I teach 8th grade history, after having taught high school social studies for 21 years. This is how i’ve survived teaching in public schools for the last 27 years.
^^^This!^^^ I manage it by reading the headlines, skimming the articles if I want more details and NOT watching any cable news or reading editorials written by talking heads. Just the facts so I can plan accordingly.
Yesterday, my BP started climbing reading the news and I stepped away. People, please take care of yourself and listen to your body, it’s okay to give yourself time away from the onslaught of bad news.
Omg yes, this! I can only take it in bits before I feel the rage/despair taking over!! I don't want to hate anyone, but that orange 💩stain makes it impossible!
Impossible to stay aware and not be overwhelmed.
Every day there’s multiple things that once upon of time would’ve been news for weeks.
The only way to deal is to not follow the madness.
Remain sane while the world goes mad
That’s hard when you are a clinical social worker & patient advocate, & Trump/Musk/Vance are destroying our safety net for our children, chronically ill, disabled & elderly! My seniors may not get their meals on wheels. Military families won’t be able to get Cal Fresh EBT.
Just be aware that much of what is reported is scripted drama for TV consumption. Not that it’s harmless, but it is intended to make you enraged and hopeless.
they churning thru lies misinformation and changing policies so fast , and faster than they can actually do anything anyway, that ... well, I guess I just don't see the benefit in knowing all the lies in real time?
Go out there and be the change for something you believe in. If we each take a thing or two to focus on, we can do a lot and save ourselves from becoming paralyzed from the onslaught of BS.
Not that hard when you KNEW THIS WAS COMING (congressional Democrats) and have the guts (not yet) and resources to TAKE THE OFFENSIVE AND PUNCH BACK HARD.
to those of you reading this who had bad childhoods: just envision him as being the bad parent, and you're in your room trying to ignore him. it's the same mental pathway and it should work the same if you focus on it
The media can’t even keep up with the firehose of information. I just hope at some point the people who actually voted for him see the light once it affects them. By then it may be too late but hope springs eternal? 🤷♀️
I don't know what good can even come from me staying aware. I know who he is, I know how bad this is, and there is absolutely nothing I can do to change it. We have to work together, but we wouldn't do the simple thing and just vote. We won't do the hard thing.
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Every day there’s multiple things that once upon of time would’ve been news for weeks.
The only way to deal is to not follow the madness.
Remain sane while the world goes mad
Trump Co. only has it eye on disruption not possible threats.
10/hr a week just on news, that's a whole shift of time absorbing news, all tense and scary
good that it's felt like an improvement for you but is it trending down at all or is this your sweet spot to stick at? 😵
they churning thru lies misinformation and changing policies so fast , and faster than they can actually do anything anyway, that ... well, I guess I just don't see the benefit in knowing all the lies in real time?
end of week summary: same result?
I'm asking what the value to you is in spending a pretty high amount of time absorbing this every day
I guess I was taken aback BC you said to limit it then offered a high hours rate x
awareness is only useful if it's actionable or calms you to know or it's inspiring you to become activist
if you're just getting depressed and overwhelmed then it's not serving purpose. disengage, things will keep moving anyway, you can catch up later
doesn't need to be every day
It’s me. I’m the one.
No.
There's no grand plan outside of "Doing whatever we want at all times to screw everyone but the White Bigots and Rich People."
I’ll work on that.
Somebody do something!!