Beyond Selidor

I would also say that it is helpful to remove the sense of guilt you might feel at no longer bearing constant, immediate, real-time witness to all the iniquities of the world.

So much yes to this.

I also find social media navigation to be an ongoing issue. I was only nominally on FB, but even that small presence was too much - I really didn't need to hear the opinions of folks I haven't spoken to since high school - and I deactivated my account a couple of years ago. It's been wonderful. I was on Twitter for work and loathed it, so while I have the account, I don't log on. Instagram I only use when I travel. So not much, recently. :P

For me, I'm very good at avoiding doom-scrolling. Since Trump was elected I skew perhaps too far to staying out of the news cycle; but hey, even if I'm a few hours/days late, I do learn about what's going on and take action if I can.

It's the fannish stuff I've had to cut down on. I guess my anxiety about RL needs somewhere to go, and unless I really restrict my access, I find myself getting all worked up about someone's dumb fandom opinions! It's not even a question of unfollowing, because I don't follow them in the first place, but seek them out. It's rather counter-productive.

I agree about DW, it's the best.

tl; dr: The less I'm online, the better I feel. It's too bad, but true for me.