I think the penetration of information about behavioral addictions is quite abysmal among the general public. Plus I agree with you they probably have "normal" levels of consumption on their minds. Anyway, I honestly don't know how people would react if I came to them ten years ago and told them "I play computer games 8 hours a day."
It'd probably scare them off. About five six years ago, I was chatting to a girl, perhaps trying to see if she would be a good date. I tried for about ten minutes to find out whether she can talk about anything else than watching series, but failed. I can say that this did scare me off :D
Either way, I dislike pure-audio podcasts due to the fact that I can't concentrate fully. I need the video too. I prefer listening to music, because there's no information "to be missed". I often drive the car without listening to the radio too. But I'm probably the weird one :)
Nice introspection. If you feel like silencing a friend, it could be social. I can empathize with "running away from negative thoughts". It just depends on whether the escape is temporary and healthy, or whether we're avoiding doing something important. It's not always easy to distinguish.
I think the blockers are mainly important to reinforce the initial decision. As in "I spent an hour setting this system up. I've done something to help myself."
To use my porn example, I actually don't have any porn-blockers on my PC. It's because I've never watched porn on my PC, but on my phone. As for my phone, I use SPIN safe browser (basically a browser with a built-in restricted mode). I also uninstalled YT and can only use it through the browser. I also installed a more advanced all-phone porn blocker. I never got around to activating it though, because the app monitors the screen all the time and I didn't want to just surrender all my privacy and security (passwords).
So yeah, I can probably access my "favorite" porn in about a minute, but it's just that I don't think I need it anymore. As for the severity, I used it a few times a week for maybe half an hour before quitting.
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