why did a 1 hour Youtube binge not turn into an all day thing? because i stopped beating myself up about it. in this episode i get into the details of why getting lost in a rabbit hole is not a failure, and how we can notice we’re caught in the web and make a better decision from that moment on.

kristin neff’s self compassion exercises

https://self-compassion.org/the-three-elements-of-self-compassion-2/

cyborg repair manual discord server

https://discord.com/invite/YEMzqg5D

Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous

https://internetaddictsanonymous.org/

self compassion improves well being

https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aphw.12051

avoiding emotions makes anxiety disorders worse

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656711/

overthinking makes emotions longer, optimism makes emotions shorter

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966809/

Experiential Avoidance is at the root of internet addiction

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27363463/

procrastination is an emotional problem

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.html

lack of friction in web design is wide-spread

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Design-Friction-Mejtoft-Hale/3ee8822bcad7398c5c258c4707f67c02b2573857