Is doomscrolling here to stay?

Doomscrolling, a term popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic, refers to the frequent scanning on devices to read negative, distressing news on topics like wars, mass shootings, natural disasters, and political unrest.
Though five years have passed since the days of tracking pandemic casualties, the trend continues to escalate and pose a threat to mental and physical health, according to experts at Harvard Medical School.
“Our brains and bodies are expertly designed to handle short bursts of stress. But over the past several years, the stress just doesn't seem to end. Doomscrolling is our response to that," said lecturer and stress expert Aditi Nerurkar, MD, MPH, in a Harvard Medical School publication.
"We're hypervigilant and scanning fo...