Doomscrolling?

Had one meltdown too many thanks to endless break-up reels? Sharon D'Silva teams up with two experts to help you escape the spiral

- Sharon D'Silva

If you're a woman navigating the wild, weird world of modern dating in your 20s or 30s, watching Sex And The City isn't just a rite of passage – it's practically emotional homework.

Sure, Carrie Bradshaw might test your patience more than once (we know that's a hot take, but we can't help but wonder...), but the show delivers something priceless: a front-row seat to red flags, romantic delusions, and dating disasters that feel all too familiar. While the glam wardrobes, bottomless Cosmos, and iconic friendships get most of the love, it's the parade of problematic men that will have you reevaluating every person you've ever crushed on – you might even find yourself texting your group chat in all caps. In today's age of dating doomscrolling – where a few minutes on an app can send your optimism into a nosedive – it's more relevant than ever.

From 'he ghosted me after six months' to 'my situationship got married' – if you've been down the rabbit hole of toxic ex videos and Reddit first-date horror stories, you, my friend, are fluent in the language of dating doomscrolling. It's that sneaky little habit where you binge on the worst-case scenarios of other people's love lives. What starts as casual scrolling quickly becomes a black hole of romantic pessimism. Suddenly, everyone's a walking red flag, commitment is a myth, and dating apps are just digital battlegrounds of disappointment. But why do we keep doing this to ourselves? That, dear reader, is the million-dollar question – and we're here to unpack it.