Definitions by Palitrograde

Retrograde doomscrolling

The act of aggressively scrolling through the internet long past the point of exhaustion, actively moving backward against your biological need for sleep. A phenomenon where your sleep schedule enters a state of complete chaos—much like Mercury in retrograde—simply because you refuse to put your phone down.

"I was exhausted at 10 PM, but I caught a bad case of retrograde doomscrolling. Next thing I know, it's 3 AM and I'm watching a 40-minute video essay on the history of discontinued sodas."

Retrograde doomscrolling by Palitrograde June 26, 2026