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Feeling Anxious About The State Of The World? — Read This
It’s time to learn about media mindfulness
Because of media, you have access to all of the world’s biggest problems.You can find out all about global warming, war, wealth inequality, poverty, corrupt politicians and poverty.
Exposure to all of the world’s problems at once with no ability whatsoever to solve them.
These problems will continue to appear on your screens and you’ll continue having no power to have any affect over them. It’s like an itch you can never scratch.
Constant messages of potential future danger (world war 3) will make you anxious over and over again, with no way of eliminating the source of the anxiety. Constant messages of outrage will make you angry over and over again, with no way of eliminating the source of anger.
Messages of injustices, evil deeds and corruption will continually encourage you to lose faith in humanity.
If you’re worried about a job interview, you address the anxiety by going and practising interview questions with a friend. If you’re worried about an exam, you can go and study. If you’re worried about money, you can get a second job or work overtime. The anxiety caused by these problems can be addressed because they’re within your personal control.
