What are some negative side effects or behavior of constant scrolling/doomscrolling/social media use, that you have experienced or seen?

I myself used to spiral and would talk like a video essayist or look for "real signs of collapse" all around me. I constantly felt depressed, and even though I knew going to doomscrolling subs, and Youtube channels would just make me feel worse, I would still do it.

"I already feel like crap... so why not?"

I'd go around town and look at people having fun and just have this bad feeling that one day "their fun would stop" and I'd constantly imagine someone like myself screaming: "DON'T YOU SEE? THE WORLD IS COLLAPSING AND YOU'RE JUST MINDLESSLY CONSUMING!"

This was 3 years ago. One day I just said no more doomscrolling and blocked apps, subs, and started avoiding the news like the plague, and it's been good. Though I do feel disconnected, but I don't really care.

I've seen behavior like mine in other people, mainly those I've known online for years who weren't like that at all before and just suddenly changed seeming more sullen, more negative, and very defensive when I suggest they go offline for a while.