Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We check our phones dozens, even hundreds, of times a day, often without realising how much they interrupt our attention.
This week on The Real Health podcast, Professor Brendan Kelly, professor of psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, joins Karl Henry to explain why phones are so difficult to put down and the impact constant checking can have on concentration, stress and self esteem.
For more, visit https://www.independent.ie/.
#Phones #PhoneAddicition #Health
00:00 - 04:00 Notifications
04:00 - 05:08 Phones interrupt us
05:08 - 09:46 Tips to reduce our phone use
We check our phones dozens, even hundreds, of times a day, often without realising how much they interrupt our attention.
This week on The Real Health podcast, Professor Brendan Kelly, professor of psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, joins Karl Henry to explain why phones are so difficult to put down and the impact constant checking can have on concentration, stress and self esteem.
For more, visit https://www.independent.ie/.
#Phones #PhoneAddicition #Health
00:00 - 04:00 Notifications
04:00 - 05:08 Phones interrupt us
05:08 - 09:46 Tips to reduce our phone use
