Posted on 01/27/2023 4:09:30 PM PST by BenLurkin
I find myself somewhat grateful that I got a mild concussion in mid-January because it forced me to stop staring at my computer, TV and, most importantly, my phone for a solid week.
I smacked the back of my skull into the bottom of the cabinet door, sending a shockwave through the part of the brain that controls vision.
The resulting concussion, while mild, meant I couldn't look at bright lights or screens or even read without developing motion sickness and painful eye strain. It was boring and frustrating just looking around.
The result of this forced screen break was that I felt less stressed out, I went to bed on time and I fell into being present with my kids more readily.
Despite my frustration, there were some obvious upsides to limiting my screen time. The biggest one was having a lot more free time.
I went on walks, cooked simple meals and tidied. I also grew more comfortable with taking a breather between activities without diving into a phone-based distraction. That made transitioning into the next task much easier, because I didn't have to pull myself away from the phone.
So skip the swift blow to the head and hear what I learned. It's fine to avoid constant stimulation and distraction, even if mastering a language, reading a history book and solving a word puzzle sound like beneficial things. Doing them all in a frenetic round robin, cycling through stories and activities like you're looking for some unnamed wonderful thing in them but never finding it -- isn't good.
And reaching for your phone every time there's a quiet moment just erases all the quiet moments.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnet.com ...
It sounds like what happened to Hollywood director Tom Shadyac.
Some guy got hit in the head with a baseball and he can tell you the weather in Baltimore everyday since then.
Worst superpower ever.
I must say that when I see someone obsessing over their phone I want to hit them in the head!
Didn’t that former sports reporter who became an extreme lefty MSM talking head crash headlong into a subway door top rail? What was his name. Keith something.
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Mike Tyson
Similar to the “clue bat”.
I remember a fairy tail about some guy named Saul who fell and hit his head, according to legend he saw the light or something.
After that his personality totally changed and he he started following some anti money changer guy and then joined his retinue
To algore:
There is a true story of a man named Saul....who was persecuting Christians because he thought they were a cult...until God got ahold of him and transformed him: Here is the true story:
Acts 9:1-19
New International Version
Saul’s Conversion
9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.
“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. 8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. 9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.
10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!”
“Yes, Lord,” he answered.
11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. 12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”
13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. 14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”
15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”
17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, 19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength.
I’d be happy to set up a clinic to treat screen addiction.
Good thing I use my computer to read and post on FR. I’m not using my phone, so I don’t have the problems she is talking about.
ping for later.
“My mama slapped me on the head and said, ‘Put down that phone!’”
I have always wondered about the translation of verse 18 until recently.
This is totally being suppressed, but one of the little know side effects of some mRna injections are weird eye scales.
all the search engines have suppressed this
The man who developed the iphone new it was addictive and made his kids use a simple flip phone..
Keith Olberman?
Yeah that's the guy. He's not in the news much anymore. He made a comment about some kerfuffle having to do with Tony Dungy a week ago, that's about it.
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