How many times have we caught ourselves opening our phones “just for five minutes” and then getting lost for hours in endless scrolling? And how often do we use social media as a way to relax, without asking ourselves whether it actually helps us unwind or just adds to our stress?

In this episode, together with Professor of Health Psychology Angelos Kassianos, we discuss our relationship with technology, the habit of constant connectivity, and our difficulty in being alone with our thoughts.

We explore why we’ve almost forgotten how to be bored, what it is that we often avoid through constant digital consumption, and how social media can serve as an easy but temporary escape mechanism. We’re talking about mindfulness, attention, mental rest, and the small daily habits that can reduce digital overload without requiring us to completely disconnect from the modern world.