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News Addiction Causes Mental Illness 2
#27915889 - 08/24/22 12:47 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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NEWS RELEASE 24-AUG-2022 News addiction linked to not only poor mental wellbeing but physical health too, new study shows Peer-Reviewed Publication TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP
PrintEmail App People with an obsessive urge to constantly check the news are more likely to suffer from stress, anxiety, as well as physical ill health, finds a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Health Communication.
During the last two years we have lived through a series of worrying global events, from the COVID pandemic to Russia invading Ukraine, large-scale protests, mass shootings and devastating wildfires. For many people, reading bad news can make us feel temporarily powerless and distressed.
For others, being exposed to a 24-hour news cycle of continually evolving events can have serious impacts on mental and physical wellbeing – as these new findings, out today, show, with those who have a high-levels of news addiction reporting “significantly greater physical ill-being”.
“Witnessing these events unfold in the news can bring about a constant state of high alert in some people, kicking their surveillance motives into overdrive and making the world seem like a dark and dangerous place,” says Bryan McLaughlin, associate professor of advertising at the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University.
“For these individuals, a vicious cycle can develop in which, rather than tuning out, they become drawn further in, obsessing over the news and checking for updates around the clock to alleviate their emotional distress. But it doesn’t help, and the more they check the news, the more it begins to interfere with other aspects of their lives.”
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In the survey, people were asked about the extent to which they agreed with statements like “I become so absorbed in the news that I forget the world around me”, “my mind is frequently occupied with thoughts about the news”, “I find it difficult to stop reading or watching the news”, and “I often do not pay attention at school or work because I am reading or watching the news”.
Respondents were also asked about how often they experienced feelings of stress and anxiety, as well as physical ailments such as fatigue, physical pain, poor concentration, and gastrointestinal issues.
The results revealed that 16.5% of people surveyed showed signs of ‘severely problematic’ news consumption. Such individuals frequently became so immersed and personally invested in news stories that the stories dominated the individual’s waking thoughts, disrupted time with family and friends, made it difficult to focus on school or work, and contributed to restlessness and an inability to sleep.
I'm intimately aware of this, on a personal level. There was a time when I was so absorbed in the news, that problems outside myself, which I had no control over, consumed me. It's not healthy.
So, my advice to you, my dear comrades: When you find yourselves feeling anxiety, constantly angry/bitter, or depressed, because of your involvement in the news and politics, remember the importance of tending your own garden, and pulling away from time to time.
Now, let's argue about something! 
Is hating Nazis still a controversial position around here? I fucking hate Nazis...
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Bigbadwooof] 1
#27915922 - 08/24/22 01:26 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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Everytime I've watched the news I've been reminded how disgusting humans can be, always leaves me feeling depressed for what we have become.
They like to throw in a piece about a dog who saved a cat from drowning or something silly like that just to cheer you up abit after hearing all that horrible news
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Kmacmo] 1
#27916040 - 08/24/22 05:57 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: christopera]
#27916077 - 08/24/22 06:41 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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Illinois Nazis.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Bigbadwooof] 3
#27916584 - 08/24/22 12:30 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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I went through an 8 month period 12 years ago where I was hard stuck reading Infowars and getting all worried about all sorts of dumb shit. I broke the spell after a while when I realized this (and many other media) is just fear-mongering garbage designed to milk money out of its viewers. Felt good to get away. A lot of people, in this age of social media, seem to be afflicted with this constant need to check news feeds and its effect on a person's mind is very apparent.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: ONE OZ SLUG]
#27916647 - 08/24/22 01:03 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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ONE OZ SLUG said: I went through an 8 month period 12 years ago where I was hard stuck reading Infowars and getting all worried about all sorts of dumb shit. I broke the spell after a while when I realized this (and many other media) is just fear-mongering garbage designed to milk money out of its viewers. Felt good to get away. A lot of people, in this age of social media, seem to be afflicted with this constant need to check news feeds and its effect on a person's mind is very apparent.
Congratulations! I'm glad you've seen the light, brother!
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Kmacmo]
#27916648 - 08/24/22 01:04 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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Kmacmo said: Everytime I've watched the news I've been reminded how disgusting humans can be, always leaves me feeling depressed for what we have become.
They like to throw in a piece about a dog who saved a cat from drowning or something silly like that just to cheer you up abit after hearing all that horrible news
Yeah, good news isn't good for ratings. There are great things happening all over the world, but they are rarely reported on.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Bigbadwooof] 1
#27919460 - 08/26/22 09:22 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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I was wondering what their measurement cut-off was in determining who was severely overconsuming news, because the dramatic conclusions of negative effects was just comparing them to everybody else. Did the people in the next lowest category have issues, but not as severe?
