Emotional toll of constant #NegativeNews has led to record-high #NewsAvoidance.

But people can stay informed without #doomscrolling:
Read news online, but skips videos, television and social media and set specific windows of time to read the news rather than staying immersed in that environment constantly.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/sep/01/news-avoidance-high-anxiety

#MentalHealth

"While it’s important to highlight problems so that #society can course-correct, when there’s an absence of coverage of responses to problems – what’s improving, where the seeds of positive change are – then a overly-negative narrative becomes counterproductive.

‘#Negativenews publications should come with a health warning’ - Positive News
https://www.positive.news/society/negative-news-publications-should-come-with-a-health-warning/

#doomscrolling
#clickbait
#negativenews
#brainrot
#media
#balancednews
#mentalhealth
#positivenews