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'Doomscrolling' breeds anxiety – how to stop the cycle

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Re: 'Doomscrolling' breeds anxiety – how to stop the cycle

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Post by troughway »

You’re better off unplugging entirely. Forgo all forms of news and pop media for at least 6 months and focus on your life. You’ll be happier and you’ll get shit done.

I think a lot of this has to do with the West not really doing anything to address death. It’s out of sight and out of mind, so when it’s knocking at our door we are feeble minded and scared because we are ignorant of the cycle of life and death. Everyone you know will die, but confronting this fact head on breeds a very existentialist kind of anxiety that we’ve failed to address in our societies.

This is the underpinning of doomer type behaviour. Eastern philosophy tends to have meditations where people remind themselves every day that today might be their last. You might think this sort of thinking breeds depression, mental illness, etc, but it works out for them very well.

The West could learn a lot from this, but alas that’s a pipe dream.

Re: 'Doomscrolling' breeds anxiety – how to stop the cycle

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Post by countername »

dvtrn wrote: post #5
countername wrote: post #4

Yeah reading hacker news since 4 hours and didn't even planned to open it. Now the world is more dangerous and don't know if people are commenting or GPT-3 bots. Any solutions to find sleep?

Got any Chamomile tea?

I try,thanks

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Post by sasaf5 »

countername wrote: post #4

Yeah reading hacker news since 4 hours and didn't even planned to open it. Now the world is more dangerous and don't know if people are commenting or GPT-3 bots. Any solutions to find sleep?

I've found that weight-lifting really puts my sleep in order. It's not only restful, it also feels good to sleep after a workout.

Re: 'Doomscrolling' breeds anxiety – how to stop the cycle

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Post by davidw »

sasaf5 wrote: post #7
countername wrote: post #4

Yeah reading hacker news since 4 hours and didn't even planned to open it. Now the world is more dangerous and don't know if people are commenting or GPT-3 bots. Any solutions to find sleep?

I've found that weight-lifting really puts my sleep in order. It's not only restful, it also feels good to sleep after a workout.

Exercise helps, a lot. I'd spend my days riding my bike, if I could. Helps get rid of some of the despair and worry and I definitely sleep better. And ... yeah, can't really check twitter while out on the bike!

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Post by GaryNumanVevo »

countername wrote: post #4

Yeah reading hacker news since 4 hours and didn't even planned to open it. Now the world is more dangerous and don't know if people are commenting or GPT-3 bots. Any solutions to find sleep?

Definitely exercise, works wonders. A bike ride or run, even a few sets of pushups and crunches

Re: 'Doomscrolling' breeds anxiety – how to stop the cycle

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Post by lilyball »

A few weeks ago I identified doomscrolling, particularly in bed, as a major source for my recent sleeping issues. As a result, I took a major step back from Twitter in general, and especially forced myself to stop reading Twitter in bed, or even in the late evenings. This produced an immediate improvement in both sleep quality and overall mood.
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