United Kingdom, May 21 -- Milly Alcock has shared the hack she uses to break the cycle of doomscrolling on her phone.

The Supergirl star, 25, admits she sometimes struggles to look away from negative social media posts so she's come up with a helpful trick which encourages her to put down her phone and take her mind off all the bad news - revealing she takes herself off to a cafe where she sits and reads on her own.

In an interview with Variety, she explained: "[It's hard to put down the phone] because sometimes people reinforce beliefs that you have about yourself, and you're like: 'Now someone's said it! It's true!'

"And you've got to remind yourself that it's not ... Sitting at a cafe and watching people and reading alone - just bei...