Around April this year, Jervin Dsouza realised that the continuous consumption of information – mostly tragic news related to Covid-19 – was making him extremely anxious. The 26-year-old advertising professional decided to quit being on social media for some time for his own mental well-being. “Everything that was happening around, and also when you see a few people you know suffering, it builds up this anxiety that it could possibly happen to you.” 

For a while, he completely stopped checking his social media, but later, he made a conscious effort to regulate the time he spent on these platforms. “I had to be on social media because I was looking for a job at that point. So, it wasn’t practical to completely do away with it. But yes, I only went on it to get relevant information and did not do any mindless scrolling like before,” he says. For important information and news, he usually reads newspapers and online websites now.