Doom-scrolling…

I scroll up and down, and scroll some more,

I keep doom-scrolling, I’ve lost score

Of the countless thoughts that have crossed my mind

Not a single one of them is uplifting, I find

I keep sinking deeper into a well of despair

But still scroll mindlessly, unaware

Of the passage of time, yet I cannot will

Myself to stop, I keep consuming content still

When I scroll through news, the sky seems to be falling down

There is nothing positive, just doom and gloom all around

If I check out professional websites it seems

Being fulfilled as a physician is a distant dream..

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I keep scrolling, the world appears progressively more bleak

It almost appears as if negativity I actively seek

Then I remind myself that the devious algorithms are at play

They dole out content in such a way

That you sink into an echo chamber deep

If you started with negativity, that is the theme you keep

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So I forcibly get off my device

Doom-scrolling was making me depressed, I realize

My consumption of internet content I have to reduce

Otherwise my well-being I stand to lose