I’ve drastically changed my social media usage using Allen Carr’s Easyway method. It was causing me real problem physiologically and psychologically. My addiction made me feel weak and powerless but now I understand that it was all an illusion. I’ve always been free, just pushing at the wrong side of the door. And also confusing real pleasure with the pleasure of taking off uncomfortable shoes. I’m not a weak or bad person, I changed spent time with addictive apps that were designed to be addictive. Now I stopped blaming myself for all this. Now I see how the illusion was constructed.
I’m not wiiling my way into this. I’m not giving anything up. There’s no muscling and whiteknuckling my way into this transformation. I just see the open door before me and go right through it. There’s no need for willpower here
It didn’t bring me any happiness, it was just dullness, shame and misery. It began a cycle of Little Monster and a Big Monster. I broke down the Big Mosnter — it was all the psychological illusion. It really didn’t make any sense. Why does one put on uncomfortable heels just for the sense of taking them off? How about not wearing them? And the Little Monster — that nagging physical loop in my head — dies down as I speak, whimpering. Common sense and logic faded all this away
Now I’m — as the author puts it — a Happy Technology User. It’s just a tool. It really doesn’t have an ability to make me happy. I’m not waiting for a miracle. I’m already free! Yay!!
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