That's what happens I guess when you don't have the TV on and

[LuckyCharms]

don't look at your phone or computer for a few hours because you are outside working and enjoying the nice weather.

Looks like there was another shooting?

Miss the news for a few minutes, miss another shooting.

Miss the news for a few minutes, miss another fucked up supreme court ruling.

Miss the news for a few minutes? Miss another insane comment by some insane right wing nut job.

That's what it has become.

That's a big ass problem if you ask me.

If only there were ways to solve problems.

I think that everything that is happening currently is collectively affecting everyone's mental health in ways that are so insidious, we won't even know what those effects are until the next decade.

[Walleye]

1. I have fought depression all my life. Now it is a really pitched battle

[brewens]

4. For me kit like a constant stress thing. Waiting for Biden to be declared the winner was agonizing.

I'm normally pretty chill. It's back to stay until we see some pushback and progress against the right.

[hunter]

2. I quit television news and opinion shortly after 9/11/2001 largely for mental health reasons.

My wife and I quit traditional television entirely more than a decade ago. No broadcast, cable, or satellite. We stream everything and never see any commercials or "breaking news."

The U.S.A. is a wasteland of toxic ideologies and religions. There's no good reason to immerse one's self in that shit, or the consequences of that shit, by leaving the television on.

[llmart]

3. Your last sentence is the most important one.

Even the most stable of us are affected by all that's happening in our country. Some of us don't know it yet. We can't put our finger on the reasons we feel so disconnected. But unless we right this ship of state and SOON, we will all be feeling even worse than we do right now.

[MuseRider]

5. Agreed.

[Hugin]

6. I haven't taken a stress nap since JanG.

After several months of waiting for the other shoe, I thought (silly me, thinking) that I could take a short respite while those responsible officially cinched down the removal of Tangerine Idi Amin. I woke up a half hour later in fucking Mogadishu.

So, yeah, I am pretty messed up and probably will be for life.