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Doom Scrolling Is Wrecking Us | Digital Diets, Anxiety & Finding Balance | Clubhouse Roundtable Ep

Look, I’m going to be honest right out of the gate. This episode is not your typical conversation when runners get together. In The Clubhouse Roundtable – Episode 3, Derek, Joe, Santino and I talk about something that’s quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) messing with all of us: our relationship with our phones, our feeds, and the endless scroll into what we all know as the doom scroll spiral. This conversation started because Joe raised his hand and said, “Hey… I’m not doing great with this.” And if you read that and shook your head in the positive, you know exactly what he means. The scroll isn’t just mindless, it’s chemical. It’s dopamine. It’s addictive. And the hardest part? Most of us need to be online. We’re building brands, communities, businesses, and platforms. The internet pays the bills… while also absolutely wrecking our nervous systems. Fun paradox, right? We spent time unpacking where doom scrolling actually lives for each of us. For me? Twitter. Politics. News. I know exactly what rabbit hole I’m jumping into the second I open that app, so I don’t. Sounds simple. It’s not. But I’ve learned to redirect that dopamine hit by hopping over to Threads and watching runners celebrate their first 5K or long run wins. Same scroll. Totally different outcome. Things got real when Joe shared that he recently had a panic attack, his first in five years, triggered by what he was consuming online. That moment shifted the entire conversation. Because when you’re spiraling, what you don’t need is another notification, another like, or another hot take. You need people. Real voices. Real conversations. Derek said it best, he’s a phone call guy. And I’m with him. Hearing someone’s voice cuts through the noise in a way nothing else can. We also talked about how absurdly over-structured our lives have become. Four meetings by 1 p.m. A calendar with zero white space. No margin to think, breathe, or just exist. And then we wonder why we’re scrolling at midnight, anxious and overstimulated. Burnout doesn’t show up out of nowhere. We schedule it. The conversation naturally shifted to parenting in a fully digital world, and honestly… that part hit heavy. Life360 trackers. Emails for every missed assignment. We grew up riding bikes until dinner with no GPS and no check-ins. Now we’re tracking kids down to the foot. Safety matters but so does trust, freedom, and learning how to exist without constant surveillance. What I loved most about how this episode ended is that we didn’t stay in the heavy. We pivoted to gratitude. Joe landed three sponsors in one day. Santino crushed a long run and felt strong. I’m planning a massive Global Running Day event. Derek’s fired up to bike commute again when the temp hits 38 degrees. That’s the real antidote to doom scrolling: doing things that matter, connecting with people who get it, and remembering that life...REAL LIFE....happens offline too. Pull up a chair. You’re not alone in this.