Mental Health
Why We Can’t Look Away: The Neuroscience of Doomscrolling and Our Cognitive Addiction to Negative Information
We live in a world where a single swipe can reveal a tragedy, a crisis, a scandal, or the next global disaster. The term doomscrolling — the compulsive consumption of negative news — entered popular vocabulary only recently, yet it instantly felt familiar. Everyone recognizes the pattern: it’s late at night,