Why experts say you should wait to check your phone in the morning

The ‘phone first thing in the morning’ habit may quietly raise anxiety and scatter your focus. Experts explain why morning scrolling matters — and how to stop.

Why experts say you should wait to check your phone in the morning. The ‘phone first thing in the morning’ habit may quietly raise anxiety and scatter your focus. Experts explain why morning scrolling matters — and how to stop. Those first 10 to 30 minutes after you open your eyes shape your mood, your focus and your stress level for the rest of the day. If you are spending them scrolling, you may be handing that window over to algorithms, inboxes and strangers’ highlight reels before your own brain has a chance to weigh in. That is why doctors and therapists are increasingly urging adults to delay reaching for their phone — and why a small morning ritual change is being treated as a meaningful mental health intervention. How reaching for your phone first thing affects your brain When the phone is the first thing you touch, the day starts...