No more news for me.

Am afraid I also need a break. Is just too depressing and crazy at the moment. Have been getting on with my online scrabble and jigsaws.

Shinamae
Well at least your battery will last longer by deleting those apps. They sap the power from your devices.
Plus you won’t have zillions of companies etc tracking you.
Win win.

Oh, I understand! I've been swearing at the TV lately like a longshoreman (I actually am one.) It's been so upsetting, and as a Canadian, very worrisome with what's going on just to the south of us.

While it's important to stay current with what's going on around us, it can be overwhelming at times. I watch noon and early evening news, and look for other sources on line to see their point of view.

Limiting viewing to a few times a week, or even just the evening news would be better for me.

I cut my watching of news down by about two thirds. About 6 months ago.

I too have stopped watching the news…just occasionally I will take a peek. But it is all so worrying, and I feel a bit of a coward, not wanting to know.

Dh is an absolute fiend for news - he often seems to have it on from one source or another all day. We got into the car yesterday (my car!) for a 60 mile drive to a DD’s birthday lunch - he’d already put the radio on so before the car was even moving I said, ‘No, we are NOT having the bloody depressing news all the way!’
(We didn’t.)
On the way back (many hours later) I was too tired to argue about it, though.

The happiest people I know, don’t watch the news, or read the news papers. . Just content with their heads buried in the sand.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Probably quite sensible Shinamae if it’s affecting your well being. Well done you for taking action to mitigate your anxiety.

If it helps, then well and good.
I do think that rolling news is a mistake, it comes at you at all hours.
I can ignore it but not all can do that and it then breeds anxiety.

OK, I'll bite mum2three- never mind the news, reading your comments on here have probably caused me more concern than the news.

I totally agree Shinamae.

I must admit I'm getting a bit addicted to the news and it's causing me a lot of tension. On the other hand, we do need to keep ourselves informed about what is happening in the world.
It's the feeling of helplessness which is so frustrating. I wish I could speak directly to Starmer and tell him just what I think of him and the way he is treating the people who voted him into office.

Probably quite sensible Shinamae if it’s affecting your well being. Well done you for taking action to mitigate your anxiety.

We have decided to no longer watch the late evening news- and only the early ones. And watch Question Time on catch up, earlier in the day.

The other night, we went out and got back just as the news starting- with that terrible meeting with Zelenski, Trump and Vance. I felt so sick and upset afterwards, and his words were stuck in my head 'you are gambling with WW3'.

Good idea.
Once or twice a week is plenty as so much is rehashed anyway to fill the time I suppose.
Local news is a daily watch for me though.

So much of what you see and read in the news seems to be opinion rather than fact. That means you can go down a leafy lane of worry over so many things that never come to fruition or had no basis in fact in the first place.

If you limit your attention to the 'news' it's amazing how much of the rubbish spouted over the course of a week just melts like snow.

My yoga teacher advised us to watch the news only twice a week as there is not much we can do about most of it.
I do watch the news and read it on iPlayer and Reuters so I am a bit of a glutton for news but it doesn't often affect how I feel. I can go off out and forget it