The I Feel Down Topic.

[Leigh]

I’ve had to make the decision to stop looking at the news, particularly after last night. It’s making me so angry and upset that I’m starting to feel sick; especially considering I have family who were holocaust survivors.

How can anyone can do something like that?

 

[rob666]

Sometimes it is the only way for a while.

 

[Jonathan]

I’ve had to make the decision to stop looking at the news, particularly after last night. It’s making me so angry and upset that I’m starting to feel sick; especially considering I have family who were holocaust survivors.

How can anyone can do something like that?

It really says a lot when this is the first time I can ever recall you posting in this thread, Leigh.

 

[Leigh]

It really says a lot when this is the first time I can ever recall you posting in this thread, Leigh.

I think I posted in here once before when I was considering taking a voluntary demotion at work (I didn’t in the end - we managed to sort it out so I wouldn’t have to), but this just really got to me.

 

[Jonathan]

I think I posted in here once before when I was considering taking a demotion at work (I didn’t in the end - we managed to sort it out so I wouldn’t have to), but this just really got to me.

It's a rarity - let's put it that way. I'm honestly not surprised it got to you. I made a conscious decision to not watch the inauguration yesterday, as I knew I'd just get angry. The sad thing is I wasn't even wrong.

 

[NuttySquirrel]

I’ve had to make the decision to stop looking at the news, particularly after last night. It’s making me so angry and upset that I’m starting to feel sick; especially considering I have family who were holocaust survivors.

How can anyone can do something like that?

I came to this conclusion a long long time ago, to the point where I'm not even sure I know what you're referring though I gather it has something to do with the Inauguration (which I only heard about from my OH after I got in late). It does mean I'm almost completely oblivious to world events which isn't great, but at least my mental health doesn't suffer.

TV networks are also a terrible way to consume news, I've noticed the BBC in particular will use a combination of shocking footage and polarised reporting to make the viewer as upset and/or angry about something as possible. Another reason for disengaging was that I was fed up with being emotionally manipulated. Often better to read in-depth articles on a topic which contain more factual information and contexts, although finding non-biased printed media is also a challenge.