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TIL turning my phone grayscale actually stops me from doomscrolling
I kept losing an hour every night just scrolling reels in bed, no matter how many app timers I set. Tried the grayscale trick after seeing it mentioned in a random Reddit thread, and it felt weird for about 2 days. Now the screen looks so dull and boring that I naturally put the phone down after 10 minutes instead of 60. Has anyone else tried this or found another weird setting that kills the scroll urge?
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the_willow6h ago
Different people's brains respond to different friction. Grayscale killed the dopamine hit for me because the colors were half the draw, so the content lost its pull. If that didn't work for you, maybe the issue is more about the habit loop than the visual appeal.
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