is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?
Though this is a nice information and education to understand what doom scrolling is but I don't think it adds up to what this thread should be. This is thread is suppose to be related to gambling and I won't be surprised if it is moved elsewhere by mod.
However, there are different additions which can create positive or negative energy. The youth have actually focused more on gathering information online which they now use as skits and generate money through different social media platforms. The point is either you are making money from doom scrolling cum addition or you are losing just sleep with it because there are also class of people that will never sleep at night because they are up watching skits. Likewise gambling addition, either you Money gambling or you are just addicted and wasting your time. I know of a gen z category who would buy data just to doomscroll the internet, no monetary value, only information that is not converted into finance.