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In reply to the discussion: Advice on taking care of yourself in these dark times? [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)9. I take a week off from news for a week about every month or so.
Seems we're so often invested in our faith-based beliefs (religious, economic, and philosophical, as well as the political) that we often find listening to someone with a different opinion to be an insult to us personally.
I take a week to ten days off every month or so and actively avoid political news. I watch old British television (Upstairs Downstairs, All Creatures Great and Small, etc) to more easily remember that our political opinions, prophecies and ablative absolutes are more often than not, worth less than the ether we type them into.
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Yep. There's something about television, especially television news and opinion, that fuels despair.
hunter
Feb 2020
#16
There's a lot of really good advice in this discussion. Just thought I'd add some
Mike 03
Feb 2020
#20
I was feeling like this a while back so I shut off the sources of the negative energy making
ooky
Feb 2020
#30
I don't know if you would be interested in this but I have found such great help
Maraya1969
Feb 2020
#38