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Can apps stop you doomscrolling? Yes, but not how you think.

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If you're on social media at all, you're doomscrolling.

The Doomscrolling Reminder Bot is a kind of anxiety index.

Psychotherapist Tess Brigham says it's a way of feeling in control in a world that feels out of control all the time.

The Bot quit posting new content in 2023 .

The science suggests it was easier with the creation of new habits to help disrupt the old.

The less reactive your reading, the more you can slip into what is known as Type 2 thinking.

In a world off the rails that demands our best thinking, a Doomscrolling Bot won't save us, but taking the time for deep reading just might.