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The receipts · cited · short

The part they hope you skip.

Plain-English articles on how this got built, what it does to you, and what actually pushes back. No moral panic. No "it's fine actually."

What to do about it

7 min read

How to Reduce Screen Time (That Actually Works)

A practical, no-fluff guide to reducing phone and social media use, based on what the research and the people who've actually done it say works.

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5 min read

Your Phone & Your Sleep: The Most Important 30 Minutes of Your Day

What phones do to sleep — bedtime, quality, morning mood — and why getting it out of the bedroom is the most-replicated behavioral fix in the screen-time literature.

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If this is you

7 min read

Parents: the honest guide to your teen and their phone

A research-grounded guide for parents on teen social media use: real harms, warning signs, what works, and what backfires.

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How the trick works

5 min read

Why your phone is so hard to put down

Plain-English explainer on the design choices that make social media addictive: variable rewards, infinite scroll, algorithms, dopamine loops.

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What it does to you

6 min read

Is social media actually messing with your mental health?

An honest summary of what the research says about social media's impact on anxiety, depression, sleep, body image, and attention. No moral panic, no "it's fine."

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Vocab

5 min read

The Doomscrolling Trap: Why You Can't Look Away From the Bad News

What doomscrolling actually is, why it works on your brain, and how to stop without becoming uninformed. With the research.

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Nomophobia: The Fear of Being Without Your Phone, Explained

What nomophobia is, where the term came from, the four dimensions the validated questionnaire measures, and what your score actually means.

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The Tech Compulsion Glossary

A plain-English glossary of the terms used in tech and social media addiction research: from doomscrolling to nomophobia to brain rot. With links to deeper reading.

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