I don't watch the news at all because of my OCD, depression, and anxiety issues. As you say, I have enough on my plate as it is! xD I don't even watch TV. I watch Netflix and stuff because I can control what I see.

I find it very frustrating when people get at me for not watching the news, as though I'm some kind of lowly peasant. ¬_¬ They don't understand it's for my mental health. There are some news things I do find interesting and don't get troubled by, such as technology and space news; I love that stuff! When someone tells me I need to watch the news and that I'm stupid if I don't, what they're really saying is that my health isn't important and that I need to do something because of a belief that they have; to appease them.

Take care of #1 too, y'all. Life is too short to be stressing about every single thing that happens in the world. Horrible things happen on a lot more than just this world, of that I'm certain. It doesn't mean I don't care, though. Another aspect to news that puts me off is that it gets on my nerves... I get genuinely irritated (putting it lightly) by some of the things people do in this world. I'm cynical enough as it is!

I'm sorry to be so negative and I hope I haven't offended anyone. I have nothing against someone watching the news or anything like that. To each their own, basically.