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tweet by Johann Hari: The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in life, because pour life is too painful a place to be. This is why imposing more pain or punishment on a person with an addiction problem actually makes their addiction worse.

  • Hyperreality
    9•1 year ago

    Yeah.

    One of the huge advantages for me is that, unlike tv/movies/gaming, you’re not exposing yourself to light from a screen.

    That means you can distract yourself, but there’s also a relatively high chance you actually fall asleep. Light from a screen really messes up your sleep schedule.

    IME also better than trying to sleep, and negative thoughts keeping you awake in the dark.