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How digital consumption becomes emotional regulation

I feel guilty for enjoying mindless scrolling when I know I could be doing something more meaningful but I am too tired to engage with anything serious.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The use of mindless content as refuge from overwhelm creates cycles of temporary relief followed by deeper dissatisfaction.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital literacy and media literacy?”

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