You know it ain’t good for you, and yet…
Recently, I’ve found myself doomscrolling on Reddit. Two subs mainly: r/news and ur/worldnews. I know it’s not great for my mental health, but some part of me never stops wondering “how much worse can it get?”
I’m still optimistic about the world’s ability to progress and bounce back from whatever plagues it. But there’s this morbid fascination with the shenanigans occupying the news cycle.
Maybe this not too dissimilar to how we watch horror movies, scroll though memes on trypophobia, or well pick at that scab we know we shouldn’t.
As I work towards shifting my media diet to stuff that enlivens me, this is an obstacle I’ll have to manage.