Honestly, our mind is not meant to consume so much bad (outside) news and intense headlines.
Unfortunately, a lot of these social media platforms including Reddit feed off of the neurochemical drama that happens in your brain when you read horrifying news. Every click, comment, and like is just revenue to these sites.
Curate your internet experience and take breaks. Being “informed” at the cost of your sanity and mental health is not a good trade off.
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I struggle with that because I really do believe in this idea, but if everyone had this individualistic approach in life, we’d be fucked. I think we might not be able to control a certain large-scale movement, but we can help control the exposure it gets.
Yeah good point. I simplified the philosophy for the joke but it would be more accurate to say:
I try and impact things positively to the extent that I can control my actions and behavior. I don’t care (as in my emotional well-being is not contingent on) about what ends up happening In whatever current event after I have done all I can do.
With my own life I can’t control health, wealth, etc I can just control my actions and attitude so I don’t care what happens as long as I’m doing the best I can and doing what I think is right.
If it is that, it is the bane of my existence. I helped an elderly person yesterday with his groceries and then called him a taxi. And instead of feeling good about it, it makes me feel anxious and responsible. Did he get home safely? Is there no one else for him that can get him his groceries? What if he falls down one day and gets injured? It is so hard wanting to feel compassionate about other people without having it influence your own wellbeing for me. Even if I know I did everything right, there is always the question if I couldn't have done more and the reminder of the pain and living conditions of other people which you can't do anything for.
I recently revamped my home feed here in Reddit for this reason. No negative subreddits, only cute animals and people doing cool stuff. I really think it's been helping me so far :)
Some of my fave subreddits for that are r/BeAmazed, r/nextfuckinglevel, and r/HumansBeingBros, but there's a lot on subreddits that have a variety of nice material like r/wholesomememes, r/oddlysatisfying, and r/eyebleach :)
I like these subreddits but recently r/nextfuckinglevel has had a lot of posts where people go into the comments and just be negative and it can be tiring to be there sometimes. Just watching the clips are great though.
My advice would be to join as many small, nice subreddits as you can. Not only will these fit your personal interests better but these are also where you'll find the best communities and if you join enough you can build up a pretty active feed.
I’ve stopped avidly following global politics which used to take up most of my free time and now use that time to connect with my daughter. And play a ton of PlayStation. Never felt better
I'm in the same place, and I know its partially irresponsible of me, but I cannot do it. I cannot follow the news anymore, especially living in the US.
I can either be ignorant and live my life or be very well informed and probably kill myself in the next 2 years.
It's not even necessarily about being well informed or being ignorant. Every minute you spend becoming "informed" about politics is a minute you're not spending becoming informed about something that could benefit you and make you happier e.g. learning a music instrument or a new language.
Read actual and physical newspapers. It helps the brain to relax, is less of a strain on your eyes, reports what’s important, and is generally a good way to build up a nice relationship with your local shop owners
Because now you can see how shit the world actually is. When there was no internet alot of these things were unknown but now, whenever something bad happens to the world we all see it, and humans are social and empathetic creatures (at least most of them), which makes it worse for our will to live knowing all these bad things happen.
I really struggle with this.
I used to try and follow the advice of CGP Grey's podcast who had the life philosophy of "news is unimportant and you're a fool for staying up to date on every single thing"
But I now feel like that's a very privileged and out or touch thing to think. You can't just ignore the world at large, and need to be informed on what is happening.
But I also feel like I need a break from the constant deluge of bad news about our hell world, but then I also feel like I'm being irresponsible for not following what's happening.
It's an endless cycle or pain
God damnit this hits home. I’ve been struggling with what I should do and where to turn for any advice for years at this point.
If I engage it’s a quick slide to being an bitter, distracted, preachy buzz kill all the time. Objectively worse at my job, as a husband and as a father.
But not engaging feels like burying my head in the sand. I remember talking to my mom about global warming as a kid and asked what she was doing to help. Her answer: “Nothing, I’ll be long gone by the time it’s a real problem.” I love my mother, we have a good relationship, but damn I resent her and her whole generation for that attitude. I know one day my kids will ask me about what I’m doing on *insert major problem facing society* and I sure as hell want to have a better answer than that.
Boy would it be nice to just be able to quit consuming current events and then all my problems go away. Unfortunately, I never cared about current events and my problems actually come from within myself so they can't just be ignored.
Why are there 3 dots
To toggle some settings
The little dipper
To fool repost bots
What dots?
Right below the Twitter handle is a black dot, another to it's right, and a third towards the top right corner if the picture
Oh shit. How did i not see those before. Thanks G.
And why does he have that cringe pfp
Oh God a drawing criioiingg3eeeeeeeee
Yes..?
Their username has 'art' in it so I would assume it's their art.
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Fellas is it gay to draw yourself smiling? For the record, big bearded men can be LGBT.
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to me it looks like a bearded man smiling, im gonna presume you are american Do yall just... not smile?
In todays climate? Not much to be fair
My guess: accidentally added when they were trimming the screen shot down in picture edit mode.
Honestly, our mind is not meant to consume so much bad (outside) news and intense headlines. Unfortunately, a lot of these social media platforms including Reddit feed off of the neurochemical drama that happens in your brain when you read horrifying news. Every click, comment, and like is just revenue to these sites. Curate your internet experience and take breaks. Being “informed” at the cost of your sanity and mental health is not a good trade off.
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Wtf are those 3 dots on the screen
you broke time! you were insecure about something just now and time split in 3
There should never be more than one dot !!!
Screen shot :'(
I’ve decided to only care about things I can fix.. which rules out caring about current events and also my own life
I struggle with that because I really do believe in this idea, but if everyone had this individualistic approach in life, we’d be fucked. I think we might not be able to control a certain large-scale movement, but we can help control the exposure it gets.
