If you find yourself doomscrolling your way through social media, help is at hand | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Checking for apocalyptic updates is compulsive and saddening. Reconnecting with yourself and others may be the cure This year I have learned the secret of time travel. It goes like this: I open my eyes first thing and reach for my phone, checking the news and social media for the latest apocalyptic updates; words and images flash by in seconds, screaming BREAKING NEWS, INFECTION, OUTBREAK, DEATH TOLL. I scroll, refresh, reload. I close and open, share, type, delete, reply, all in a sort of semi-...