[Kiro]

Exactly. No site gives me more anxiety than HN while being so addictive at the same time.

[vntok]

Well you should stop coming back then. You have identified a destructive behaviour, that's step 1. Step 1.1 is ACT right now: set up a very long noprocrast in your profile and keep on living your life. You really won't miss anything actually important by not coming here as often.

[tartoran]

HN has a timer you can turn on to avoid procrastinating on other things by spending all your time here. I tried it in the past and it does work.

[zentiggr]

So bookmark the search page and blacklist the home page. Only read what you specifically search for.