The expert from the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) warns that overexposure to screens from an early age can have a negative impact on health
Doomscrolling on reddit, imgur, and twatter destroyed my mental health over a ~4-year period. I went cold turkey on all three about a year ago and there is a remarkable difference. They caused a great deal of anxiety, I just didn’t realise it at the time.
It was also a near-addiction when I could just flick the mouse wheel and more content would show up, and oh my, suddenly it’s 4am and I have work in 4 hours. r/ouchmyballs and r/watchpeopledieinside were particularly problematic.
Less content on the whole. There are many “the world is sliding back into fascism”-type posts, but I don’t feel compelled to scroll on the front page infinitely.
Doomscrolling on reddit, imgur, and twatter destroyed my mental health over a ~4-year period. I went cold turkey on all three about a year ago and there is a remarkable difference. They caused a great deal of anxiety, I just didn’t realise it at the time.
It was also a near-addiction when I could just flick the mouse wheel and more content would show up, and oh my, suddenly it’s 4am and I have work in 4 hours. r/ouchmyballs and r/watchpeopledieinside were particularly problematic.
How is Lemmy better than reddit for doomscrolling?
Less content on the whole. There are many “the world is sliding back into fascism”-type posts, but I don’t feel compelled to scroll on the front page infinitely.