05/12/2025
I have been looking into why we doom scroll, why is scrolling so addictive, and the eye movement research I’m currently diving into is really interesting, hypnosis used in PTSD patients uses a side to side movement to mimic the rem stage of sleep, (it’s called EMDR eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing) whilst up and down that we do scrolling is not at this moment linked to this specific state,
Think about traditional hypnotic inductions, watching a pendulum swing, listening to a rhythmic voice, or focusing on a single point. Scrolling through social media mimics this effect. The continuous, repetitive motion engages your brain in a way that induces a mild trance, making you more susceptible to influence, this absolutely makes sense and I’m about to dive into the neurological side of it,
I will be switching to the re launched Nokia 3210 very soon, this brick that makes me think I’ve lost a small child when it vanishes is not holding me like this anymore, it will be used for its camera, that’s about it, I’m investing in a laptop for work purposes and that’s where my social media accounts will be, fb and insta, this scrolling research has really woke me up to how I’m influenced every day, and it impacts my mood behaviour and thinking patterns massively, it’s an addiction like every other I’ve over come from drugs, alcohol, food, list goes on, it’s there at the top,
I just wanted to share what I have found so far on this topic it’s endlessly fascinating!