I won’t pretend I’m above it — I watch Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts like everyone else, and it usually starts small. A notification pops up, I unlock my phone, and I tell myself I’ll just check one thing. The next moment, I’m deep into a stream of random videos, with no idea how I got there or how much time has quietly slipped away. I’ve genuinely tried to fix it — I set app timers and convinced myself I’d follow them. I even removed Shorts from my YouTube feed , thinking that would finally solve it. I tried apps that promise to limit usage and keep you in check. For a day or two, it felt like I had things under control. Then slowly, almost without noticing, I’d fall right back into the same loop. This habit creeps in during moments of boredom, and suddenly I’m scrolling again. At some point, I had to admit it — doomscrolling was no longer something I occasionally did; it was something I kept returning to without even thinking about it.…