How to reduce the chances of becoming addicted to your phone
Using your phone can allow you to connect with friends, keep organised, take photos and get creative, amongst other things. But excessive usage can have negative effects on your wellbeing and mental health. If you want to see if you’re getting close to being ‘addicted’ to your phone take our quiz. It’ll also tell you your phone personality and some tailored advice on the best ways for someone like you to start to reduce screen time.
But first, lets look at Dr Kaitlyn’s advice.
1. Turn your phone to greyscale
Dr Kaitlyn says that by turning your phone to greyscale mode, it will become less addictive. How to activate greyscale mode may vary from phone to phone.
You can enable greyscale on an iPhone by navigating to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and then select ‘Colour Filters’ and toggle it on. You can then set this up as a shortcut for the side button on your phone by navigating to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut and setting this for Colour Filters. This will allow you to easily switch between grey and colour by tapping the button on the side of your iPhone 3 times.
To activate greyscale mode on an Android phone, navigate to Settings > Accessibility > Visibility Enhancements (or Vision Enhancements) > Colour Correction and select Greyscale.