How doomscrolling could be bad for your mental health

Doomscrolling could significantly increase the risk of anxiety. — AFP Relaxnews

Negative news and information is increasingly plentiful and accessible online, favouring doomscrolling. This practice is constantly growing, accentuated by the pandemic, and could have mental health implications.

Doomscrolling, the compulsive scrolling through negative news on your smartphone and on social networks, is a growing phenomenon, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns and restrictions served to increase the amount of time spent using electronic devices, whether for work or for leisure, and favouring, by extension, the time spent viewing predominantly negative news.