How to Stop Doomscrolling Before Bed
About 1 minute · Checked November 2026
To stop scrolling on your phone in bed, plug your charger in across the room, out of reach, before you get into bed. You won't grab it, and you'll fall asleep sooner.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I stop scrolling before bed?
Charge your phone across the room so you can't reach it.
Does charging my phone away from the bed help me sleep?
It keeps you from grabbing it and scrolling for an hour.
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Here's a quick and easy way to stop doom scrolling at night when you're supposed to be sleeping. You know that feeling you get in bed and you're trying to sleep, but then you pull out your phone real quick, you get a notification, you check out a video, you laugh, it's great, and then you just like I got to find that one more video before I actually go to bed. You swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, you find it, but then you find yourself an hour later still watching the videos and you can't crash and go to sleep. So, here's the quick and easy hack that fixed it for me. Simply taking my charger and moving it across the room out of my reach of my bed. That's it. Plugging it in there before I ever get into my bed has changed everything for me. Now I don't feel like I need to get it in the middle of the night if I wake up and I'm not swiping there for an hour. I know it sounds simple, but really that's all it is and it changes everything. Try it tonight, let me know if it works. God bless you.
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