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It's an addiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling
by omgmajk 5y ago
It's an addiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling
- chinathrow 5y agoI've heard of the term but never read up its definition, thank you, that's it: "Doomscrolling, the compulsion to engross oneself in negative news, may be the result of an evolutionary mechanism where humans are “wired to screen for and anticipate danger”. The anticipation bit made it clear. So now is the question: how to over come it? Looks like I need a full blown news detox.
- scruple 5y agoI'm no longer a religious person but I was raised a Presbyterian Christian. It was very common to hear the adults around me recite the Serenity Prayer when I was younger. I think there is a lot of wisdom there. I don't know if that will help you but it has helped me.
- omgmajk 5y agoI just stopped reading the news pretty much. It takes like a week or two and then you won't even notice. Look at it this way, if anything super important happens you will most likely see it on the front page here or on the front page of Reddit. But with HN and Reddit you don't get the bulk that is made to fill the page on a news site.