{"id":290537,"date":"2024-07-03T07:47:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T07:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=290537"},"modified":"2024-07-05T07:56:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T07:56:51","slug":"americans-are-ditching-smartphones-for-dumb-devices-that-only-call-and-text-to-avoid-zombie-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=290537","title":{"rendered":"Americans are ditching smartphones for ‘dumb’ devices that only call and text to avoid ‘zombie mode’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rob Waugh \u2013 Daily Mail.com July 2, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

A growing number of people are ditching their smartphones for ‘dumbphones’ that only call and text to avoid being in ‘zombie mode.’<\/p>\n

The simple devices have skyrocketed in popularity, as 2.8 million were sold in the US last year with people\u00a0proclaiming they\u00a0feel calmer and more present in their ordinary lives.<\/p>\n

A California<\/strong><\/a> woman told DailyMail.com that she made the switch after realizing she spent the entire summer on her smartphone, saying she barely remembered the time – she even forgot where she walked her dog.<\/p>\n

Caroline Cadwell explained that switching to a dumbphone was impractical at first, but then became freeing.<\/p>\n

‘Space and time, is how I’d describe it. It’s amazing how much your relationships can gain from giving it up,’ she said.<\/p>\n

Companies such as Dumbwireless are selling the simple devices devices to addicted smartphone users, and a growing number of anti-smartphone organizations are trying to curb the use of the devices, particularly among children.<\/p>\n

Activists point to statistics such as the fact that the arrival of smartphones seems to have coincided with a surge in rates of depression<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and anxiety – which rose by more than 50 percent between 2010 and 2019.<\/p>\n

Cadwell spent 15 years working in high-growth start-ups in Barcelona and San Francisco before she left a job due to burnout – and realized her smartphone was the problem.<\/p>\n

‘I left a job because I was burned out, and spent almost three months in what I’d describe as zombie mode, she said.<\/p>\n

‘It was summer, and I barely remember it–I did nothing. It was when I was nearly out of this time and feeling better that I started to reflect on what about my burnout was in my control, and the biggest contributing factor was a lack of boundaries with work.’<\/p>\n

Previously she had felt the need to be available at all times, even for 11pm calls.<\/p>\n

But Cadwell realized the depths of her addiction when she couldn’t remember where she had walked her dog because she was responding to Slack messages the whole time.<\/p>\n

She said that switching to a dumbphone was impractical at first, but then became freeing.<\/p>\n

Continues \u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n

Also see:<\/p>\n

5 Ways Smart Phones Are Dumbing People Down<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n