It’s enough now I’ve got to stop watching the news…

Shinamae
You have to do precisely as you feel is best. You have to be kind to yourself.

I watch or listen enough to keep abreast with what's happening.
I feel a need to know. But only when it feels right to do so. It sometimes makes me grateful for what we do have here compared with other parts of the world.
I agree the new on I player is a good way in. Not only that but it even -gasp - has good news there sometimes. Sometimes brave people do make the world a better place.

But in a way it has permeated my whole life, as my family was very political and our attention was drawn to what was happening.

That's the problem with the 24hr revolving news cycle now, they have got to fill it with something. even the radio seems to have far more "news" breaks than it did.
Remember when we only had the 6 and 10 o'clock news and a bit of regional stuff after it. No hours of talking heads and experts predicting doom and disaster for us all. I don't remember Reggie Bosanquet treating us all to his views and opinions on the news he was reading either.

Yes, I've moved away from the news programmes too. I've substituted them with the newspaper reviews. The are scrutinised by different savvy journalists every night on BBC news channel. 2230 & 2330. Much more discernible I find.

Serendipity22

I understand precisley what you mean. It 'got' to me months ago when Russia and Ukraine were constantly on the news, I was waking up all hours to check on my phone the latest news until I said stop to myself and i made a conscientious decision to watch the news once a day.

Maybe you could make that decision to yourself, watch the news far less, whatever you think is best, but limit the amount. I do understand your worry but there is absolutely nothing we can do, all thats happening is that we are making ourselves ill.

Take care

That is the crux of the matter for me, there is absolutely nothing we can do….?‍♀️…I have to stop watching completely because I know if I start reading headlines I will go right into it so I’ve just deleted the news app on my iPad and my phone… when I was younger I never ever watched the news, had no idea what was going on and probably all the better for it…

I understand precisley what you mean. It 'got' to me months ago when Russia and Ukraine were constantly on the news, I was waking up all hours to check on my phone the latest news until I said stop to myself and i made a conscientious decision to watch the news once a day.

Maybe you could make that decision to yourself, watch the news far less, whatever you think is best, but limit the amount. I do understand your worry but there is absolutely nothing we can do, all thats happening is that we are making ourselves ill.

Take care

You have to do what is right for you. Your mental health is precious.

I've stopped watching it. I think we are all being fed lies anyway

I decided a couple of years ago to look at the BBC news website instead of watching it on TV. That way I can pick and choose what to read about and avoid all the gloom and doom if I want to. I know the headlines are still there, but I can ignore them if I so choose. Works for me!

I haven't watched the news on TV for years. I have Classic FM on and occasionally listen to the headlines and glance at the front pages of the papers in Tesco sometimes. I was a journalist, have had enough of it all! Years ago I totally missed the Olympics, had no idea they were happening, and that takes some doing!

You have to do what’s good for you. Change your radio station so you wake up to music too.

For years I've avoided the news as it always made me very anxious. However, I've relented over the last ten/eleven days
but now that the Queen's funeral is over, I've gone back to boycotting The News - and although I miss keeping up to date
with everything, I've now gone back to just reading the headlines online.

Just limit what you watch. You need to know what’s going on but in small doses.