‘Our brains were not necessarily meant to be this stimulated first thing in the morning’: psychologists explain why you reach for your phone as soon as you wake up — and what you can do to stop it
Whether rain or shine, weekday or weekend, my morning starts with a scroll.
It’s one of my most enduring habits. I’ll start by checking the time, before allowing myself a few texts or emails in the name of ‘productivity’, and before long, I’m lying there watching people throwing bowling balls at TVs or reading ragebait in the comments section.
I’ve long suspected that this isn’t the optimal way to start the day, but it was only after a recent moment of mid-scroll lucidity that I began to wonder why I reach for my phone first thing in the morning.
As it happens, research on early-morning phone habits suggests that it’s not just me diving into social media as soon as the alarm goes off.
The Independent reports that 81% of Brits reach for their phone as soon as they wake up, while a 2025 YouGovreport found that the majority...
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