Stop the Scroll: How Social Media Reinforces Your Worst Patterns

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What if your doomscrolling isn't about boredom at all? What if you're unconsciously choosing content that reinforces the exact emotional patterns you're trying to break? In this episode of Decoded, Elisabeth McKay examines why we repeatedly reach for social media, news, podcasts, television, and other forms of media consumption—even when the content leaves us feeling more anxious, inadequate, distracted, or disconnected from our actual priorities. Through the Break Method framework, Elisabeth explores how emotional triggers, unconscious behavioral patterns, and self-sabotage influence what we consume. She challenges the assumption that scrolling is a reward, that constant information is…