Prayerful Alternatives to Doomscrolling – Catholic Stand

Do you ever find yourself wasting time just before bed looking at your phone? Suddenly, five minutes becomes an hour and you’re more tired and anxious than you were when you began. Thankfully, we all have the power to put down the phone and choose a healthier pre-bed alternative to doomscrolling on our devices.
What is doomscrolling?
“Doomscrolling” is a phrase that became popular in 2020, when the isolating and fearful circumstances of COVID lockdowns drove many people to constantly seek out the news on their phones. And what did they find? Negativity. The more they looked, the more disastrous the world seemed. The more they scrolled, the more worried they became and the more they sought that negative news. You might not yet have kicked this habit, even though those strange days are behind us.
Doomscrolling is a constant, habitual, even addictive seeking out of negative news. I would also add that any type of compulsive, mindless scrolling can become doomscrolling. Shopping, videos,…