Why Bad News Is Addictive (Doomscrolling)—and What to Do About

It’s late. You’re tired. Every headline makes you feel worse, and somehow you still can’t stop scrolling. Why is bad news so hard to put down? In this episode, I break down the neuroscience behind doomscrolling and why it has less to do with willpower than we might think. Our brains evolved to pay close attention to potential threats, but today that ancient survival system has access to something it was never designed to handle: an endless stream of alarming information. We will explore how n...