mini-cure for doomscrolling

death drives, addiction, and reality

Fire in the field (2012), by Palestinian painter Sliman Mansour

I’ve had some terrible things happen over the past few months. Sadness, for me, appears as different colors—this one a saran-wrapped bright red, leaving me isolated with half my vision intact.

I turned to my phone. More specifically, social media. When I wasn’t working or with friends, I foun…