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Copy editor Morgan Dreiss has severe ADHD and says they need to always be doing at least three things at once. The result is an average daily screen time of 18 hours and 55 minutes. According to a recent WIRED report<\/a>, Dreiss is far from alone.<\/p>\n For years, studies have warned<\/a> about the effects of excessive screen time<\/a> on our physical and mental health. Yet a growing number of people are pushing back on that narrative. <\/p>\n Call them screenmaxxers. They are not trying to rack up hours on purpose, but they are on their screens pretty much all day, and they are not losing any sleep over it.<\/p>\n For many screenmaxxers, their devices are less of a bad habit and more of a lifeline. Corina Diaz, who lives two and a half hours from Toronto, works in video game marketing and relies on her screen to stay connected to the world outside her forested corner of Ontario. \u201cI\u2019ve always felt screens connected me to things I care about,\u201d she says.<\/p>\nIs screen time a legitimate problem?<\/h2>\n