new study has revealed which addictions Americans are seeking help with the most. Learn More... CONTINUE@... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 2 2024Smartphone Addiction
Does Science Support Call for Warning Label on Social Media? NPR AUDIO – BULLSH#T BACKDOWN – June 20, 2024 - FADEL: Are there things about social media that have been good when it comes to adolescents engagements online there?JENSEN: There certainly are. So, indeed, you... Read More...Alcohol Addictioncell phoneJune 25 2024Smartphone Addiction
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety LIKE PARENTS? – June 22, 2024 - The C.E.O. and his team drove Meta’s efforts to capture young users and misled the public about the risks, lawsuits by state attorneys general say. States accuse Meta of unfairl... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJune 25 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
New York To Ban ‘addictive’ Social Media Algorithms for Kids VIDEO – YOU BOUGHT IT, YOU BROKE THEM – June 7, 2024 - The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids act will prohibit social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram from serving content to users under th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 18 2024Smartphone Addiction
The Hidden Danger of Online Dating THE INTERNET IS DANGEROUS? – June 4, 2024 - Romance scams affect thousands of people each year. In 2022 alone, nearly 70,000 individuals in the United States reported falling victim to these scams, resulting i... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJune 11 2024Smartphone Addiction
How Internet Addiction Affects Your Teen’s Brain NOT IN A GOOD WAY – June 5, 2024 - A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding that for teens diagnosed with internet addiction, signaling between brain regions important for controlling attent... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 11 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
If You Do This While Driving – You May Be a Psychopath VIDEO – AMONG OTHER THINGS – May 14, 2024 - Talk about a highway to hell. New research has found that people who commonly text and drive are concerningly associated with psychopathic behavior. Along with co... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneMay 21 2024Smartphone Addiction
Instagram and Facebook Under Investigation For Causing Children Great Harm DOES ANYBODY EVEN CARE? – May 16, 2024 - The European Union has opened a formal investigation into Meta over concerns that it isn’t doing enough to safeguard the mental and physical health of children who use ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMay 21 2024Smartphone Addiction
1400 Clinicians on What’s Driving Youth Mental Health Crisis iPHONES OR TIKTOK – April 10, 2024 - Many clinicians who work with young patients with mental health issues agree they lack enough resources to treat kids and that patients are worse off now than before the pa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 23 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTikTokTrauma
Residents Concerned Over 5G Towers VIDEO – DANGER IN THE AIR – April 10, 2024 - She quickly learned that the concrete slab was a 5G tower. It has a health warning that reads it “can cause cancer and/or birth defects or other reproductive harm.”“I’m ... Read More...April 23 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionSmartphone AddictionTrauma
Social Media Expert Hears ‘wake-up call’ on Youth Screen Addiction VIDEO – PLEASE KEEP SCROLLING – April 7, 2024 - “I started as a voice in the wilderness about eight, nine years ago, saying that digital media can be addicting. But that was just the price of admission. Digital med... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionSmartphone Addictionvideo games
Teens Mental Health – Anxiety and Smartphones CHILDHOOD CANCELED – April 3, 2024 - Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation,” published last week, argues that the smartphone-driven “great rewiring of childhood” is causing an “epidemic ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinterventionInterviewMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Psychological Paths From Loneliness to Smartphone Addiction NEVER BE ALONE AGAIN – April 5, 2024 - The study was prompted by concerns over digital addiction, a problem recognized by the American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization as a public heal... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneSmartphone Addiction
Time to Fight Digital Addiction in Kids OR IS IT TOO LATE? – March 30, 2024 - American kids are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis that is driven, in large part, by how much of their day is spent online. The numbers are horrifying: r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Smartphones Are Hurting Our Kids SOUL DAMAGE – March 31, 2024 - “We’ve never seen anything like this. There’s massive evidence of harm,” Jonathan Haidt says. “It happened in many countries at the same time, at a specific point in time: the mo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024cell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Screen Time Addiction Needs to be Dealt with NOW DISTRACTIONS FROM ONESELF – April 1, 2024 - Getting addicted is the most logical thing for the brain to do. Sure, accomplishing a goal such as finishing an economics chapter, or going to the gym, would release... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Who Do You Blame When Kids Are Addicted to Their iPhones? THEY LOOK SO HAPPY...AND INSANE – March 30, 2024 - What the author is implying is that we parents need to start acting differently. Our kids’ reliance on mobile devices to pass the time starts long before high... Read More...April 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionSmartphone Addiction
Psychiatrists Detail Harrowing Case of Internet-Induced Erotomania YOU MEAN GLORIA FROM MODERN FAMILY ISN’T AVAILABLE? – March 28, 2024 - Erotomania manifests as a persistent, delusional belief that an individual, typically of higher social status, is in love with the person experie... Read More...April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Screens Poison Kids’ Minds HIJACKED BRAINS – March 22, 2024 - Teenagers are inundated with notifications, with one study estimating they get 237 pings a day. “Smartphones and social media fundamentally changed the way teens spend their ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMar 26 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Kids’ Phone-Based Existence InHuman CHILDHOOD CANCELED – March 21, 2024 - “Suppose that when your first child turned ten, a visionary billionaire whom you’ve never met chose her to join the first permanent human settlement on Mars … Would you let her g... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMar 26 2024Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers