doomscrolling

 Doomscrolling  is the cycle of obsessively consuming social media, enabled by their typical infinite scroll UI, in search of clarity for anxieties that are ironically fueled by those same social media feeds.

How to not

 * How not to: (IG multipost text as pics, please feel free to expand into actual text) https://www.instagram.com/millennial.therapist/p/CYRWUfBsMo9/

Origin

 * Apparent origin: https://twitter.com/Callamitys/status/1049014001831763968
 * "Taking a break from doomscrolling and being inundated with things and stuff. I'll be back tuesday or something. Here's a thing I'm making." @Callamitys October 7, 2018

Articles

 * 2020-06-25 WIRED: Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health
 * 2020-07-19 NPR: Your 'Doomscrolling' Breeds Anxiety. Here's How To Stop The Cycle
 * 2020-07-30 Washington Post: The Internet wants to keep you ‘doom-scrolling.’ Here’s how to break free.

Humor

 * “Sucks the life/From my eyes/It feels nice/I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling, ah” https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qXX05S6tiRk&feature=share