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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
So jealous of those of you able to do art classes! I, too, am doing the distraction routine and have not read or watched the news in forever (maybe since not until right after the election?). It's been awhile for me. On the one hand, it makes me fell like a bad citizen; on the other hand, if I read or watch the news, I my anxiety shoots through the roof (probably my blood pressure with it!), and I have panic attacks and just worry, worry, worry over it so much so that I was having a hard time falling asleep. But I do find to some extent, out of sight out of mind. If something I absolutely need to know about happens, I trust H will tell me. Even H, with no history of mental illness says he starts getting really anxious hearing/reading news dealing with Trump, Trumpies, etc. Really if it's stressing you and you can avoid the news, my advice is by all means do it! I can't even began to describe how much it has helped me in the anxiety/panic department these past couple of months.
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I feel the same way but I live alone but surrounded by those that went down the rabbit hole. I feel compelled to know what’s going on. I get my news for reading NPR. Trump just cut federal funding for that and PBS. Two very objective truthful news sources that are assessable. But yeah my anxiety goes way up, even avoiding tv news. It does invade my dreams.
Art classes are my salvation. I’m taking a four day course in gauche painting and a one day class in watercolor next month. But the classes after that are pricy. They are tin work and glass work. This time the glass work is a glass pocket that you can hang on a fence or wall and put flower cuttings into. But it’s $125 dollars! The tin work is $120 both too much for me.