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Mom phone addiction
My mom just sits on her phone all day 16-20 hrs a day basically phone always in hand. Say to her your addicted to my phone but she gets mad. So ridiculous. Try having a conversation but basically glued to her phone, what should I do ?
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Can you talk to her about that? Or invite her for a walk outside?
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I understand the feeling, you are worried about her and her behavior. Try to express that from your point of view. Instead of saying “you are addicted” try to say something like “look, I know you enjoy using your phone, but I’d love to spend more time with you. I’m worried because I feel this is creating a wall between us, and I love you and I don’t want that to happen.” Start small. She’s your mom and if she loves you, she won’t like to see you worried. This should have a different impact for her.
Then you can invite her to do other activities, going out, walk, or try to do again activities that she enjoyed before the phone became an issue.
Be patient. Also, consider her mental health, maybe she’s using her phone to escape something? Depression maybe?
My mom used to be like this. This is what I did, however be aware that this behavior is HER responsibility, it’s about HER choices and you don’t have to take any responsibility for it.
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She’s addicted the only way to change a addict is to give them something else to be addicted to…
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Suggest some activities that you can do together instead of scrolling on her phone. And be patient. It takes time to break an addiction.
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Sounds like it’s time to go on a nice secluded camping trip.
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What’s she looking at that’s so captivating for her? Often addictions are an escape from something even more traumatizing like a miserable marriage or a fear of old age.
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