/lit/ - Literature

>>22083682
How bad is it?

>>22083682
That’s not a real thing.

>>22083682
If you have an internet addiction, what makes you think you’ll have the attention span to even read one of those books?

>>22083682
Break your phone. Drop your internet subscription. If you can't do that because you need internet for work then you're SOL, nobody ever quit drugs with a baggy in their pocket at all times.

>>22083682
put your phone down

>>22083690
He can just open the ebook in one of his 30 tabs and read one paragraph in between posts

>>22083695
I can't
>>22083687
Very Bad
>>22083688
It is
>>22083690
I want to regain atention span, ive read some booksbut I make slow progress
>>22083692
I can't I need internet to apply for jobs

>>22083682
>detect the thought about using the internet in a useless way pop up in your brain
>ignore said thought
wow

>>22083687
not him but very very bad, I can't even finish a book in a month. I fucking hate myself, i know I have to do this shit but still I can't just fucking sit in a place and read

>>22083705
it's not that easy, you nigger

>>22083703
Just put your phone down and read. If you have an iPhone, go into settings, screen time, and set your phone on downtime mode when you want to read/focus on something. It disables all apps except the necessities like your calls and texts.
Also don’t read a book about internet addiction to fix your attention span, those books are boring and will only set you back. Read something interesting and it will hold your attention.

>>22083721
I have Android, Ill check it there apps like that
>Also don’t read a book about internet addiction to fix your attention span
I know, I was just making an off topic thread

>>22083738
Downtime really helped me out a lot. Look for something similar on android. You’d be surprised how much that extra feature can stop you from accidentally spending 30 minutes browsing bullshit on your phone.

Habits take time to change. What happens is anon thinks about reading, doesn’t do it, and then goes back to square one.
What you need is a progression: ok so you think about reading. The next time, you have to read a short poem. The next time, read at least a page.
The trick is to fool yourself into a progression. Otherwise you start over every time.

>>22083682
try out "Sadly, Porn"
it might be what you're looking for, anon

>>22083682
The Pale King.

>>22083738
its digital wellbeing on android

>>22084123
holy hell this looks good

>>22083682
Hey anon, I would suggest finding books you’re interested in and other hobbies you can do away from the screen like journaling for that. Working out helps too. It’ll be tough at first, but get into them and you’ll find you don’t have time for the internet. You got this bro, YGMI!

Start with the greeks

Anon. Listen to me. Read this below

"This may not be a reassuring solution to some, but I can promise you that it is the only solution: you have to decide you're not the kind of person who wastes time on that. Condemning it, banning it, hiding from it-- all will lead to failure. Lust isn't the trigger, boredom is, idle hands are something or other, so the sooner you get a default activity, the better. When your wife walks in on you in the midst of an overhand tug and she moans, "you are pathetic!" she's really a vowel off, apathetic is more accurate and considerably more amenable to improvement."

>>22083687
Ive been addicted to the internet since I was a teen. I failed my first studies at university due to it. Ive been studying for nearly 6 years now and I dont have a degree. Its escapism for being a schizoid loser.

>>22083687
really bad, never had a daddy.

>>22083682
Use nextdns. Worked for me. Come here only at night now.

Too much time on 4chan literally starts to make me go insane and lose touch with reality. I honestly believe this site is as damaging as porn for the brain, if not worse. I kicked porn for 6 months and recently started again. No coincidence my 4chan use increased along with it and now I hate myself again, feel like necking myself and have basically lost my mind, doing all kinds of weird shit here alone.

>>22084905
Go back to your mother. Beg her for help.

>>22084905
>stop using 4chan
>no social interaction whatsoever besides forced discussions with normalfags where you're not allowed to say anything too interesting or show your powerlevel
>start using 4chan

>>22083682
There's no such thing. Everything is online nowadays.

Go take a walk outside

>>22084919
Not that anon but I have a couple of friends who I can say the raunchiest shit with. Make jokes even the 4chan jannies would take offence to. You just have to find them. Which can be really hard sometimes, so I understand.

>>22083682
"The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains" by Nicholas Carr
It's interesting. has bits about history, neuroplasticity, some sociology and obviously a lot on what the internet does to our brains.

>>22083682
Gravity's Rainbow

>>22084142
Do I have to download it or it comes with the phone?

>>22086163
afaik its inside settings

>>22086187
I see, very useful