Written by: Ehsan Siddiqui
8 August 2025
Doomscrolling is the act of endlessly scrolling on your phone, consuming negative and distressing media or news, it feels like storing information; it impacts your brain negatively. Here's what it does to you!
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The blue light emitted from screens is already bad enough for your sleep, but when combined with emotionally charged content, it messes with your sleep.
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Constant exposure to unfavorable news overflows your brain with cortisol, the stress hormone, causing feelings of anxiety, worry, and even panic.
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The continuous supply of information, along with the emotional whirlwind of adverse news, may exhaust your cognitive resources, making it difficult to focus on tasks and concentrate.
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Doomscrolling taps into your brain's natural negativity bias, making the world seem scarier than it is. Continuous distress can reduce emotional resilience and make social situations seem overwhelming or useless.
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Seeing headline after headline makes your brain want to be stimulated all the time. The outcome? It becomes difficult to concentrate, be present, and complete even minor activities offline.
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Set app limits. Swap the scroll for a stroll. Replace endless headlines with a podcast, a call, or simply stillness. You can’t control the algorithm, but you can choose not to feed it your peace.
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