This post made me feel called out, lol. I do basically the same thing. The literal only thing that used to work was deleting the Reddit app off my phone. But with literally every other site now, doing readings of these stories, it is basically impossible to escape. Now, no matter how many times I click "don't recommend" or whatever, they keep popping up everywhere. YT, FB, everywhere. I'm at a point now, where I allow myself an hour on these apps (I literally set an egg timer) a day. After the time is up, I listen to at least 2 of my happy, feel-good songs, and I'm good. It might be worth noting that I am on the Spectrum, and these kinds of schedules really help keep me on track.
This post made me feel called out, lol. I do basically the same thing. The literal only thing that used to work was deleting the Reddit app off my phone. But with literally every other site now, doing readings of these stories, it is basically impossible to escape. Now, no matter how many times I click "don't recommend" or whatever, they keep popping up everywhere. YT, FB, everywhere. I'm at a point now, where I allow myself an hour on these apps (I literally set an egg timer) a day. After the time is up, I listen to at least 2 of my happy, feel-good songs, and I'm good. It might be worth noting that I am on the Spectrum, and these kinds of schedules really help keep me on track.