You picked up your phone to check one thing. Forty-five minutes later, you've absorbed a world's worth of bad news, outrage, and comparison. Let's process that.
You didn't mean to. You were going to check one notification. But the algorithm knew exactly what to show you, and now you've spent 45 minutes absorbing war, injustice, outrage, other people's perfect lives, and opinions designed to make you angry.
Now you feel worse. Not about anything specific—about everything. A diffuse anxiety that doesn't have a clear source. Or a specific anger that you can't do anything about. Or inadequacy from watching everyone else's highlight reel. Or just a vague sense of having wasted time you'll never get back.
The worst part is you knew this would happen. You know doomscrolling makes you feel bad. You do it anyway. And then the guilt compounds the anxiety. Smart, self-aware, and still can't stop yourself.
ILTY is for the aftermath. Not to lecture you about screen time—you know. But to help you process what you just absorbed before it settles into your mood, your sleep, and your sense of the world.
Doomscrolling leaves a film of anxiety, anger, or sadness. ILTY helps you identify what you're actually feeling and where it came from.
Social media shows you a distorted version of reality—the worst news, the best lives. ILTY helps you recalibrate your perception of the world and yourself.
Everyone seems happier, more successful, more together. ILTY helps you examine the comparison trap and reconnect with your own life's actual reality.
You just read about a dozen problems you can't solve. The helplessness is real. Process it instead of letting it become free-floating anxiety.
Why do you keep doing it? Boredom? Avoidance? Habit? ILTY helps you understand the compulsion so you can make different choices next time.
We want to be clear about our limitations:
Because the apps are literally designed by some of the smartest people in the world to keep you scrolling. Variable reward schedules, infinite scroll, outrage algorithms—you're fighting a machine built to exploit human psychology. It's not a willpower failure. Understanding the compulsion (what you're avoiding, what need it fills) helps more than self-blame.
No. Social media over-represents conflict, outrage, and extremes because that's what drives engagement. The world has real problems, but it also has progress, kindness, and normalcy that don't go viral. After doomscrolling, your perception is genuinely distorted. Processing with ILTY can help you recalibrate.
Very common. Doomscrolling can be avoidance disguised as staying informed. If you notice you reach for your phone when uncomfortable feelings arise, that's worth exploring. ILTY can help you look at what you're avoiding and process it directly instead of numbing out with content.
ILTY is free during beta. Start a conversation and see if it helps with what you're going through.