{"id":90158,"date":"2026-06-03T07:57:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=90158"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:57:48","slug":"i-spend-8-hours-a-day-on-my-phone-im-addicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/03\/i-spend-8-hours-a-day-on-my-phone-im-addicted\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I spend 8 hours a day on my phone &#8211; I\u2019m addicted\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA24Gt1s.img?w=768&h=1023&m=6\" alt=\"Charlotte Graham, 41, says she finds herself doomscrolling first thing when she wakes up and before she sleeps (Charlotte Graham)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A self-confessed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">phone<\/a>\u00a0addict, who spends eight hours of her day on her phone, has admitted to feeling panicky and anxious at the thought of being uncontactable or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/social-media-screen-time-kids-parenting-b2983950.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">unable to scroll.<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/lifestyle\/family-relationships\/i-spend-8-hours-a-day-on-my-phone-i-m-addicted\/ar-AA24GCXR?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a1fdd2d98514ac39413ca61e96fc666&ei=10\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A self-confessed\u00a0phone\u00a0addict, who spends eight hours of her day on her phone, has admitted to feeling panicky and anxious at the thought&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phone-addict.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90160,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90158\/revisions\/90160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}