Kelli S. Burns, Ph.D.

I recently read an article called “Doomscrolling, or Bad News Addiction – Why Do We Do It & How to Stop” published on IvyPanda. Are you a doomscroller? Do you scroll through your news or social media feeds for the purpose of digesting disturbing, depressing, or harmful content? If so, then you are doomscroller. I found that I do this sometimes on TikTok when I see a sad story about a person. Then I have to look back through their feed to understand their whole sad backstory. Why do we do this? The article has a discussion of this phenomenon as well as how it affects people and most importantly, how to stop doing it.

You can read the article here:

https://ivypanda.com/blog/doomscrolling-the-new-drug-of-the-21st-century/