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Relationships Expert, Mind Coach - Answered on Jan 07, 2025

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Asked by Anonymous - Jan 04, 2025Hindi
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How to control mind from the addiction of social media and internet especially nonsense videos

Ans: Dear Anonymous,
When the mind is not directed by you, it will go all over the place, search and lands on something that is easily accessible and which keeps you distracted.
This distraction is an easy go-to place and slowly it starts to become a habit. So, the key is to find out when is it that you usually reach out to your phone and soon get addicted. There could be a number of reasons. It could be because you are avoiding some work or you are stressed about something or you are simply bored.
Find what is it that causes you to start using your phone a lot. That is the time to distract yourself with something more useful, so that this habit is broken...Direct the mind to where it must go otherwise it will direct you to where you must go and that's not a great thing.

All the best!
Anu Krishna
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Remember there is no substitute for "DISCIPLINE" & that is the only way to reach your goals.
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