- Do you take up your phone as soon as a new notification arrives?
- Or do you sometimes check it out of habit even if there are no new notifications?
- Do you always search for something to eat out of boredom?
- Do you usually spend a lot of time doom-scrolling? Or do you lose the sense of time while staying on the phone?
- Do you have any dopamine-triggering hobbies like playing video games? And do you spend more than two-three hours per day on them?
- Do you have any other addictions like smoking, caffeine, etc?
- Do you struggle to manage your time and often procrastinate?
- Do you often gamble?
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I am trying to deal with my dopamine addiction everyday. But most people don't know why they procrastinate. I hope you can learn it with this.
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