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Anonymous · Türkiye
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I was at home and had been scrolling through Instagram for an hour when I suddenly felt a pain in my right hand. My fingers felt as if they were swelling, and it was impossible to close my hand or move them. That was the moment the questioning started. I had h…
1 min readSena · Türkiye
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The blue light from my phone screen was tiring my eyes in the darkness of a room where midnight had long since passed. My eyes were almost closing, and I was forcing them to stay open. As I scrolled aimlessly through social media, I noticed my fingers moving a…
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Emsal · Türkiye
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Digital life had woven itself into my existence far more deeply than I ever realised. Especially with the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, it felt as though I no longer had any private, personal space detached from the digital world. My real awakening ca…
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Anonymous · Türkiye
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My home is about 40 minutes from my workplace, and I take the tram there and back every day. I usually spend that time entirely on my phone: answering messages that have piled up, making calls and, most of all, scrolling through social media (Instagram). A fe…
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Anonymous · Türkiye
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Digital life is a big part of my daily life right now. I usually use my phone to talk to my friends, check social media, do research and sometimes just to pass the time. I think technology makes life easier, but I notice that when I use it too much, it affects…
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Senem · Türkiye
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You know, I wasn't born into this fast-paced world where everything sits behind a touchscreen. I got to know the digital world by feeling my way through it. When I first encountered it, I didn't really know what to do or where I fitted in. Looking back now, t…
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Anonymous · Türkiye
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My relationship with digital life is complicated. I value my phone and everything it allows me to do, but there was one moment that completely changed the way I use it. Years ago, I went to a huge event where a pop star I had admired for years was performing.…
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Selmin · Türkiye
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I have always loved visiting new places and meeting new people. But for a year or two there had been something inside me that bothered me. A feeling like a knot in my throat, a weight in my stomach… I couldn't work out where it came from. What was it that was …
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Seda · Türkiye
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It was 3:25 a.m., and I was obsessively reading glossy digital magazine articles about the "perfect" gluten-free, low-FODMAP meal prep. My bedroom was pitch black except for the blinding glow of the screen lighting up my face as I memorised recipes I would pro…
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Ilkem Gokce
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For us athletes, smart watches aren't just gadgets – they're part of the job. Heart rate, sleep data, REM cycles, step count, workout breakdowns, GPS tracking. Without that data, training feels like flying blind. In my final year at university, my watch broke…
2 min readCharlotta's story
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When Charlotta was younger, her life was full of people. She played outside with friends, spent evenings with her family, and the house was always noisy with board games and conversation. That was just how things were. Then she got a Tamagotchi. If you don't…
2 min readTanja Fajt
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I woke up that morning feeling truly peaceful. The weather was warm, sunshine on my skin, and I was in this beautiful place with a mix of old friends and new ones. We were there to learn, to connect, to have fun. For a moment, I just lay there and felt gratefu…
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