The ADHD Scrolling Quiz

Step 1 of 7 - The disappearing hours

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On my smartphone, I lose track of how much time has passed.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

A quick look at my smartphone turns into far longer than I meant.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

Whole evenings, or whole chunks of my day, disappear into my smartphone.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

When I find out how long I have actually spent on my smartphone, it is more than I thought.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

My hand reaches for my smartphone before I have decided to pick it up.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

I check my smartphone when I know there is nothing new to see.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

If my smartphone is not within reach, I feel restless or keep thinking about it.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

In any spare moment, a queue, a kettle boiling, an advert break, the smartphone is the first thing I reach for.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

Even when I have only just put my smartphone down, I find myself picking it up again.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

When something feels hard, dull or heavy, my smartphone is the first place I go.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

I reach for my smartphone to put off a task I do not want to start.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

I use my smartphone to take the edge off when I feel anxious, stressed or low.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

I reach for my smartphone for a jolt of stimulation when I feel restless or flat.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

I feel flatter, more anxious or more drained after a long scroll than I did before it.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

Scrolling leaves me comparing myself with other people and feeling behind.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

When content upsets me or brings me down, I keep scrolling anyway.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

After time on my smartphone, I ask myself why I just did that.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

Time on my smartphone leaves me feeling genuinely better, rested or cheered up.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

Where does your smartphone spend the night?(Required)

In another room

Across the bedroom

By the bed, out of arm's reach

By the bed, within easy reach

I stay up scrolling long past the time I meant to go to sleep.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

My smartphone is the last thing I look at before I try to sleep.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

If I wake in the night, I reach for my smartphone.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

When do you first reach for your smartphone in the morning?(Required)

Not until I am dressed and started on my day

Over breakfast

Soon after waking

Before I am out of bed

My smartphone pulls me out of work or anything I am trying to concentrate on.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

My smartphone comes with me into meals, rest, and time with people I care about.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

I am only half-present with people, because part of me is on my smartphone or waiting to check it.(Required)

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Almost always

My smartphone use costs me things that genuinely matter to me: time, sleep, focus or closeness.(Required)

Not really

A little

Quite a bit

A great deal

Overall, how much of your smartphone use feels like your own choice?(Required)

Nearly all of it

Most of it

Some of it

Honestly, not much of it

One last thing, optional. In a few words, what is one thing you would like to be different about you and your smartphone?

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