YouTube Binging

Block youtube completely using an app such as cold turkey. This will work short term but in the long term you need a new mindset. You need to value your time and tell yourself what I am watching is not worth my time. I have dreams to chase.

 

I just quit YouTube recently because it led to my last few relapses, too many triggers so I’m gonna try to take a few months off of the stuff

 

pranks on youtubes are quite cheap and vulgar.......instead watch stand up comedy

 

i think motion picture in general is something which can mess up the reward circuitory ( though not as bad as porn ). i quit television, youtube, movies etc. ( basically most of the motion picture ) about a month ago and i feel much more centred, stable and am much more mindful of the present moment. so i'd say definitely quit youtube and try limiting other types of motion picture as well.

 

that, in my opinion, is alright if it is not dramatised and the programme just sticks to facts and theories.
another thing i find annoying about the movies and tv shows of the 21st century is the high rate of shot change ( change of one shot to the next .eg - for 2 seconds there is a close up shot, then for 5 seconds there is an overview shot and then the scene completely changes etc.) movies and tv shows of the 80's and early 90's had a good 1 minute or more in a single shot. but now it is no more than 5 seconds. this kind of excessive change , in my opinion, is not good for the brain and translates into real life as attention deficiency.
just my 2 cents.

 

i dont know of any scientific studies on this subject. but the improvements in brain functioning i have felt after quitting motion picture are certainly enough for me to stick to a no or low motion picture lifestyle. and moreover you just have so much more free time to do other things which are actually productive.

 

I struggle with this as well. Not necessarily with Pranks and whatnot, but at 2am I would watch vine compilations and that would tempt me to relapse.

Cutting down on mindless internet consumption helps.

 

Hey man im going through a similar thing with youtube, what I do is set a stopwatch the second I go on it so I can actually see how long im wasting on it. Don't get me wrong half an hour to an hour I do enjoy it but after that like yourself im just kind of on there for the sake of it. Best of luck!!!

 

I couldn't agree more

 

I Totally understand you, man! I had that same problem watching the same YT crap over and over again, but here's the thing: Instead of completely quitting YouTube, I just got rid of my old subscriptions and started watching self-development videos!
These are the channels I watch the most right now
-***: this guy made me discover NoFAP, tells everything about good habbits, girls, self confidence (I can't post the links right now :/)
-Thomas Frank: everything about productivity, getting good grades and much more
-BOB PROCTOR: this man has studied "SUCCESSFUL MINDSETS" for over 50 years!! #LEGEND
You see, it's already hard enough to abstain from pmo, so quitting every 'fun' thing at once won't make it easier (that's the case for me at least), so why not making 'watching YouTube' more usefull? There are so many interesting things out there, it would be a shame to miss it!
P.S. English isn't my native language, so please be comprehensive if you find something wrong in my posts haha