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doomscrolling 

When you keep scrolling through all of your social media feeds, looking for the most recent upsetting news about the latest catastrophe. The amount of time spent doing this is directly proportional to how much worse you're going to feel after you're done.
Dude! Stop doomscrolling, It's only going to make you feel worse!

I can't! The dopamine loop is too strong!
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doomscrolling 

Obsessively reading social media posts about how utterly fucked we are.
I've got to stop doomscrolling about covid-19, it's making me depressed.

Doomscrolling 

The act of consuming an endless procession of negative online news.
"Are they changing the name of Twitter to doomscrolling"
Doomscrolling by itsKP November 3, 2020

doomscrolling 

Doomscrolling is scrolling through Twitter in 2020 becoming sadder the further through you scroll. There is no end.
Person 1: Whatchya doin
Person 2: doomscrolling through twitter looking at how fucked our world is
Person 1: m’kay have fun with that
doomscrolling by KittyKutter73 June 10, 2020

Doomscrolling 

When you start scrolling and just can’t stop. You’re doomed cuz you can’t stop yourself.
I got on Reddit and couldn’t stop scrolling for new posts, unable to stop. I was doomscrolling.
Doomscrolling by X-Pseudonym February 22, 2023

Doomscrolling 

Doom is the attitude of the person scrolling. It could be cat videos, but the person is scrolling because they are incapable of doing otherwise, and the only happiness they are capable of is in refreshing their newsfeed.
All the news is great, what's wrong with Tommy?

Oh, he can't enjoy it. He's caught in a loop and is doomscrolling to hell.
Doomscrolling by sudonimpey March 3, 2021