The "Doom Scroll" is when you're mindlessly scrolling through social media posts or news articles. This is also known in psychology as "social media panic." Most of us are doomscrolling when we don't even realize it. What's the first thing you do when you wake up? Do you check your phone? You are addicted to social media. Most of us are. The average American spent more than 1,300 hours on social media. That’s approximately 3.6 hours a day wasted. Now, imagine the opposite. What would happen if you go 372 days without social media? In this video we go over the psychology behind social media and why human behavior leads us back to social media once again.