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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
All the political news stories especially were causing me more anxiety & panic every time I read or heard them, and I finally just decided ENOUGH!
I have not read or watched the news all week! I have to say it has helped quite a bit. I do feel somewhat uninformed about the world but not having that anxiety creep up with every headline I read is a bit of a relief. I've only gone to the weather site all week and that's it.
I do feel like something of a bad citizen for choosing to not know what's going on, but whether I know or not, it's politics, and it's going to keep happening whether I am up to date on current events or not.
I don't know if I will manage another week unplugged from news, but I'm going to try.
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I stopped watching the news and avoid any news articles and stuff, I started doing that several years ago when I was stressed to the point of breakdown over the Covid pandemic and all the news. And my mental health is better for it cause I’m not stressed out 24/7 about things I literally can not control. I avoid any news headlines and stuff with like such idk what the word is but I’m really serious about it. For awhile I felt bad like I was not being a good citizen but I’m informed enough to vote and that’s all I really have control over so other than that I avoid news/news articles like the plague. I’m just not the type of person whose anxiety and paranoia can handle all the horrible news. Most people can’t. And I spiral into panic anytime I would be watching it so I made the executive decision to cut it out of my life for my peace of mind. I can’t control 99% of it, I did my part in voting. I’m not gonna choose to sit and watch a screen that does literally nothing but make me stressed and or angry.