I was depressed before I kept up on current and past events.
Comment on How do you reconcile staying sane while keeping yourself up-to-date with the news?
darthelmet@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s the neat part. I don’t. I’m depressed as fuck.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
And how does keeping up with current world events help you in that situation?
If something like 911 happens again you’d find out anyway, just an hour later that you would now.
I’m not being paid to care about all that benign bullshit so I don’t anymore
darthelmet@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Because I don’t think sticking my head in the sand is good either. Besides, it’s not just abstract far away things that are bothering me. A lot of what depresses me in my personal life is connected to the broader problems we face as a society. I kind of can’t ignore that if I want to make sense of my own life. That doesn’t stop it from feeling hopeless, but the alternative isn’t really an option even if I didn’t care about others.