Comment on So...how the fuck do I trust *anything*?
danc4498@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You should take all the things that stress you out that you have no control over, and just toss them out window. You can’t control them, so why worry about them?
There’s plenty of things worthy of your time that you can control. So focus on them.
bizarroland@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, the only reason I’m not a raving psychopath is that I continuously remind myself of the circle of influence.
There’s only so much that any of us have the ability to do.
There’s only so much that any of us have the ability to influence.
If you stop looking beyond that circle and only focus on the stuff inside the circle, you can have a lot more control over your daily life.
You can do things like block out news companies that only report on things that terrify you. There is other news out there.
The ones that are always telling you the scary things are doing it because they know you will reflexively keep your eyes glued on them and therefore see more ads and make them more money.
It is a fundamental human aspect. It’s just like PTSD, when something hurts us, we become more aroused, more aware of its existence, and we pay more attention to things that are like it, our pattern recognition brains kicking in, so that we can protect ourselves from the pain.
Hyper-vigilance towards evil is the default.
But if you remind yourself that there is some evil out there in the world that you can’t do a damn thing about, then it’s a lot easier to just dismiss it and ignore it.
It doesn’t make the evil okay. It’s just a reminder that you literally cannot stop murder rapes in Timbuktu if you do not live in Timbuktu and serve as a police officer.
If it’s not your responsibility, not your authority, not your ability to stop it, then don’t waste your energy on it and instead focus on decreasing the number of murder rapes in your local area by not murder raping people, you know?
And if you see a murder rape happening, attempt to intervene if it is within your capabilities.
danc4498@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This applies to places like Lemmy as well. If seeing all the bad shit on the politics community is triggering, block it!