How to Address a Partner’s Excessive Phone Usage

On Attachment

Stephanie Rigg

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode, we dive into the growing issue of phone usage and its impact on relationship satisfaction, especially when one partner feels neglected, ignored and frustrated by the other's screen time. We explore why constant phone use can feel so personal, discuss strategies for approaching the topic constructively, and offer practical ways to set digital boundaries together. If you’re struggling with a partner’s phone habits, this episode will give you tools to foster more connection and ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to On attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience
0:09.9	relationships and where you'll gain the guidance, knowledge and practical tools to
0:15.1	overcome insecurity and build healthy thriving relationships. I'm your host
0:20.7	relationship coach Stephanie Rigg and I'm really glad you're here.
0:29.7	Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of on attachment in today's episode we are
0:34.8	talking all about phones and the role that phones play in our relationships in shaping
0:41.6	our experience of being in relationship our relationship satisfaction in this is a really big topic and it's one that probably doesn't get spoken about enough given the
0:54.4	absolute centrality of phones to our modern lives. As I was preparing for this episode and reflecting
1:00.4	that probably even 10 years ago it wasn't anywhere near what it is now in terms of the level of dependence that we all experience on our phones and our devices how ubiquitous these things are that we are absolutely tethered to. It's rare that your
1:14.8	phone is more than a meter or two away and if you've ever done the scary but
1:19.7	illuminating thing of looking in your screen time data at the number of times you pick up your
1:24.8	phone in an hour or in a day. I mean it's pretty scary stuff and I think that
1:31.5	given phones are you know they've not only changed the way that we communicate and therefore have an impact on our relationships because obviously communications big part of that.
1:41.0	But I actually think because they've changed so much just the way that we spend our time
1:45.0	on a moment to moment basis in intimate relationship
1:49.0	because so much of that time is together
1:51.0	and you know that's how we connect with our partner.
1:55.0	It's really detracted, I think, from the quality of our presence and connection in many cases.
2:01.0	And so it's had really far-reaching impacts on all of those things to do with
2:06.4	how we experience our relationships and our level of satisfaction there.
2:10.7	So there's a lot to unpack in today's episode. I asked my
2:14.6	Instagram audience a bunch of questions and did a few polls in anticipation of this
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