How to Stop Doomscrolling: Interrupt the Loop
Learn how to stop doomscrolling by naming the trigger-reward loop behind it, then applying friction and replacement tactics that actually interrupt it.
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Late-Night Eating as a Cue Problem, Not a Hunger Problem
You are not hungry and you eat anyway, which means hunger is not the trigger. What the trigger usually is, and where this stops being a habit question.
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Boredom as a Cue: The Habits That Fill Empty Hands
The trigger is not boredom, it is the specific gap where boredom arrives. Where those gaps sit in a day, and why removing the behavior widens the gap.
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The Snooze Button: What It Is Actually Rewarding
You know you will regret it and you do it anyway, which is the shape of a behavior with a reward attached. What that reward is, and the four ways out.
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Adding Friction: Making the Unwanted Habit Take One More Step
The delay does not have to defeat you, it has to interrupt you. Where to put friction, why the numbers you have read are invented, and when it stops working.
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Habit Cue Environment: Design the Room, Not You
A habit lives at an address. Here is how to place cues so they stay noticed, and the portability cost nobody warns you about before you commit.
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Habit Friction: Make the Right Thing Easier
Friction only works when it sits before the automatic part of the sequence, and when you cannot undo it in ten seconds. Here is where to put it.