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How To Stop Doomscrolling
First, identify if you are doomscrolling: That habit you’ve formed of cruising through COVID-19 news online as soon as you get up? Doomscrolling. Your desire to stay up to date on every piece of info about how schools across the country are struggling to reopen? Also doomscrolling.
Experts recommend limiting the amount of time you spend on your devices. So, maybe you put aside 15 minutes for you to cruise social media but, when the time is up, you put your phone down and don’t do it again for the rest of the day. And, if even that makes you feel stressed, don’t do it.
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A Gloomy Outlook
Doomscrolling can really challenge the way you see the world. People are drawn to doomscrolling because they feel like they have a sense of being able to control any of that bad news. But doomscrolling does not create control and only makes you miserable. The overall impact doomscrolling has on p...
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Defining Doomscrolling
Doomscrolling or doomsurfing, are new words used to describe the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing, Merriam...
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Forming A New Habit To Offset Doomscrolling
Train yourself to see the positive in things. Start looking for at least three positive things a day, even if it’s as minor as thinking that your coffee was particularly tasty this morning.
You can step things up by trying to do more nice things for people.
You can't avoid how...
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How To Stop Doom Scrolling
Possible ways to stop or minimize doom scrolling can be:
- Keep a track of how much time you spend on social media doing nothing, identifying the negative frequency.
- Set a timer or use the inbuilt apps to close the doomscrolling feeds.
- Establish a time to put your pho...
It's Okay To Quit Midway
You don’t have to commit to a book that drags. In fact, it’s more likely to make you quit your reading habit. Sure, you might feel obligated to finish a book you spent $15 on. If you feel uninterested, put it down and move on to a different one. You can always come back later to pick up where you...
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