by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Jul 16, 2026 | Internet Addiction
The urge will pass whether you feed it or not. That single fact is the whole intervention. The Urge Is a Wave, Not a Verdict On Tuesday I wrote about the reach — the way your hand finds the phone before you have decided anything at all. Today I want to talk about what...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Jul 14, 2026 | Internet Addiction
Your hand moves before you decide to. Here is what happens in that gap — and why willpower keeps losing the argument. What Actually Happens in the Moment Before You Pick Up the Phone “I was standing in my kitchen waiting for coffee to brew. Ninety seconds....
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Jul 7, 2026 | Internet Addiction
The problem usually isn’t discipline itself. It’s the area of your life you’ve been avoiding. An honest look at pleasure, purpose, and the reps that change things. I want to start by telling you something true about me: I sometimes live for the...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Jul 2, 2026 | Autism, Internet Addiction
The screen was doing a job. Here’s how to find out which one, and replace it with something that holds. If you’ve already worked out whether your child’s screen use is a healthy special interest or something that has tipped past it, you’ve done the harder part....
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Jun 30, 2026 | Autism, Internet Addiction
The clock was never the right test. What matters is whether the screen adds to your child’s life or quietly takes from it. If your autistic child can talk about one game for an hour, reorganizes the whole day around it, and falls apart when you take the tablet, you’ve...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Jun 25, 2026 | Autism, Internet Addiction
The daily screen-time battle usually isn’t about willpower or rules. It’s about transitions — and that changes everything about how you set limits. If you parent an autistic child, you probably already know the moment I’m describing. The timer goes...
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