by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 5, 2025 | Internet Addiction, Mental Health
A step-by-step walkthrough for cutting adult and sensitive ads out of your Instagram feed — whether you’re protecting a child, cleaning up your own experience, or curbing a feed that pulls you in too easily. Instagram is a powerful social media platform that...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Mar 3, 2025 | Internet Addiction, Mental Health
Doomscrolling feeds on a built-in negativity bias and the same intermittent rewards that drive gambling — which is why “just one more headline” quietly fuels anxiety, stress, and sleepless nights. In today’s digital age, the term...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Jun 3, 2016 | Internet Addiction
When summer frees up 12-16 hours a day, screens rush to fill them — here are five practical ways parents can curb a child’s slide toward electronics addiction, starting at home. Summer is here, and it is time for many children to binge on electronics for 12-16...
by Nathan Driskell, MA, LPC | Nov 7, 2014 | Autism, Internet Addiction
Half of this therapist’s Asperger’s clients also struggle with Internet Addiction — because the computer offers what real life often can’t: connection without anxiety, creation, and a world you can control. Recently I was asked if Asperger’s...
