Doomscrolling: What It Does to Your Mental Health

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Braintrauma, Healthtips, Sleep, Obesity, Anxiety, Braininjury, Depression, Ptsd, Mentalhealth, Mood, Brainhealth, Health & Fitness, Energy, Disease, Addiction, Mental Health, Healthadvice, Adhd, Memory, Focus

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🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this boiling political climate, many of us are finding ourselves glued to Twitter or other online news sources to keep up with everything that’s going on. But at what point are we merely “doomscrolling” and causing harm to our brains? In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Daniel and Tana Amen discuss the phenomenon of doomscrolling, and then tell you specific strategies you can use to keep this harmful form of social media addiction at bay.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way Podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman and I'm Tanna Aeman. In our podcast we provide you with the tools you need to become a warrior for the health of your brain and body.
0:19.0	The Brain Warriors Way podcast is brought to you by Aaman Clinics, where we have been transforming lives
0:26.0	for 30 years, using tools like brain-spect imaging to personalize treatment to your
0:32.0	brain.
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0:39.7	where we produce the highest quality nutraceuticals to support the health of your brain and body.
0:45.3	To learn more, go to brainMD.com.
0:49.1	Welcome back.
0:50.1	We are talking about doom scrolling.
0:53.0	This is so important going into the new year
0:55.0	because we are talking about how do you get your mental health together.
0:59.0	If you want to get your physical health together,
1:00.0	you need to get your mental health together.
1:02.0	Because it really starts with your mind.
1:03.4	It starts with your mentality and just really getting your mind right.
1:08.9	So Doom scrolling is affecting your mental health and most people suffer because of what is not only
1:17.2	on social media but the news so let's talk about doom scrolling yeah that's one thing I learned. So think of doom scrolling like
1:26.2	pouring toxic doom and gloom thoughts into your brain. The constant frightening
1:32.4	images activate the brain's fear. The
1:35.0	Amigdala making you feel chronically,
1:38.0	chronically anxious and afraid.
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