
Top tips for better scrolling
Doomscrolling getting you down? We’ve got you. Our tips will help make scrolling through your socials a more positive experience.
Doomscrolling – when your scrolling starts making you feel like a load of rubbish.

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Trusting what you're seeing online
People don’t always show what their lives are really like online. Loads of people will:
- Only show the best bits
- Stage their photos, even if they look spontaneous
- Use filters or edit their photos
- Exaggerate their personality or pretend to be a different version of themselves
And you might even do that yourself! But it’s a good idea to remember that if you’re creating an online persona, then others are likely doing the same. And sometimes, seeing only the best bits of other people’s lives can make us feel worse about our own.
So next time you recognise that someone’s posts are making you feel worse about yourself, you could try:
- Remembering if it’s good to be true, that’s probably because it is.
- Taking a break from scrolling.
- Finding people who make your time on social media feel positive.
- Muting accounts or people’s stories if you feel you can’t unfollow them.
- Unfollowing accounts whose content feels unrealistic.
And for every day scrolling, keep in mind that social media doesn’t actually show us every part of someone’s life. Reminding yourself of this can help you feel kinder to yourself, and kinder to others.
Creating a positive online space
A big part of social media is sharing things with others. But it’s also important to think carefully about what other people are seeing and the impact it might be having on them. We should all have a positive time online, so helping to make social media a positive space for others will also help you feel better about your time online.
The Group Chat
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