They seemed to be talking about people whose consumption was just about constant, which does seem news obsessive. The journal that published it sems reputable.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Brian Jones]
#27919487 - 08/26/22 09:36 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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Brian Jones said: I was wondering what their measurement cut-off was in determining who was severely overconsuming news, because the dramatic conclusions of negative effects was just comparing them to everybody else. Did the people in the next lowest category have issues, but not as severe?
They seemed to be talking about people whose consumption was just about constant, which does seem news obsessive. The journal that published it sems reputable.
I was wondering the same thing. I think there are a lot of variables that fit into this also, such as whether or not a person is prone to believing in conspiracy theories.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: ONE OZ SLUG] 1
#27919536 - 08/26/22 10:01 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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Addiction implies a degree of illness. “News Addiction causes mental illness” is a truism.
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ONE OZ SLUG said: I went through an 8 month period 12 years ago where I was hard stuck reading Infowars and getting all worried about all sorts of dumb shit. I broke the spell after a while when I realized this (and many other media) is just fear-mongering garbage designed to milk money out of its viewers. Felt good to get away. A lot of people, in this age of social media, seem to be afflicted with this constant need to check news feeds and its effect on a person's mind is very apparent.
Good example of how the quality of the information that you’re consuming is a determining factor in whether you’re becoming informed or you’re injuring yourself. Good for ONE OZ to escape a trap that I fear many other people never will.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Kmacmo]
#27941655 - 09/09/22 08:32 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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News is entertainment. Unless something makes you happier, richer or smarter it needs to be cut, and news doesn't do any of these things most of the time.
You wouldn't consume a genre of movies that makes you consistently miserable (unless you're THAT maladapted but that in and of itself is mental illness) and just like a movie the plot of what is happening on the screen has been set by people outside your control.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: towndaze]
#27941668 - 09/09/22 08:46 AM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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Seems obvious that the internet, social media, and a general broadening of our scope of humanity, and processing the fact that it’s more deranged than we ever imagined, would lead to an increase in mental illness.
I saw a study a few weeks ago that refuted an earlier claim that depression was caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Nope, it’s just that our world sucks, there is no hope, and we are destroying everything that exists in order to facilitate a fleeting sense of joy and pleasure that we honestly can’t even experience anymore.
Humanity, at least in the “West” where depression and SSRI use is more rampant, is like an alcoholic that doesn’t even have fun drinking anymore, they just do it out of habit and dependency. The trade off of living in the first world is that, yes, you’re exploiting the shit out of people elsewhere, but you can sublimate that guilt with cars and treats and iPhones and cheap energy. But, for a shitload of us, that trade off isn’t enough, so we need Zoloft.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: The Ecstatic]
#27942007 - 09/09/22 01:43 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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I know which study you're talking about, and what it actually said is that Serotonin is vastly less important to being not-depressed than initially thought.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: towndaze]
#27942168 - 09/09/22 03:38 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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towndaze said: News is entertainment. Unless something makes you happier, richer or smarter it needs to be cut, and news doesn't do any of these things most of the time.
You wouldn't consume a genre of movies that makes you consistently miserable (unless you're THAT maladapted but that in and of itself is mental illness) and just like a movie the plot of what is happening on the screen has been set by people outside your control.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: The Ecstatic] 1
#27942203 - 09/09/22 03:59 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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The Ecstatic said: Seems obvious that the internet, social media, and a general broadening of our scope of humanity, and processing the fact that it’s more deranged than we ever imagined, would lead to an increase in mental illness.
I saw a study a few weeks ago that refuted an earlier claim that depression was caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Nope, it’s just that our world sucks, there is no hope, and we are destroying everything that exists in order to facilitate a fleeting sense of joy and pleasure that we honestly can’t even experience anymore.
Humanity, at least in the “West” where depression and SSRI use is more rampant, is like an alcoholic that doesn’t even have fun drinking anymore, they just do it out of habit and dependency. The trade off of living in the first world is that, yes, you’re exploiting the shit out of people elsewhere, but you can sublimate that guilt with cars and treats and iPhones and cheap energy. But, for a shitload of us, that trade off isn’t enough, so we need Zoloft.
I don't think it's nearly that simple.
The way that our "first world" societies are set up creates unhappiness. Advertising and facebook hijack people's minds and give them a false and empty set of ideals. Most people never really come to understand this. Not really.
Technology causes people to be increasingly isolated from one another. Wealth disparity causes all sorts of societal ills. The most content people I've ever known were a bunch of Mexicans I used to work with. Our job basically had us driving pickups all over the countryside, maintaining farmers' crops. The Mexicans would have barbeques and cook for each other all the time at work, and when off work.
