In my experience, 'the phone' is a proxy for another issue. Like am I avoiding my family? Am I avoiding thinking of something uncomfortable? Or procrastinating

In my experience, 'the phone' is a proxy for another issue. Like am I avoiding my family? Am I avoiding thinking of something uncomfortable? Or procrastinating something important? Or avoiding some hard feelings or a tough reality? As an example, I know of a family where some children of divorce withdrew to compulsive MMORPG gaming. The parents blame the games. The reality is it's the divorce and the kids avoiding the feelings around it. OTOH I've seen families have their own minecraft server where that's a source of play and fun with kids...