If possible at all, of course.
It helps a lot that the assholes are not doing well. The Epstein thing has made it easier to breathe.
Going to protests helps too. The energy of the crowd really feels good and assures me that the people are on my side.
its all about setting your boundaries being able to say thats enough for today. being able to ask yourself if what you are listening to is new facts being relayed to you or is it speculation to fill air and stop listening if it’s the latter.
Activism, contributing to your community, making the world a better place. The crazy-making part is that you know it’s crap, and that you feel like you have no agency to make it better, right? Well, doing something to make the world better makes it feel more tolerable, even if the bit that you’re working on isn’t related to the specific badness that you’re paying attention to on the news right now.
And yeah, there’s always the possibility that what you’re doing backfires, or has no effect, but if you don’t do anything at all, then there’s no possibility of having a good effect. Also, obviously no one normal person can fix everything, you just pick a bit that seems suited for you and work on that.
Second the hell out of this. It can take a lot out of you emotionally, and you need to take breaks, but I feel so much better when I’m among others who are also working to make positive change.
Because there’s always a possible path out of the forest…
Sometimes the path gets dark, sometimes it changes directions.
But there’s always a path thru it.
I’m not. Homeless, trans, old, disabled. I am the fuckin news. I take my meds and do my best to keep an even keel but sanity is long gone. LOL @ DOOMSCROLLING wtf eat good and enjoy your pillow and hug your friends if you still got any. its not your fault. i love you. be safe everybody.
I ignore the news, because I’m probably dying withing a few years, so I’m just chillin’ and enjoying whatever’s left.
Don’t need to make depression worse, I’m not a politician, I can’t change anything.
I’m not a cis white dude (I’m Chinese-American), its not my fight. Like what am I supposed to do? Protest, get a lot of attention from the government, and then get labeled a “CCP Spy” get set to some gulag. Then they’ll raid Chinatown and pillage everything. Then some of the first-gen inmigrants are gonna go on wechat and blame me for “stirring the pot”. I mean, can you imagine if Thomas Matthew Crooks was a gay black guy? It would’ve been so much worse. So much scapegoating. If I do anything, they’ll just scapegoat everyone that looks like me.
So good luck y’all, my health is deteriorating, don’t have the brain energy to take action, and I’ve already accepted death, literally hurts my brain to think.
That’s the neat part. I don’t. I’m depressed as fuck.
And how does keeping up with current world events help you in that situation?
If something like 911 happens again you’d find out anyway, just an hour later that you would now.
I’m not being paid to care about all that benign bullshit so I don’t anymore
Because I don’t think sticking my head in the sand is good either. Besides, it’s not just abstract far away things that are bothering me. A lot of what depresses me in my personal life is connected to the broader problems we face as a society. I kind of can’t ignore that if I want to make sense of my own life. That doesn’t stop it from feeling hopeless, but the alternative isn’t really an option even if I didn’t care about others.
This is exactly the problem and how we got into this mess in the first place. When we read terrible things are happening, instead of getting mad and doing something we choose to ignore it and pretend it’s not happening. That allows the terrible people to keep doing whatever they want.
Sure, it’s easier to ignore it now for your mental health, but when things get even worse, you’ll be worse off too. It’s worth some stress and pain now to prevent even more in the future.
If you don’t like what you read in the news, organize and take action. Don’t bury your head in the sand. It won’t get better on its own.
I block most news sources and get the jist of events via memes.
I’ve figured that I can either be informed or happy. Not both.
It’s tough. Stick to AP, Reuters if you can afford it. The entire news environment is pretty crazy right now though. I think once the US gets through Trump the rest of the world might calm down some and we can all relax a little bit.
Sometimes its ok to skip a day off news. If I’m feeling beat up just from my normal day I might not have the endurance to take in the news too. So I skip it on those days.
