SupaFocusHow to Stop Doomscrolling
To stop doomscrolling, break the habit loop by making the scroll impossible at your trigger times: schedule an automatic block on social and news apps for the evening and morning. With SupaFocus, the feed simply won't open from 10pm to 7am — and the urge fades within days.
Why you can't stop scrolling
Doomscrolling is a textbook habit loop: a trigger (boredom, anxiety, bedtime), a behavior (open the feed), and a variable reward (maybe the next post is interesting). Variable rewards are the same mechanism slot machines use — which is why “I'll just check for a minute” reliably becomes 45 minutes.
You don't fix a slot machine problem with intentions. You fix it by removing the lever.
The fix: block at the trigger, not in the moment
Identify your scroll windows — for most people it's in bed at night, first thing in the morning, and during work lulls. Then make the feed unavailable in exactly those windows, automatically, every day. No decision, no negotiation, no lever to pull.
How to stop doomscrolling with SupaFocus
Block your scroll apps
Add Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, and news apps — plus their websites — to your block list.
Create a bedtime schedule
Block them from 10pm to 7am, every day. This kills the night scroll and the wake-up scroll at once.
Add a work-hours schedule
Optionally block feeds 9am–6pm so work lulls can't turn into feed sessions.
Lock it in
Use Time-Locked or Strict mode so late-night-you can't disable what morning-you set up.
Ready to try it?
SupaFocus is free on the App Store. Set up your first block in under a minute.
Download SupaFocus FreeFrequently asked questions
What is doomscrolling exactly?
Doomscrolling is compulsively consuming an endless feed — often negative news or short video — well past the point of enjoyment, driven by variable-reward psychology.
How long until the urge to scroll goes away?
Most people report the reflex weakening within 3–7 days of consistent blocking, because the brain stops expecting a reward that never arrives.
What do I do instead when I reach for my phone?
Keep the phone useful but boring: leave Messages, music, and books unblocked. The habit dies faster when the phone still works for everything except the feed.