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News/current affairs

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7 months ago

Since the Palestine/Israel conflict began, I've stopped reading the news (I don't watch TV or listen to the radio, anyway).

This is to protect my mental health as my responses to the various conflicts in the world tend to either be anger or distress.

I've never done this before but for several decades of my life news wasn't so readily available.

The internet changed all that.

I don't know how long I will be able to isolate myself in this way, but I had become rather addicted to the BBC news website, constantly updating it to see the latest.

Does this resonate with anyone?

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  • 7 months ago

    Me too - if there are big stories that will be on the news everyday for weeks or months then I have to limit my exposure to the news as much as I can otherwise I can lose it and go on anxiety spirals that take over my life. 

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  • 7 months ago

    Me too - if there are big stories that will be on the news everyday for weeks or months then I have to limit my exposure to the news as much as I can otherwise I can lose it and go on anxiety spirals that take over my life. 

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