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With Zuzana Robertson, Psychologist
Your nervous system was not built for this. The constant alerts. The infinite scroll. The blue light and the notifications and the comparison and the noise that follows you from the moment you wake to the moment you finally put the phone down and try, usually unsuccessfully, to sleep. You are not weak for finding it overwhelming. You are human. And your nervous system is responding exactly as it was designed to respond to an environment it was never designed for. This collection does not ask you to quit technology. It does not shame you for scrolling. It does not offer willpower tips or dopamine detox myths. It offers something more useful than any of that. Regulation. Four evidence-based sessions drawn from nervous system science, attention restoration research, and behavioural psychology. Each one targeting a specific way that screen exposure dysregulates the nervous system and providing a direct, practical, felt pathway back to calm. Session one targets the immediate aftermath of screen use. The overstimulated eyes, the fragmented attention, the cortisol that has been running quietly all day. A complete nervous system recalibration using breath, eye relaxation, and attention repair. Session two addresses social media comparison. The specific distress of measuring your interior life against other people’s curated exterior. Identity stabilisation. Self-worth grounding. The cognitive and somatic tools that interrupt the comparison spiral before it takes hold. Session three builds tolerance for phone separation. The subtle anxiety of the device being out of reach. The FOMO. The pull. Somatic urge surfing and secure internal anchoring to build genuine nervous system independence from the device. Session four is the complete evening reset. Extended breath pacing, body scan, cognitive quieting, and deep parasympathetic restoration. The session that becomes a nightly ritual for the people who find it. No shame. No unrealistic expectations. No performance of wellness. Simply the science of what screen exposure does to the nervous system and the direct, evidence-based tools to undo it. Your calm is still available. It simply needs the right conditions to return.
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4 Days
7 students
4.0 stars
11 min / day
Addiction
English
4.0 (2)
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