How do you deal with all the bad in the world?

How can I cope with bad world news?

• Learn to switch off.
• Rethink your news sources.
• Try to understand why the news is upsetting you.
• Have ‘no news’ time with loved ones.
• Accept your level of control.

Is watching too much news bad for you?

A constant stream of sensational or “disaster” reporting, whether you are exposed actively or passively, can elevate stress levels and trigger symptoms like anxiety and trouble sleeping. Effectively managing your media consumption can help you stay up to date while also reducing your stress.

What good is there in the world?

10 Good Things In Our World That Are Getting Better

• Access to Water: Between 1980 and today, global access to safe water sources has increased from 58\% to 91\%.
• Agricultural Output:
• Electricity Coverage:
• Protected Nature Reserves:
• Scientific Research:
• Immunization From Disease:
• Global Literacy:
• Female Education:

How does negative news affect the brain?

Studies have shown that watching negative news can increase anxious and sad moods and increase worry in areas unrelated to the negative content we’re consuming. And as the Harvard Psychologist Steven Pinker points out in an insightful piece for the Guardian, “heavy news-watchers can become miscalibrated.

How does watching the news benefit you?

As in physical exercise, blood pressure shoots up while you are watching TV debates. Regular viewing, like exercise, can help lower your blood pressure, as long as you keep it up. This is because your heart pumps more to enable you to make sense when panelists are screaming. Healthy heart, healthy body.

How do you stay strong and positive?

20 key thoughts and actions to become more positive, mentally strong and happy

1. Spend Time with Positive People.
2. Take Responsibility for Your Behaviour.
3. Recognize and Replace Negative Thoughts.
4. Establish and Work Toward Goals.
5. Offer Compliments to Others.
6. Practice Self-Care.
7. Don’t Waste Time Feeling Sorry for yourself.