KInda glad i stopped
I was like 12 and I just got into webtoon, anime, manga, and stuff. I'd stay up all night watching or reading and go to bed at like 5am. I'd hav to wake up for school at 7am. I would just come home and sleep for like 2 hours, and I'd say i was going to bed at 7pm and just start. Fridays only I just slept as soon as I came home from and would not wake up till 4pm saturday. Whenever my parents asked why I was sleeping so much i just said " schools exhausting " or " I hav just been getting sleepy lately". It got insane over the summer I would sleep all day and stay up all night. Eventually I got caught I wasnt allowed to hav my devices in my room anymore. Then I started sneeking my laptop or phone into my room. Got caught for the second time. After that I finally stopped but i still do it every now and then. During when this was going on i spent like no time with my friends I just told the the same thing i told my parents. This went on for over a year.
Messages
Hm, I indulge A LOT in the internet. I'm a bit of a night owl, so I'm often staying up till 5 am no matter if I'm reading manga or painting or working on a last-minute school project.
In fact, I've pulled an all-nighter more than a few times on a school night binge-watching k dramas and anime. However, despite that, I've never had it negatively affect me all that much. My grades are pretty damn good despite it and my parents couldn't give a damn what I do as long as my grades are good. I think that it's fine to indulge in what you like if you not hurting yourself or others. That being said, if it's negatively affecting you, you should, by all means, do what you can to cut your screen time. I think its good to take care of yourself and I'm glad you noticed when the habit became a problem.
- from your friendly hardcore nightowl, but also a hardcore sleeping fantic (a confusing combo . . . let just say that I never see the morning unless i have to)
That happened with me, i was so obsessed with fanfiction that i spend all my time reading. I realized that i have no self control over the stuff that i like, and looking back really appreciate when my mother find out, cause I couldn't stop reading mangas and fanfics on my own, and i kept isolating myself, i was just like a junkie, Now i just do it sometimes, like right now that i'm on vacation or when i have insomnia. And being distant from the phone at night was the best solution.
I'm the same but my parents trust me too much I can go to sleep like around 1 but I do have to wake up at 6 for school because class start at 7 and most of the day I'm just reading and watching anime and manga and in that time I have to do my homework and get myself ready so I can relate to you I have been caught by my mom but she knows if she takes my phone away I will get my grades down and I'm a B+ student so it's okay I understand what you're going through I sometimes wish I was sleep earlier so I have more time to sleep and I am 13 years old so I can relate to you more hopefully you get to read whatever you like to read
- sinceriously your dear
friend from the internet
good luck to you