• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    21 hours ago

    I listen to my body, which includes my mind. I start feeling bad physically or mentally, I disconnect and do something else.

  • xylogx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I use an RSS reader to grab headlines from several sources. I read the headlines once in the morning and once in the evening. My goal is to know what is going on. As much as possible I try not to get too emotionally engaged during this process. I try to be informed without being outraged or depressed.

  • KeenFlame@feddit.nu
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    2 days ago

    Read news

    Get involved

    Have a really good revolution

    Stop ignoring your whole body telling you to resist

    To do something about it

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Slow news.

    Seriously, you don’t need to know all of this shit every day. I do a weekly catch up on Saturday and indont think I’ve ever missed anything important. If anything some times gives news to clear up.

  • venotic@kbin.melroy.org
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    3 days ago

    I have a stance where I prefer to be minimally informed than misinformed. I will intake what little information I want before I am overstimulated from the poor state of journalism. I’m sorry but I have to be one of those headline readers and if it’s very, very intriguing enough to want to read it, I will. But I really can’t be bothered to read a lot of what’s out there. I read the comments and reactions which arguably, has proven to be far more knowledgeable than the article in question.

  • supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Few things that are in the news are actually newsworthy, it just appears to me to be a lot of noise and only a small part of it will actually happen. Especially in politics given the lard in the oval Office, most of the things he does is just trying to grab attention, stil dangerous but a filter is needed.

    Basically my desire to be informed is in opposition to the need to remain sane.

  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Really close to the stress. Checking out is giving up and it’s a super weak move. Oh no you feel bad? People are losing their livelihoods. Their citizenships, their jobs. Buck up yo. We got shit to do.

  • Caveman@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I stick to few sources that generally cover major without the doom and gloom. Generally YouTube channels are pretty good imo.

    • TLDR News (UK, EU and Global) is a great series of channels for that.

    • Caspian report on YouTube for some geopolitics/strategic outlook.

    • Real life lore for couple of deep dives on non-current issues.

    • Money and Macro for macro economic news.

    • Just have a think for climate science and energy transition news.

    • “Good news” is just nice feelgood news.

    Traditional media for closely following elections when they come out such as exit polls.

    For the Gaza issue I did break the cycle and check on Al Jazeera which is the best for middle East news.

  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    There isn’t a line, you are either informed or not.

    If you care more about the illusion of mental health more than your life or reality then bury your head in the sand.

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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      3 days ago

      At this point I’m struggling to find how staying informed even helps. The news is a constant deluge of horrible shit I can’t do anything about. I voted, I’ve already braced myself financially for what’s coming as best as I can but I suspect it won’t be enough, no one in power is doing a fucking thing to help.

      • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        I think the point of the billionaire owned news spamming a bunch of horrible shit is to make you feel like participating in reality isn’t worth it.

        Meanwhile the people who will fight back have to participate in reality

          • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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            3 days ago

            Literally any way you can come up with.

            If you actually care there are endless places to start that are a single search away.

            Before you whine about me not handing you something on a silver platter:

            Go lobby your state legislature, your city council. Make noise about what issues are important to you, start a larger lobby group and never let a single rep go unharrassed, everything that you want done in reaction to the current admin, make your group shout it until it’s all they can think about.

            Oh, and before you shoot down my idea because of whatever excuse realize you are the one moving the bar.

            Oh, and before you cry about me being mean somehow rememeber that you showed up here shitting this defeatist rhetoric out of your ass mouth.

            Hope this helps!

  • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I actually had this issue months ago, I kept seeing everything on Instagram regarding a particular major problem. Seeing the deaths of innocents and the governments cheering it on just made me angry, moody, anxious and an immense hate towards humanity in general.

    I was also jobless in these months (glad got work now) and that made it worse.

    Eventually I heavily restricted myself;

    • Only 30 mins of scroll in Instagram, checking the news and such.
    • No talks about politics for at least a month.
    • Read more books to dive in.
    • Play fun games (Mario Wonder, Captain Toad Tracker, Mario kart and Catherine Full Body).

    Got a job now but I still keep most of the things I restricted myself. Despite everything, I’m in a much better mindset than before.

  • PickleYukumquat@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I log out when I start feeling helpless and high anxiety and then I go find things that I can control to feel less helpless/anxious.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    I mostly read headlines but not articles. This is so that I can send emails to a family member who voted for this shit again. I throw in a one-liner that sarcastically alludes to the terrible story and a link with the headline in the subject. I’m super pissed that my mother voted for this asshole (again), so if the story is about dismantling the education dept, my comment would be: “Your grandkids go to a private school, so they’re fine. Sucks to be a poor kid!”

    Honestly, if I wasn’t screaming at her (via email, not literally), I’d probably have to avoid altogether. But I believe it’s necessary that she read about every possible terrible thing she invoked with her vote. Or, maybe more realistically, I’m just that mad at her even if she’ll never change. Our relationship is likely over.

  • nthavoc@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Sort what you know is predictable bs. For example, you know the bad actors are going to always say or do outrageous things for distraction. I use the uBlock Origin browser plugin with filters for “Trump” “Elon” “Maga” and most news sites have about 2 or 3 articles worth reading. Entries even get blanked on Lemmy. Instead of seeing “TRUMP, ELON, MAGA DO THIS!!!” You now see “Secretary of Defense halts Cybersecurity from offensive attacks on Russia” from a decent source. This narrows most news to either things that may affect you directly or helps you build a better informed opinion. Also, if you are in the US, take every opinion from the house of reps and the senate and throw it in the trash. Until they quit acting like children and begin negotiating like adults, they have absolutely nothing good to say. That’s a good chunk of the “news” right there. So when you see stuff like “REP INTRODUCES BILL TO …” just stop reading. If you care to look further look for the bill number and actually read it. Most of the time it’s really stupid crap tactics just to rile up the public. They have been doing that for well over a century. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

    tl;dr: sort the troll news.