Addiction Support and Counseling Guidance

1. I spend more time on screen use, or go further with it, than I intend to.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

2. I have tried to cut down or stop, and returned to it.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

3. I hide screen use, or lie about it, to people close to me.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

4. I use screen use to escape stress, loneliness, boredom, or painful feelings.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

5. screen use is costing me — money, time, sleep, focus, work, or intimacy.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

6. I feel restless, irritable, or low when I cannot engage in it.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

7. People I trust have expressed concern, or I feel deep shame afterward.

Never Sometimes Often Nearly always

Have you had thoughts of harming yourself, or felt that life is not worth living?

No Fleeting thoughts Yes, often

Phone, Social Media & Screen Compulsion