Work-related
stress, the stress associated with school, and the stress that comes
from family life is sometimes something we can barely handle on a
daily basis. Does it make sense to then park ourselves in front of
the TV or smartphone and absorb the “news” to add to our concerns
a long list of things happening so far out of our reach that there's
literally nothing we can do about it but stress out more? We then
feel compelled to talk about it to try and release our stress—to
find a sympathetic ear. But how often have you been trying to have a
relaxing evening when someone starts talking or texting you articles
and their opinions about the horrible things going on in the world?
They are probably only trying to release their own stress associated
with that information, but it becomes viral, because as soon as you
hear about it, the compulsion is often to share it with someone else
and try to talk about it with them. Then we all begin to engage in
opinionated rants (perhaps like this one?) and rebuild everyone's
stress levels until someone pops and says, “I don't want to talk
about this anymore!” Or, they just ghost you and never reply to
your anxious texts.
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