Do you love your phone? How many hours do you spend scrolling? Are you laughing or crying at the content you encounter?

In this age of information overload, we are bombarded by thousands of headlines every day. The average person spends up to 6.5 hours online, much of that time searching for information. Negative news captures our attention far more easily than uplifting stories, fueling our anxiety and fear.

Recently, the researchers published a groundbreaking study in Nature Human Behaviour, exploring the link between our browsing habits and mental health.

The study reveals a bidirectional relationship between online content choices and emotional states: browsing negative content can lower your mood, while feeling down can lead you to seek out even more negativity. But there's good news! Adding emotional labels to webpages can help you avoid negative content and boost your mood. Choose positivity and watch your emotional state improve!