im sorry to say this but the only way to stop doomscrolling is to not scroll at all lmao

meta yt tiktok they all hire the best researchers and engineers whose job it is to quite literally make an interface and flow that is addicting

how can you avoid addiction from a pill you swallow every single day, multiple times a day, to the point that it is instinctive and you don’t even think

a pill that you’ve developed a dependence on, that provides instant distraction, gratification, feigning a sense of being part of a world that only exists through server requests and nodes you were wired to link with

everything is curated, it’s honestly quite impressive I have to admit

TikTok’s fyp algorithm is absolutely insane

an app that is this addicting with limitless content, someone could very well waste their entire lives away to it

at the end of the day the best thing you can do is control your inputs

you are a machine and everything you create and do are products of your inputs

you have to learn to manage and control your inputs

the content you watch, the people you connect with, how you spend your time, literally what you put in your body

healthy inputs:

• limiting interactions to people you have genuine connections with, making sure you give them time at least 1x week, make a FaceTime list lol, maintain your relationships and be there for people, it’s okay to share your hardships and laugh with someone
• reading will calm your nerves and restore your attention span, slowly but surely, there’s just something about having to read word for word and using your mind to paint and imagine every scene that genuinely engages your brain and improves its function rather than consuming pixels
• andrew huberman has a plethora of videos on how diet sleep and exercise affect your overall mental and cognitive health… if you don’t have those things in order then there’s not much else you can do