Why brain rot is destroying your focus and how to get it back together

Chances are, you’ve parked yourself in front of the TV to “watch just one episode.” Or you’ve jumped on your computer for “one quick round” of Call of Duty. Or maybe you’ve opened TikTok for a quick scroll around the block and… well, you know how that story ends.

These little binges—they’re fun, they’re easy, and they feel good, don’t they? But there’s a flip side to them. That nagging sense that your brain’s turned into mush. 

There’s a term for it—and one that snagged the title of Oxford...