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Indie App Spotlight: The ‘Before You’ bundle offers four effective screen time apps - 9to5Mac

9to5Mac Spotlights a Screen-Time Bundle as Digital Wellbeing Apps Stay in Focus

A new 9to5Mac Indie App Spotlight entry highlights the Before You bundle, a package described as four effective screen time apps aimed at helping users manage digital habits.

Key Takeaways

9to5Mac featured the Before You bundle in its Indie App Spotlight series.
The bundle is described as containing four effective screen-time apps.

DT Editorial Team·May 10, 2026·via 9to5mac.com

Why TikTok Hooks You: Emotions, Attachment, and Addiction

New research identifies two linked pathways to short-video addiction: attachment anxiety rooted in childhood, and alexithymia — difficulty identifying one's own emotions — both driving compulsive scrolling as a form of emotional escape.

Key Takeaways

Research links compulsive TikTok use to attachment anxiety and alexithymia (inability to name one's emotions), not just platform design
People who can't process emotions internally turn to short videos as external distraction — poor attentional control amplifies the effect

DT Editorial Team·Mar 26, 2026·via medicalxpress.com