So when thinking about how people become doomscrollers I think there’s actually very little reason to blame the person for wanting to keep up to date. I took a week and just completely abandoned my smartphone. And computer. Left my house went on vacation completely out of contact with the rest of the world. I was young and had no real responsibilities so that was something I could do at the time. First thing I noticed was nothing really changed. I wasn’t constantly on my phone but I was still exposed to various televisions and people talking about news and I was still relatively up to date on most of the big stuff. I feel that doomscrollers are people who have just given up trying to escape because even if you stop looking your entire social network will force it down your throat. I’ve noticed in news feeds it’s actually very rare I see news from my home town, only when it spawns a national discussion. I worry about things happening a thousand miles away and completely miss there was a mass stabbing in my home town.