So many of us do it: the long scroll through grim news on social media before bed. A cognitive behavioral specialist offers advice on how to stop 'doomscrolling' for the sake of your mental health.
"Our minds are wired to look out for threats," she says."The more time we spend scrolling, the more we find those dangers, the more we get sucked into them, the more anxious we get.""Now you look around yourself, and everything feels gloomy, everything makes you anxious. So you go back to look for more information.
You do want to know what's happening in the world, so the solution isn't to never go online again, but it's finding boundaries.Going into it, opening up your phone, reminding yourself why you're there, what are you looking for, what information are you trying to find.
Daniel Hensel and Barrie Hardymon produced and edited the audio for this story. Emma Bowman produced it for the Web.
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