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Your 'Doomscrolling' Breeds Anxiety. Here's How To Stop The Cycle

So many of us do it: the long scroll through grim news on social media before bed. A cognitive behavioral specialist offers advice on how to stop "doomscrolling" for the sake of your mental health.
"Doomscrolling," has emerged as a new slang term to describe the practice of endlessly consuming doom-and-gloom news.

So many of us do it: You get into bed, turn off the lights, and look at your phone to check Twitter one more time.

You see that coronavirus infections are up. Maybe your kids can't go back to school. The economy is cratering.

Still, you incessantly scroll though bottomless

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