Breaking the Doomscrolling Cycle

“Alright, real quick — here’s why doomscrolling makes you feel awful. When you scroll

through negative stuff nonstop, your brain doesn’t treat it like entertainment. It treats it like

actual danger. Your stress levels spike, your body gets tense, and you don’t even

notice it happening. Then when you finally put your phone down, all that built-up anxiety hits at

once. That’s why you suddenly feel drained, sad, or overwhelmed for

no reason. And the worst part? The algorithm sees you watching that content,

so it feeds you even more of it. That’s the doom loop — you scroll because you're numb,

and you're numb because you scroll. So if you’ve been feeling stressed or unmotivated lately,