@JailTheTrumps *hugs*
I was feeling this way at the end of 2021 and through the first few months of this year. In January I decided to drastically reduce my exposure to the news, which as a former photojournalist and bonafide newsjunkie, was damn fucking hard. But I had to. I also stopped watching any sort of dystopian tv shows/movies or plot lines centered around the government.
It's helped. That and following a lot of social media accounts of animals, zoos, musuems, & such.
@see_the_sus it was the same with my wife. For the last 5 years all she did was follow every news source (sans Fox) the end of August this year she had a mental breakdown that required hospitalization. While in the hospital I removed all news alerts off her mobile devices. Since she’s been home now there has been a vast improvement in her health both mentally and physically. There is only so much one person can absorb. @JailTheTrumps