First and foremost, stay off of social media

It’s literally designed to bring the worst out in people and get them to carry out entrenched arguments that only serve to benefit the website and their advertisers

Second, take a glance at the news every so often, but don’t spend hours checking updates and reading comments. That’s just going to put you in the same mindset languishing on social media will

Third, go for a walk. It might sound dismissive, but literally just spend some time in your day doing absolutely nothing but moving around and enjoying the scenery. Your brain needs time like this to recuperate and relax.

I feel like having some buddies to mock the news with in some way is good. Just to feel like youre not alone in feeling shits fucked up.

i wish i could tell you… i just have a natural reaction to stop being aware every so often to allow my brain to reset for a minute but it isn’t really enough

Action.

A lot of mental anguish comes from a feeling of helplessness, and the greatest preventative is to go out and do stuff in the real world: organizing, volunteering, protesting, creating, etc.

Posting does not count.

staying informed

staying sane

it’s not working out great for me, I’d say choose one

I am slowly cutting out all social media and news sources. Social media is a surveillance machine and an algorithmic cesspit. They do not need to know what I am looking at, liking, sharing, etc. Even the most “fact-based” news are biased towards zionism and continue to push fash talking points. So there’s very little need to check in frequently.

I hate to sound like a doomer but it’s very obvious things are going to get worse, very much so, before things get better. I do hope he dies within the year.

I was in the same space previously, I feel you deeply. Got banned on reddit which actually helped my mental health since I didnt have to see a bunch of nazi shit daily. Stopped using instagram, way too many dead children on my feed.

My mental health was in the gutter. I picked fights with my friends, even my partner because I thought them being able to carry on with their days was sickening.

Find like-minded people, stop using social media (at least limit it to a few minutes a day), shitpost on here more to drown out the sorrows.

Also get active politically and physically. I feel refreshed knowing that there is a group of people who live near me who share my same values. And working out, even if its something small like walking with no phone, helped me drastically.

I get by by doing communist shit with my party

Get drunk and play guitar

No one benefits if you destroy your mental health obsessing over the news. There’s only so much you can do, right now, as an individual, and most of it is local. You don’t have to follow all the horrors of the world to do that. You already get the gist of it. If there’s a sudden escalation, you’ll hear one way or another. I think we all need to look after ourselves and each other so we’re ready for what the future brings.

Not that I am aware of. I am seriously depressed so I just blocked the news, doomer etc comms here and never looked back. I am aware that this is cowardly behavior but I can’t handle it anymore. I just hope that I won’t drift into being a lib again over time

You cannot

I feel like I’ve achieved a balance I like to call zen jokerfication where I’m aware of how shit everything is but I’m still able to function somehow

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I’m trying to limit the bulk of my news consumption to the time of the morning I used to spend with a physical newspaper. Basically, quit news at around the same time you quit drinking caffeine, and you’ll sleep better.