I don’t know if I’ve experienced it before getting hooked on shorts, which I open, count to 50 bad videos and then close, only to open it again in hope of something good…
But the feeling is like that your consciousness is getting from the screen to the area behind your eyes and you suddenly see the edge of the phone, your hands, everything.
I have to agree with this. Cold turkey rarely works for me as well. Finding an alternative to it works wonders. Like my alternative to social media/entertainment is gaming or development. Anything to keep your mind off the engagement.