Is Your Phone Making Your Anxiety Worse?

Do you ever open your phone for “just a minute” and suddenly feel more anxious, distracted, tense, or mentally drained?
You are not imagining it.
Social media is not always bad.
It can help us connect, learn, and feel less alone.
But when scrolling becomes automatic, comparison-heavy, stressful, or hard to stop, it can keep the mind and body stuck in a loop.
More checking.
More worry.
More tension.
Less calm.
In this live session, we’ll look at why your phone can make anxiety worse and what you can start doing about it.
We’ll cover:
• why scrolling can make worry and overthinking worse
• how comparison affects your mood
• why notifications keep your body on alert
• how doomscrolling feeds anxiety
• why “just checking” becomes hard to stop
• simple ways to break the scroll-anxiety loop
• a short guided reset to help calm the system

This is not about quitting social media.
It’s about understanding what your mind and body are reacting to — and learning how to take back control in a calmer, more practical way.

You are never required to speak.
Cameras may remain off.