Can even a life changing digital detox make you relapse harder?
I’m going on a 16+ day trip across Scandinavia with close friends. We’re camping, eating clean, off the grid, and I’m leaving my smartphone behind. I’ll be using a dumb phone (trap phone) just for safety and bringing books instead of screens. Basically, a full dopamine reset.
Here’s my concern:
I’ve noticed that whenever I go on long streaks like no porn, no social media, etc. if I break the streak, I tend to fall back twice as hard. Like when I broke my porn streak after 65+ days, I didn’t just fall off, I got more addicted than before.
So now I’m wondering no matter how peaceful, spiritual, and mind-clearing this trip might be, is it possible I’ll come back and get even more addicted to my phone and bad habits if I’m not careful?
Has anyone here done something similar? Like a digital detox, retreat, or trip where they felt completely reset but then came back and got sucked back in worse?
And more importantly how do you stop that from happening?
I want this trip to change my mindset long-term… not just be a 2-week break before going back to square one.
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Posted Jul 4, 2025, 1:22 AM UTC