The news found you down? Counselor explains why Doom Scrolling is so easy – and how to limit it

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They are in some news headlines from various outlets earlier this week – and they certainly do not portray the world’s most bright picture.

And it is in the headlines like those who have led to an increase in anxiety around global events, according to Kamalups, BC-based counselor KC-N Philips.

He told CBC News, “More and more customers are nominated as economic and global uncertainty, political stress and climate change and environmental concerns as their sources of anxiety.”

If he feels like you, it is not fret, he said. He said that all these terrible information can trigger the nervous system to protect us from an alleged danger.

While there are always challenges in the world, they believe that access to information is playing a role in mental health.

“We are associated with news and current events 24/7, and we are not to process the world weight continuously,” Philips said. “With non-stop access to news and social media, we are in touch with a constant stream of crisis, often to process or recover emotionally without time.”

Elizabeth Bradley, a registered clinical consultant in Victoria, said the phones are a large part of it.

“Older generations are used to consume news through television – and still do. Television we can turn off,” he told the CBC. on the island Host Gregor Cragi.

“Our phone is in our pocket. It is on our bedside table. We are never besides it. Even when we are not staring at it, our brain knows that it is a small tool. It is right next to me. It has got every information about every country on this planet available every second.”

Limited performance

Both consultants say that limiting the contact with social media and news is important to maintain mental welfare during turbulent time.

This does not mean to close it completely, but instead, setting the limits about when and how you get your information.

Philips said, “It is okay to be informed, but it is also important to give your nervous system a chance to reset.” “Ask yourself: Does this information help me take meaningful action, or is it just adding my crisis?”

Bradley suggests a short, realistic periods to start by schedule without your phone.

Label feelings

When you begin to feel the dreaded or a feeling of anxiety while watching, reading or listening to the news, Bradley said that in an attempt to validate your feelings, it is important to label them like this.

“Those feelings will not go anywhere until we paid attention to them.”

Understanding where those feelings come from also help.

“Those emotions come from sympathy,” Bradley said. “These emotions can be as difficult, they are coming from how much sympathy you are, and this can be a really good way to validate the usefulness of those feelings.”

Focus, connection, intention

As crawling in anxiety, Philips said that there are three important things you can try to reduce your stress.

First, he said, focus on things you can control – even small things – to restore a sense of hope.

Second, he said, connect with others who cares. Bradley agrees that relations with the community can help innumerable ways.

“This is not only going to be a deadly for the feelings of heavy, but it is the place where we find the solution of what is going on for us,” he said.

Third, the Philips recommends to create a “intentional place of calm”, maybe a place for gentle exercise, somewhere to connect with nature or where you can breathe deeply, without decision or distraction.