stackyFACTSStaring intensely at your glowing smartphone screen until three in the morning absolutely won't save you from the impending apocalypse. Doomscrolling is hijacked evolutionary biology, where our ancient threat-detection systems obsessively gather deeply negative data in a totally misguided attempt to aggressively prepare for danger.
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