Doomscrolling is a behavioral craving — the same urge-loop as any addiction, just aimed at your phone. The pull to keep scrolling spikes and fades; the trick is interrupting the loop for 60 seconds so the autopilot breaks.
When you catch yourself, don't just 'try to stop' — give yourself a defined pause: 60 seconds away from the feed, eyes up, one breath. The urge to grab the phone again crests and passes like any craving.
StopMe works for scrolling too: press the button, take the 60 seconds, and decide on purpose instead of on autopilot.
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