I generally support people who withdraw from political news and mute keywords from their social timelines. However, this support is limited to people who are directly impacted by the cruel policies of the current administration. The mental micro-traumas and stresses of reading such news and getting worried... writing.desipundit.com

@pratik I think the key is to choose the news sources wisely. Like The Guardian.

@pratik @KimberlyHirsh i am being very selective about my news sources… i refuse to watch any kind of tv news… i read it only… the guardian is a good suggestion…

@mbkriegh @KimberlyHirsh Yup. The Guardian is good. Considering subscribing/donating since they don't have a paywall.

@pratik Me too

@pratik

However, if you are a straight CIS-gendered white U.S. citizen Christian male, you should be mainlining all political news and getting mad on our behalf. Then, be driven into action to protest and reverse the policies that make you mad.

Boss, pass me whatever it is that you are smoking this morning coz I need this optimisim too.

@pratik word. You can tap me when something happens I haven’t been running four years ahead of. The problem for me is I have a better grip on our current reality (and what constitutes news) then our journalists do (to put it mildly). As I am today, I was 100% alone back when I originally felt what it was like to be fully unthrottled with a lifted depression, so there was never any motivation to pursue complete ideation and I moved on with my life in isolation. Reconnecting with a psychiatrist that made me feel seen seems to have unthrottled me again. We will see how far I get this time with my expectations set to isolation.

let ☾𐂂 = Moondeer
let ✌︎ = Mindfulness 
let ♂⃠ = Noman
☾𐂂 + ✌︎ = ♂⃠ ∴ ☾𐂂 → ♂⃠

@stupendousman It's a choice to have it 🙃 Best for your mental health.

@pratik my personal stance is that I'm limiting my inputs to the kinds of things that I can actually help affect change. So largely I'm limiting national news and focusing more on local. The last time, I spent so much energy on wasted angst and anger that it more or less paralyzed me. This time, I'm going to focus on things I can help with.

@pratik as someone who is 5/6 (all six of you count the fact I was baptized), can I at least take a little break..? It’s going to be an exhausting and mentally draining four+ years…

@pratik I think I need lots of it for next 4 years.

@humdrum Sure. Take a week and then it's time to get working again :)

@cheesemaker Sure. I mean, do what's best for you first. But also then direct action beyond angst and anger.

@stupendousman Well, then start preparing for it right now. If nothing, at least for your own mental peace. Worry about things when they happen and not if they happen - is also what I've been telling A.

@pratik oh yeah i have a post coming, except micro is broken for me and I can't reach support. emailed them. I can reply though which is weird and nice.