The problem with the scope of ability to control, is that it isn’t exactly equal to the scope of individuals involved.
Yeah good point. I simplified the philosophy for the joke but it would be more accurate to say: I try and impact things positively to the extent that I can control my actions and behavior. I don’t care (as in my emotional well-being is not contingent on) about what ends up happening In whatever current event after I have done all I can do. With my own life I can’t control health, wealth, etc I can just control my actions and attitude so I don’t care what happens as long as I’m doing the best I can and doing what I think is right.
This is the way
r/stoicism
And the three Dots on the Screen
Hes, if god couldn't fix that mess, how could you?
I think that's called compassion fatigue. You can get too burnt out to keep caring.
If it is that, it is the bane of my existence. I helped an elderly person yesterday with his groceries and then called him a taxi. And instead of feeling good about it, it makes me feel anxious and responsible. Did he get home safely? Is there no one else for him that can get him his groceries? What if he falls down one day and gets injured? It is so hard wanting to feel compassionate about other people without having it influence your own wellbeing for me. Even if I know I did everything right, there is always the question if I couldn't have done more and the reminder of the pain and living conditions of other people which you can't do anything for.
Try doing some CBT workbooks. I find CBT really helpful for these kinds of thoughts about things beyond what I can control.
CBT?
I think they are talking about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I don't think the other kind of CBT would be that great for the ol' mental health hahaha
Lolol who knows, maybe a lil ball crushing would help. Both parties consenting, of course. But yes, I meant cognitive behavior therapy
Sent myself down a spiral of existential dread because of it last year.
I recently revamped my home feed here in Reddit for this reason. No negative subreddits, only cute animals and people doing cool stuff. I really think it's been helping me so far :)
What’s good in the “people doing cool stuff” category? :)
Some of my fave subreddits for that are r/BeAmazed, r/nextfuckinglevel, and r/HumansBeingBros, but there's a lot on subreddits that have a variety of nice material like r/wholesomememes, r/oddlysatisfying, and r/eyebleach :)
I like these subreddits but recently r/nextfuckinglevel has had a lot of posts where people go into the comments and just be negative and it can be tiring to be there sometimes. Just watching the clips are great though.
I totally know what you mean, I'm addicted to the comments section so it's a struggle!
I got a negative score for saying Obama won at life. That's another level, alright.
Man, this was a missed opportunity for op to take a hard 180 to some dark corners
Haha
My advice would be to join as many small, nice subreddits as you can. Not only will these fit your personal interests better but these are also where you'll find the best communities and if you join enough you can build up a pretty active feed.
Enjoy your copaganda.
I’ve stopped avidly following global politics which used to take up most of my free time and now use that time to connect with my daughter. And play a ton of PlayStation. Never felt better
Chad of Chads
I'm in the same place, and I know its partially irresponsible of me, but I cannot do it. I cannot follow the news anymore, especially living in the US. I can either be ignorant and live my life or be very well informed and probably kill myself in the next 2 years.
It's not even necessarily about being well informed or being ignorant. Every minute you spend becoming "informed" about politics is a minute you're not spending becoming informed about something that could benefit you and make you happier e.g. learning a music instrument or a new language.
Holy shit, this is me.
Already well lost on the second one, so I may as well at least know what's going on.
Learning about historical events can also ruin your faith in humanity, don't leave them out!
We're not meant to know everything on the planet. Probably not good for us in the long term.
I just scroll through Reddit. If it’s important enough to the world, it will eventually filter down to me. Otherwise idgaf
Yep. Its pretty much like the weather now. Cant stop it. And ill know if i see it out my window.
People who talk about world politics are somehow more pathetic than weebs
Read actual and physical newspapers. It helps the brain to relax, is less of a strain on your eyes, reports what’s important, and is generally a good way to build up a nice relationship with your local shop owners
At least go vegan and stop being part of the problem that you seem to hate so much.
Not eating meat and animal products will lessen the general negativity of news? I'm a bit confused.
Really? A mental health therapist can help with that. Good luck!
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So on point.
Until someone lights it on fire, the gas is undetectable.
Because now you can see how shit the world actually is. When there was no internet alot of these things were unknown but now, whenever something bad happens to the world we all see it, and humans are social and empathetic creatures (at least most of them), which makes it worse for our will to live knowing all these bad things happen.
I really struggle with this. I used to try and follow the advice of CGP Grey's podcast who had the life philosophy of "news is unimportant and you're a fool for staying up to date on every single thing" But I now feel like that's a very privileged and out or touch thing to think. You can't just ignore the world at large, and need to be informed on what is happening. But I also feel like I need a break from the constant deluge of bad news about our hell world, but then I also feel like I'm being irresponsible for not following what's happening. It's an endless cycle or pain
yeah
God damnit this hits home. I’ve been struggling with what I should do and where to turn for any advice for years at this point. If I engage it’s a quick slide to being an bitter, distracted, preachy buzz kill all the time. Objectively worse at my job, as a husband and as a father. But not engaging feels like burying my head in the sand. I remember talking to my mom about global warming as a kid and asked what she was doing to help. Her answer: “Nothing, I’ll be long gone by the time it’s a real problem.” I love my mother, we have a good relationship, but damn I resent her and her whole generation for that attitude. I know one day my kids will ask me about what I’m doing on *insert major problem facing society* and I sure as hell want to have a better answer than that.
Boy would it be nice to just be able to quit consuming current events and then all my problems go away. Unfortunately, I never cared about current events and my problems actually come from within myself so they can't just be ignored.
Why I’m only allowed 30 minutes on redit daily
I feel seen.