Their sense of community was very strong, and I've never been so happy in my life. I don't know where people get this idea that things will make them happy. It has honestly, always been utterly perplexing to me. I can't imagine being happier if I had a larger house, or a fancy car... It just doesn't even make sense to me, and it sounds like a lot of work lol!
I just think people lack a sense of purpose, and they search for it in drugs and material things. The glorification of empty pursuits is at the heart of many of our problems, I guess. It takes a lot of personal growth to understand this shit, I think. People generally don't grow on their own. There has to be some kind of powerful catalyst.
I dunno. I can't stand American culture though. I just don't get it.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Bigbadwooof]
#27942542 - 09/09/22 07:34 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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I love Mexicans and I agree with your post
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: Bigbadwooof]
#27942614 - 09/09/22 08:21 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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Maybe. I just don’t think it’s a coincidence that the people who are supposed to have it all don’t really enjoy it, which in turn depresses us.
Imagine someone giving you everything you’ve thought you wanted and it still doesn’t make you happy. That shit sucks.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: The Ecstatic] 2
#27942620 - 09/09/22 08:27 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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that kinda thing happens in relationships. drugs too.
everything you thought youve wanted can get really hollow really fast. even a bit of money can do that to you.
happened to me. got some cash got some stuff i needed and wanted. couldn't have been more miserable. it makes everything 1000x worse because the question of why am i still so unhappy? keeps coming up over and over.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: The Ecstatic]
#27944322 - 09/10/22 07:35 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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The Ecstatic said: Maybe. I just don’t think it’s a coincidence that the people who are supposed to have it all don’t really enjoy it, which in turn depresses us.
Imagine someone giving you everything you’ve thought you wanted and it still doesn’t make you happy. That shit sucks.
Just curious, if you don't mind, has that been your experience?
Isn't it strange how people who have lots of money are often miserable, and you'll often meet people who have nothing, and they are utterly content? I know a guy who just got out of prison, after serving 30 years. He's completely optimistic about the future, no chip on his shoulder, and generally a happy, friendly guy. He enjoys seeing other people do well, even. Like thoroughly enjoys seeing people succeed. His personality is magnetic, to me. You just want to be around someone like that, you know?
My point is... Happiness comes from within. I personally believe that attitude is everything. If you have a distrustful attitude toward people, they will be more inclined to be deceitful. People sense those things. If you (not you specifically) can't learn to count your blessings, it doesn't matter what you're given, you'll never feel blessed. I think "spoiled" people are actually disadvantaged, because they never face the sort of adversity that allows them to grow as human beings, and to be capable of appreciating all that they have.
Happiness is not a destination point, but it is very often sold as one. If you can't find it now, you will probably struggle to ever find it, without a serious shift in your worldview.
Politics can be poison for an otherwise healthy worldview. That's why "News addiction causes mental illness". You have to have the ability to dissociate from these things, or you'll be consumed by them. That's why I don't let myself go too deep into a lot of it anymore. I've invested myself enough to know what I believe in, and that's all I need.
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Re: News Addiction Causes Mental Illness [Re: The Ecstatic] 1
#27946813 - 09/12/22 12:40 PM (1 year, 8 months ago) |
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The Ecstatic said:
Imagine someone giving you everything you’ve thought you wanted and it still doesn’t make you happy. That shit sucks.
The belief that wealth brings happiness is strange indeed. People talk about being "financially secure", yet they could die at any moment due to a myriad of things. If money makes a person feel secure, they've built a castle on a sand dune. Deep down inside, such a person recognizes their fear and the terror that can come from realizing there is no such thing as "security".
The belief money makes life "easier" or better is the OG big lie we've been sold. Notice we give a lot of weight to wealth privilege - but we never speak of the children who grow up in a healthy manner who have attained emotional privilege. A child who has been raised within a strong integrated community with the proper rearing will have a HUGE advantage in life compared with a child who is emotionally disadvantaged. We need to talk about emotional wealth.
I often take a break from the news for 6-8 weeks, but a few headlines always sneak into my screentime. Most of the headlines are proclamations that so and so is a bad person. The next week there's a new terrible person to feel outraged about. Then someone says something naughty! A constant stream of very "bad people" are featured. It's like a circus of flying gargoyles. And we're supposed to trust these people with reporting the "truth"?
Some folks call modern-day news "outrage theater". Yes, it's very addictive. But it's only addictive when the news cultivates emotional turmoil and paints conflicts as passionate battles between good & evil. The war for "the soul of the nation", as some politicians say. Good news doesn't sell. Anger & fear are more addictive than heroin, and every day the news prepares a mass injection of this emotional narcotic.
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