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86 People who check their phone within five minutes of waking up are training their brain to start every day in reaction mode — and it’s costing them more than they realize

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Lachlan Brown @ Silicon Canals 3 place · today 09:00 EDT

People who check their phone within five minutes of waking up are training their brain to start every day in reaction mode — and it’s costing them more than they realize

The moment you grab your phone upon waking, you're unknowingly rewiring your brain into a state of perpetual reactivity that follows you throughout the entire day—and the true cost goes far deeper than just feeling stressed.

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