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Student @ Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka.
DOOMSCROLLING.
<p> I just decided to check my phone for a minute. Just one minute.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then one headline pulled me into another, and suddenly I was tumbling down into ba<span style="background-color: transparent;">d news and heated arguments. My chest felt tight, my mind raced, and yet I couldn’t stop scrolling. I thought it was a simple lack of willpower, but now I know it’s something deeper: my anxious brain’s desperate attempt to know what’s going on.</span></p><p><br/></p><p>When the world feels scary, my brain hates not knowing. It tells me that if I can just gather enough information, if I can see every threat coming, I’ll finally feel safe. In that moment, doomscrolling isn’t lazy, it feels like a mission.</p><p><br/></p><p>The cruel irony is that it works in reverse. I absorb problems I have no power to solve, which only makes me feel more helpless. The act that was supposed to give me control ends up taking it away.</p><p><br/></p><p>The way out isn’t shame, but understanding. My brain is craving agency"a real sense that I can affect my world". </p><p>Now, when I feel the pull, I pause. I ask myself one question: “What specific answer am I actually looking for?” If I don’t have one, I put the phone down. I’ve caught the impulse.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then, I give my brain what it truly wants: one tiny, immediate action. I make my bed. I write one sentence. I put on a song I love. This redirects the nervous energy from consuming threats to making a concrete difference. It tells my brain, “We are not helpless. We can act.”</p><p><br/></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Doomscrolling is just a symptom of a mind that cares and wants stability. I thank my brain for trying to protect me, and then I gently guide it back to my own life, to what I can actually touch and change.</span></p><p><br/></p><p>True control isn’t about knowing everything that’s wrong. It’s about knowing what we can do, right here, right now. Even if it’s just putting the phone down and taking one real breath.</p>
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