Turns out this is a real thing and just not me losing my shit. But I can say that since last Friday I stopped taking in any news, no devices are allowed in the bedroom, and I am severely limiting my internet time. It’s a harder habit to break then stopping smoking for me. It’s kinda insane. Anyways, here the article.
“So many of us do it: You get into bed, turn off the lights, and look at your phone to check Twitter one more time.
You see that coronavirus infections are up. Maybe your kids can't go back to school. The economy is cratering.
Still, you incessantly scroll though bottomless doom-and-gloom news for hours as you sink into a pool of despair.
This self-destructive behavior has become so common that a new word for it has entered our lexicon: "doomscrolling."
The recent onslaught of dystopian stories related to the coronavirus pandemic, combined with stay-at-home orders, have enabled our penchant for binging on bad news. But the habit is eroding our mental health, experts say.”