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How removing distractions just shifts them somewhere else

I deleted all the games from my phone but now I just refresh email compulsively instead and somehow that feels more socially acceptable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Compulsive behaviors often migrate to more socially sanctioned forms rather than disappearing when their original outlet is removed.

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