you can actually restrict youtube from showing you any shorts, just go to the configuration and restrict your timing to 0 minutes in shorts, then they won't show up anymore on your feed. i struggle a lot with that too, so i did that, and also put a timer on all the apps i spend the most time on (instagram, youtube facebook because i'm addicted to marketplace). it helps me stay focused and also just spend less time on my phone, specially when i have things to do

So I'm in my 1st yr of dental school and there's only a month left for my finals so how tf do I force myself to sit and study for atleast 3 hrs coz I just get distracted sooo easily even if I delete insta I get distracted by those dumb yt shorts and I just keep getting stressed about it to the point my healths degrading,I honestly wanna cryyyy so bad coz I think I might not even be able to pass