doomscrolling
self-aware, helpless
the one-line answer
Compulsively consuming negative news or content despite it making you feel worse.
Doomscrolling is the habit of scrolling through bad news, disasters, and upsetting content even though you know it is making you feel worse. You cannot stop. The negativity keeps you engaged. Oxford Word of the Year contender.
mainstream
Your coworker might use this word.
01 / in the wild
hear it move.
self-awareness
I need to put my phone down. been doomscrolling for an hour and now I'm depressed.
I have been consuming negative news compulsively and it has worsened my mood.