Doomscrolling and Social Media Overload

Why We Can’t Stop Doomscrolling? More Importantly, How to Break the Habit?

You tell yourself you’re just checking one thing.

A headline.
A notification.
A quick scroll.

And before you realize it, 30… 45… maybe 60 minutes are gone. Your mind feels heavier, your chest a little tighter, and somehow you’re more anxious than when you picked up your phone.

That’s doomscrolling — and it’s quietly exhausting a lot of good people.

Doomscrolling is the habit of endlessly consuming negative or emotionally charged content online. The problem isn’t just the content itself — it’s how it hijacks your brain’s threat system. Your mind stays on high alert, constantly scanning for danger, comparison, or bad news. Over time, that state becomes your baseline.

And when that happens, peace becomes hard to access — even when life is actually okay.