I am feeling so bloody irritable!

Oreo

Kandinsky

Exactly Dorrain

The world is no worse than it’s ever been - it’s just now we get so much information that people can talk about it all day long on social media ( if they choose to )

All the things that happened in the past up to today in the world were no better but now, if retired you have time to dwell on it all , plus rolling news and SM.
To help your own mental health only watch the news once a day and don’t get into it on SM.
If you’re able to, get out more and do things.

Hope that helps.

Oreo

Dorrain

I don't know if the world is any darker now than it was in the past.
Mass communication 24/7 via the internet or television is dominated by reports of wars, famine, crime, corruption and bad behaviour. This, on face value seems to outweigh the positive events, good people and the improved and worthwhile outcomes which exist in our world today.

Before TV and then the internet many people lived in a relative form of ignorant bliss simply because we were not exposed to as much information.

Its understandable that exposure to so much bad stuff makes us irritable, frustrated and negative.

Exactly this.
Better to stop all the constant news watching if life makes you miserable and irritated.
There’s a danger of taking it out on other people otherwise.

Sorry to hear you are having memory issues.

JPB123

Totally agree Whitewavemark2, trash on TV most of the time,
some awful people around. It was so much nicer when the World was slower.

We've been watching Human on BBC2.
Most interesting and thought-provoking.

Totally agree Whitewavemark2, trash on TV most of the time,
some awful people around. It was so much nicer when the World was slower.

Maremia

Think you were on a couple of pages back, Oreo.

That means nothing if a poster doesn’t show a quote.

Spoke to my daughter today. She feels the same as me. As a history teacher she's aware of history repeating itself; she's also been politically active over the past few years but now feels helpless, too.

I and so many of my friends feel the same and can't make out why we do as we are supposed to have it all but it makes me wonder if the so called New World Order is doing it deliberate and they probably are. I expect it to get worse before it gets better but do not fear for the young, they are growing up with it and will embrace the changes like we did compared to our parents and GPs. We really did have it all and for that I am glad. A friend of mine although abrest of the world news just does what he wants, thinks as he wants and doesn't respond to the corruption going on, he said he can't change it, it has gone to far so just be happy for yourself and the rest will follow.
When my partner of 33 years died 2 x days after his funeral we went into lockdown since then I have had to scrimp and this is what gets me down not having any spare money to treat myself and family as I would like. I carboot and enjoy the banter and camaraderie but this is often like pulling teeth and its hard going. Inflation is cruifying some of us, we are supposed to be an acccountant, financial advisor, solicitor, its overwhelming, sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Well,I didn't vote for them.

Absolutely, Mt61. You can't beat classic movies for a cheer up. I love musicals - particularly dance, and currently when I feel down I replay on YouTube a wonderful duet danced by Bob Fosse and the great Tommy Rall (who's best remembered for dancing on a moving roller in 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' ). This duet is from the film 'My Sister Eileen'. (Choreography by Fosse of course), I defy you not to be smiling by the end of the clip. Here's the link to YouTube which looks a bit long, so I hope it works.
www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=youtube+tommy+rall+and+bob+fosse&&mid=B961652BB2CDAE99EEA0B961652BB2CDAE99EEA0&FORM=VAMGZC

Mini2020

I feel exactly the same. My mood is low and everything seems to be sadness, I’m trying not to watch the news. Equally less social media.

I have news on, background noise, I don't watch.

Best for my always happy self. No worry, there have always been conflicts that somehow end. Things turn round to the better.

escaped

Surely not, Allira, that's unlike you!
Though I would like to see you really let rip!😂

#GrumpyofGransnet 😁

Surely not, Allira, that's unlike you!
Though I would like to see you really let rip!😂

l will apologise in advance for my irritability, which is beginning to show

I'm starting to feel irritable too, but am not going to apologise.

Let it go, let it go 🎶🎶

Think you were on a couple of pages back, Oreo.

rowyn

That's sort of true, Oreo, but I fear that the advent of the internet will mean that people will gradually interact much less with each other, and this will have a really devastating impact on children in particular. They will learn word meanings, but will they experience emotion, politeness, obedience affection, courtesy, verbal communication, consequences of the way they behave.... etc etc etc Already we're having a spate of adolescents using knives, for example.
Sorry to be negative, but I really empathise with all the posts.

I haven’t commented on this page, so don’t know what you are replying to rowyn
Best to use the quote facility then it becomes obvious 😀

Mini2020, I was about to post pretty much the same thing. This topic has been very reassuring that my mood and disinterest in this hopeless world is not abnormal.

I feel exactly the same. My mood is low and everything seems to be sadness, I’m trying not to watch the news. Equally less social media.

Me too.

The less news I watch, it seems the more tv news programmes they put on! I’ve been known to have a panic attack watching it. I think theres so much wrong with the world and I don’t put that down to my perception just because I’m aging.

Fancythat Go out into nature! I see so much land being built on I feel there won't be any space for nature before long. Wild camping, litter left everywhere, fires started. Bikes of all kinds wearing out grassland in countryside and parks. Beaches show recent covering of litter. I despair at the mess humans make of their environment. That's what makes me irritable.

I think we all feel much the same. But I also have a shrewd suspicion that some of the way we feel is not really only to do with the state of the world, but has quite a lot to do with our outlook now that we are all in the oldest age group.

The world was just as unfair when we were in our twenties or thirties in the 1970s - the Vietnam war had dragged on for an age, the Six Day war was just past, the Yom Kippur war was in sight, all those high-jackings of planes and killings of hostages, Ireland - need I go on?

The difference was that we were young, optimistic and certain we could change the world - we couldn't but we had a pretty good bash at doing so, didn't we?

My grand-parents were dead by 1970 - God rest them! Others of their generation, plus many of my parents' shook their heads and wondered aloud what the world was coming to, and expressed the same fears for our generation as we are expressing for our grandchildren's.

So, what can we do? We can . according to our personal preferences, denote to a charity we feel has a good chance of actually helping those in war-torn countries, or we can concentrate on making a difference in some way or other in our local society, where if we look, we are sadly bound to find people in need, or we can try to influence our politicians, or simply like Agatha Christie's Miss Marple read the morning paper before we say our prayers.

Nanna8 your GC would have a great time here in the UK and in Europe!
Stop being so negative towards us !

*make people happier

Ktsmum

During covid our local news channel used to show local veauty spots accompanied by restful music, just as a short clip everyday. Wouldn't it be lovely if all news channels could show just one short positive story every day, in amongst all the doom and gloom

That's lovely.
Just finding one thing per day to be grateful for, and shouting it from the rooftops, would undoubtedly people happier.

We are bombarded by bad news every day, and several times a day if you choose to follow news programmes regularly. I am making an effort to cut down on news reports as I had become addicted to TV news. bulletins and the portentous music that heralds it. I am not a football fan but watching the Lionesses last night gave me a real lift.