Doomscrolling: Why Your Brain Can’t Stop Scrolling Bad News (And How to Break Free)

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Quick Summary Doomscrolling is the compulsion to keep scrolling through negative news despite feeling worse, and it’s driven by specific brain mechanisms, not weak willpower Your brain’s negativity bias and the dopamine-anxiety feedback loop make alarming content nearly impossible to ignore The same variable reward mechanism that makes gambling addictive powers doomscrolling Breaking the cycle … Read more