There's just nothoing mentally healthy about reading depressing pandemic news all day long. So why are so many of us addicted to it?
There's a new term that describes sitting around, scrolling through your phone, reading depressing news for hours and hours: "Doomscrolling."
So what can you do instead?
A new survey asked people what they're doing to stay mentally healthy right now. And here are the top five answers:
1. Checking in with family, 60%.
2. Trying to exercise more, 35%.
3. Limiting news consumption, 30%.
4. Making plans for once the pandemic is over, 30%.
5. Doing nice things for other people, 29%.
