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01-11-2018, 07:00 AM
The one iPhone feature I use to calm my raging anxiety
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I have a lot of anxiety. Just, like, mountains of it.*
It made having a phone almost impossible, until I found a solution.*
For years, the barrage of pings and push notifications that can come with a cell phone made my situation much worse. I would grow so irritated or upset when notifications got away from me, and I couldn't keep up with messages or prompts.
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I remember getting so frustrated that I'd purposely separate myself from my phone for hours or days at a time, unwilling to remain at the mercy of a device that constantly demanded attention that I could not give.*
Periodic dings were fine. But when notifications started swarming in, it made my blood pressure rise, my breathing quicken, and I got panicked in a very uncomfortable way.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/10/iphone-do-not-disturb-anxiety/)
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I have a lot of anxiety. Just, like, mountains of it.*
It made having a phone almost impossible, until I found a solution.*
For years, the barrage of pings and push notifications that can come with a cell phone made my situation much worse. I would grow so irritated or upset when notifications got away from me, and I couldn't keep up with messages or prompts.
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I remember getting so frustrated that I'd purposely separate myself from my phone for hours or days at a time, unwilling to remain at the mercy of a device that constantly demanded attention that I could not give.*
Periodic dings were fine. But when notifications started swarming in, it made my blood pressure rise, my breathing quicken, and I got panicked in a very uncomfortable way.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/10/iphone-do-not-disturb-anxiety/)
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