Just two MINUTES of 'doomscrolling' through social media can bring your mood ...
Step away from the smartphone: Just two MINUTES of 'doomscrolling' through social media can bring your mood down, study warns Participants read a Twitter feed or watched a YouTube video on bad Covid news Just two minutes of this was found to drag participants' mood down Positive stories about coronavirus did not have the same negative effect
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Just two minutes of 'doomscrolling' on social media can drag people's mood down, a study has found.
Scrolling through stories about coronavirus on Twitter or viewing them on YouTube is enough to cause people's positive mood to plummet.
Several scientific studies have found that levels of anxiety and depression have increased over the pandemic - particularly when reading covid-related news every day.
Psychologists from the University of Essex set out to discover how quickly the negative impact was felt after exposure to covid content.
Just two minutes of doom and gloom on social media can drag people's mood down, a study has found (stock image)
