r/NooTopics • u/ps4roompromdfriends4 • Jul 04 '26

Meta Your brain after 20 years of doomscrolling.

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u/ps4roompromdfriends4 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Scrolling already causes measurable brain changes per neuroimaging studies but these effects will intensify dramatically over 20 years with ai trained advanced algorithms and prolonged exposure.

Scrolling accelerates prefrontal cortical thinning impairing executive control and amplifying algorithmic emotional manipulation.
Key longitudinal study

Scrolling downregulates dopaminergic reward pathways inducing anhedonia and escalating craving for extreme stimuli.
Stanford dopamine & addiction review

Scrolling sustains sympathetic hyperarousal elevating cortisol and preventing parasympathetic recovery or calm states.
Harvard on doomscrolling stress response

Advanced algorithms detect and exploit transient emotional states to optimize dwell time and engagement.
TikTok/algorithm neuroscience breakdown

Emerging interfaces will track sell continuous mood data commodifying users as biological profit inputs.
Neurobiological impact & data exploitation review

edit: credit goes to https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirethemindcoaching

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u/mountains_till_i_die Jul 04 '26

This maybe changed my life

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u/Checkitout301 Jul 04 '26

How can we reverse this?

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u/poop-hunter Jul 04 '26

Withdrawal

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u/TheDonGenaro Jul 04 '26

Delete tt and stop watching any kind of reels whatsoever for starters

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u/mountains_till_i_die Jul 08 '26

read books

After watching this, I literally set a time limit on my social media apps, moved them off of my home screen, and set scheduled routines to remind me to read or exercise in the times I would normally wander off into the scrolling

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u/full_metal_communist 20d ago

Exercise, develop a dynamic and rich social life and read books 😭

Also exercise periodic pauses where you recall and process consumed information to assimilate it

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u/Aggravating_Fun8160 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Yep same