Riots

Biting my tongue very hard.

This is one of the things which can trigger my anxiety. Thinking of anxiety more generally, rather than about this specific issue, I have to try to find a place in my mind where reason can prevail. That can be bad enough, as it can sometimes lead to a clearer picture of any threat, but it allows me to move forward, perhaps with a plan of action. Also, getting my thoughts out into the open with clear thinking people can be positive. Also, I can be inclined to obsess over things which trouble me. Can't help thinking about them, but important to find a safe place in my mind with better and calmer thoughts. This can be doing my favourite things - contemplating nature, photography, petting a dog - anything to restore a feeling of some wellbeing just for a while. The anxiety isn't entirely gone, but it's on the periphery of my thoughts for a while, rather than being centre stage. Hope you can find your way of dealing with it.

i tend to ignore it, aside from the occasional comment and comparison to previous years of riots under far left wing activists which everyone seems to think was ok..

basically we are used to riots, they are normal in society because the far left made them normal.

what isnt normal is the police response, in past riots police and gov did nothing and allowed it, and the media praised rioters as angels and benevolent and morally justified.... the only difference now is the authoritarian police reponse and the media hate. otherwise no different to the 20 years of far left wing riots we had 5 times per year on average... another difference is these riots likely will stop now as its the working day now, notice how they happen on weekend and then they stop? .... while far left wing riots they happen none stop because they have no work to go to so its harder to predict when they will end.

its very easy to stay away from them really.... i saw a drone video of a riot and when you see it from the top, its not that big, its often focused on one small area and unless your house is coincidentally on that exact spot your often ok.

I haven't followed the news much at all since the early 1990s, I have enough 'difficulties' etc as it is. My father was expected to 'keep abreast' of the news of the day in his lifetime career as a senior member of staff in the MoD. He would 'religiously' read the Daily Telegraph (not The Sun or Daily Star) every day and watch the 10 o'clock news. It didn't do him much good (in fact, quite the contrary) from where I was standing and I do neither / none of that as a consequence (I'm here on NAS online forum instead, at times / 'in moderation') 

I try to remember that most people do not support riots, and can only hope that sense prevails. It's horrible.