Doomscrolling
Stop doomscrolling without quitting the internet
SanityMode quietly removes the doom headlines, infinite feeds and refresh-bait UI that pull you into hour-long scroll spirals — on the sites you already use.
The pattern
- You open one app to check the time and lose 45 minutes to bad news.
- Every refresh feels like it might be worse than the last one.
- You're tired, but the feed keeps loading and you keep scrolling.
What SanityMode does
Doom keywords muted
Headlines built around 'catastrophe', 'collapse', 'spiraling' and 'devastating' are softened or hidden, so the top of the feed stops bracing you for impact.
Infinite scroll, off
Endless feeds get a clear bottom on X, Reddit, YouTube and Google News. You see what's actually new and leave when you're done.
Hourly check-ins
A gentle nudge once an hour asks if you still want to be here. No guilt, no streak counter — just one calm question.
FAQ
- Does it block all news?
- No. You choose which categories get hidden (doom, outrage, politics, crime, celebrity, ads, etc.). Everything else stays visible.
- Will my feeds look broken?
- Hidden posts collapse into a tiny 'Muted' chip you can expand any time. Nothing is permanently removed.
- Does it work on mobile?
- Today it's a desktop Chrome extension (Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc, Opera). A mobile companion is on the roadmap.
Related topics
See all →Outrage
Outrage-engineered posts get quietly hidden on X, Reddit, Threads and Facebook. You can still scroll your timeline — the fights just stop being the main thing.
Anxiety
SanityMode blurs shocking imagery and mutes fear-bait keywords so a quick check-in doesn't turn into an hour of dread, racing thoughts or that tight-chest feeling.
Clickbait
SanityMode rewrites or hides clickbait headlines so 'You won't BELIEVE what happened' becomes 'someone did a thing'. Your curiosity stops being bait.
Breathing breaks
Once an hour, SanityMode gently asks you to come up for air with a 20-second box breath. No timer to start. No streak to maintain. Just one calm moment.
Depression
When you're already low, the feed isn't neutral. SanityMode hides the patterns that consistently make low days lower — comparison, outrage, doom — without pretending the world is fine.
ADHD
Autoplay off. Motion reduced. Comments collapsed by default. SanityMode makes the web stop aggressively yelling for your attention every single time you blink — so you can actually finish the thing you opened the tab for.