doomscrolled
Consumed endless catastrophe
Doomscrolled is the past tense of doomscroll—to compulsively consume negative news or social media content, typically late at night or during crises.
The behavior is recognized as unhealthy but hard to stop: I doomscrolled for three hours after the election results came in.
The word emerged in the early 2020s amid pandemic anxiety and political turmoil.
Intense anticipatory fear
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- worryTroubled mental state
fear · panic · stress · tension · nervousness · agitation · alarm · trepidation
Without termination or boundary
- refreshRestore energy or newness
- newsfeedAggregated content display
- bingeBout of excess
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
obsession · fixation · urge · impulse · habit · smartphone · feed · timeline
Chronic occupational depletion
- saturationState of complete permeation
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- desensitizationReduced response over time
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
deluge · flood · swamped · exhaustion · overstimulation · numbing · headlines · paralysis
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
worry · fear · panic · stress · tension · nervousness · agitation · alarm · trepidation · angst
endless
Without termination or boundary
addiction · obsession · fixation · urge · impulse · habit · smartphone · feed · timeline · autoplay
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
- saturationState of complete permeation
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- desensitizationReduced response over time
inundation · deluge · flood · swamped · exhaustion · overstimulation · numbing · headlines · paralysis
hopelessness
State without hope
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
nihilism · fatalism · defeatism · disillusionment · dread · apocalyptic · collapse · crisis · dystopian · end-times
doomscrolledlogged off
Ended computer session
disconnected · unplugged · touched grass · meditated · exercised