Name: What Happens When You Doomscroll Everyday For A Year
Uploaded: 2025-10-13T07:47:55.000Z
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Ever open your phone just to check one thing, then look up and realize an hour's gone by and now you're kind of feeling drained?

It's not just reading scary headlines anymore.

For many of us, especially Gen Z, millennials and Gen Alpha, it's become this habitual cycle of swiping through endless content.

Videos, memes, tweets, reels, doom, dopamine, repeat.

often it ends with you lying in bed at 2am Wondering why you feel so heavy.

But what happens if this isn't just a once in a while thing?

What happens when doom scrolling becomes a daily routine for an entire year?

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Doom scrolling used to mostly mean obsessively reading negative news, and that's still part of it.

But for Gen Z and younger millennials especially, it's evolved.

Now it's not just the content, it's the habit.

It's that endless scroll through TikToks, YouTube shorts, Instagram Reels, Reddit threads where you're constantly feeding your brain new content without ever really processing it.

You go from watching a cute dog to a tragedy, to a meme, to a luxury vacation vlog, to someone crying on camera, and

somehow it all blends into one emotional blur.

It's not just about being informed anymore.

It's about getting stuck in a loop that feels like connection but leaves you exhausted.

Your brain's trying to keep up with way too many emotions at once.

You might go from laughing at a meme, to crying at a breakup video, to getting FOMO from someone's perfect Bali trip, all within two minutes.

When this becomes your daily routine, it messes with your emotional baseline.

Over time, your feelings might start to flatten.

And because your brain's been conditioned to seek constant stimulation, doing nothing starts to feel unbearable stillness.

Ever find yourself forgetting what you just watched?

Or opening an app and forgetting why you did?

A 2023 study from computers and Human Behavior Reports found that constant exposure to emotionally intense content.

Yep, even short form videos can lead to cognitive overload.

Basically, your brain starts struggling to filter what matters, from what doesn't.

You might even feel more anxious because your brain never gets a break.

After a year of this, your attention span may shrink and critical thinking gets harder.

And that makes it even easier to fall deeper into the scroll hole.

Even though you're not moving, doomscrolling triggers a physical response.

Your body interprets the steady stream of stress, fear and drama like a real time danger that activates your fight or flight mode over and over.

According to a study in plos One, the this kind of repeated digital stress is linked to poor sleep, headaches, digestive issues and low immunity.

So if you're doom scrolling daily for a year, you might feel constantly fatigued, get sick more often, or wake up feeling like you didn't rest at all.

Your productivity and creativity may dip.

Scrolling for just a second during work or study often turns into 30 minutes.

And over time, that pattern chips away at your focus, motivation and sense of progress.

A 2024 study in computers and Human Behavior found that people who doom scroll at work report lower job satisfaction, slower task completion, and

Doom scrolling can crowd out moments of boredom.

The kind that leads to ideas, reflection and creativity.

When your brain is always full, there's no space left to imagine or dream.

Doom scrolling shapes your perception of the world.

When you're exposed to negativity every single day for a year, your brain starts to expect it.

In another study published in Computers and Human Behavior Reports, where they surveyed 800 university students from the US and Iran and found that excessive negative media exposure led to more existential anxiety and a bleaker outlook on life.

It becomes harder to believe that things can get better.

You might become more cynical, more disconnected, and feel more helpless than before.

These platforms are designed to hook your attention, hijack your emotions and keep you scrolling.

And no, you don't have to delete everything or become a digital monk.

When you scroll, mute or unfollow content that leaves you feeling heavy.

Follow accounts that educate, uplift, or just make you feel okay.

And try a hobby that doesn't involve screens.

Because your attention, it's valuable and your mind deserves better than a never ending feat of chaos and comparison.

The doom might be loud but your peace can be louder.

It's if it hit close to home, you're not alone, and

you don't have to figure it all out at once.

Let us know in the comments what's one thing you'll try to break the doom scrolling cycle.

And if this helped, consider sharing it with a friend who might be stuck in the scroll loop too.

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And before you go, don't forget to check out the next episode where we'll show you how to actually stop doomscrolling and replace it with habits that make you feel better.

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What Happens When You Doomscroll Everyday For A Year

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