Cost Of Doomscrolling

I went to check an email on my phone, but I got distracted by a notification and opened Instagram. There, I started viewing my friends’ stories and it was already one hour of scrolling through endless reels when I remembered I had to check an email. I’m sure most of us who use smartphones have experienced this. We pick up our phones, get distracted, and end up scrolling for an hour. But it doesn’t stop there. One hour leads to two and then five. This habit has a name; it is called doomscrolling.