I accept that some of the problem is the reading and hearing. We aren't there witnessing it and other people are reporting or telling for their own purposes and with their own perspective and idea of what the story is, where the Truth lies and what's what.

I would limit what you read and hear! It's like commercials on television; the people are not there to help you or educate you or anything else except to sell something to you. They may have kindly older spokespersons telling you how that product has helped them or they may have puppies with sad eyes and children who haven't had enough to eat. All these things exist in the world at all times, but others are using us when we let them pluck at our heart strings without filtering the message so it is healthy and helpful for us! We do ourselves a disservice when we do not filter what "comes in" and prioritize it so it helps us live a better life for ourselves, here, where we are.

Think of all the posts on this board. Do you read them all? Of course not, you read what interests you. What interests you? I don't know, only you can answer that question. You probably read posts that don't interest me or posts that I find not related to my life and what I come to this site for, etc.

What I come to this site for. . . Why do you come here? Why do you read and hear what you read and hear? I watch a little news on TV or read headlines on social media/websites but rarely read in detail unless I want to, unless something is local or interacts with my life and beliefs in some way. I do not like reading about starving children. I am aware that there are many starving children in the world, many abused spouses, many abused animals, lousy politicians, all manner of ugliness in the world. But, if I cannot make that issue my own, cannot effect it and make a difference, if I do not personally know anyone who is starving, abused, having a difficulty then I really cannot afford the energy and personal resources learning/being drained by those issues. I have to choose issues where I feel I have something to offer, where I can help! If I let my energy bleed away feeling bad about things I cannot do anything about, then I won't have as much to help where I can help.

To me, Life is very much about choice and focus. Someone with ADHD or OCD has trouble monitoring their head and focusing on what is in front of them and needed to help them in their own life, not someone else's. One person cannot "deal" with injustice. One can only give $10 here and a kind word there, offer to "help" an acquaintance, friend, or loved one in a specific difficulty they are facing. Sometimes we can only offer to listen or acknowledge that we "see". Sometimes an issue will grab us and we can jump headlong into working to make things better for people with that issue but we cannot spread ourselves too thin, think we can truly "care" about multiple big issues at once. I sometimes notice issues because I am afraid. I might be afraid I am going to become a homeless, old, bag lady so I suddenly notice homeless, old, bag ladies. That may or may not be my issue I need to work with but if I look and see it is not, I have to choose to turn my attention elsewhere and recognize that I have mixed my personal hangups up with the issues I want to spend my energy working on.

I choose to choose and focus.