Are you scrolling yourself to doom?
Its past midnight and the posts shows that the situation is getting worse. Thumb up thumb down, switching between Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. This is the new trend that the lockdown has brought in. It has changed people's perspectives and their lives too. Many have come to be familiar with terms such as online classes and work from home which have arguably never been used in this part of the world ever. In these times many people find themselves compulsively scrolling through pandemic news and their social media feeds which goes on way into the night. This is called "doomsday scrolling" or "doom scrolling." Although late night scrolling is not a new thing and its what counsellors and therapists often hear in their sessions. But in the past it was digging through Twitter for insights on new series episodes or armchair coaching your favorite football team. Now the only thing left to binge-watch is the episodic collapse of the world in