Home/Habits & Behaviors/Secret indulgences/ThoughtYou’re sitting in a doctoral seminar on structural linguistics while your hands are hidden beneath the table, frantically swiping a screen.secret indulgencesprocrastination shameonline persona gapShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI just spent a solid hour under the seminar table, like, furiously refreshing some stupid celebrity breakup news, while everyone else was talking about critical theory and I'm supposed to be taking… …doom scrolling shameI just sat through a two-hour seminar on post-colonial literature with my phone tucked under my thigh, refreshing a page about some reality TV star’s new boyfriend. …doom scrolling shameSeminar room smells like old paper and desperation. …family obligation guiltSupposed to be all deep dives into post-colonial theory, or whatever fancy words they use to describe, you know, people getting screwed over. …doom scrolling shameRelated ThemesDoom scrolling shameEating in secretFinancial hidingHealth denialProcrastination shame