S/O Death & Anxiety

[sweetteavodka]

All the horrible world news lately is really starting to get to me, especially when bad things happen to children. It makes me want to curl up at home with my kids and never leave the house. 
On the home page of BBC News there is a picture of a little boy injured in Gaza. I can't stop thinking about his face . It makes me wonder if anything like that could happen in the U.S.? Do I need to build a bunker or just increase my meds?

[cville]

Well, I'll tell you this. Between Gaza and Russia/Ukraine and some PCE story about a high school girl being raped on a fucking field trip, I'm spending all of my energy today on a post about someone's husband's potential EA because I CAN'T FUCKING TAKE IT anymore. My anxiety about the world is through the roof, and I've already THIS WEEK witnessed the end of a 10+ year friendship (not mine) over an argument about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

[sweetteavodka]

Come to my bunker cville. There will be vodka, Xanax, and good books to read. I really can't take it anymore, I am having trouble even focusing on work.

[tinybride]

Call it burying my head in the sand, but I don't watch the news (don't have regular TV anyways--just Netflix and I don't read the front page of yahoo. I do get sucked in based on some of the posts here, and occasionally I wander over to Reddit, but for the most part I'd rather just not know.

It's been like this since I became a SAHM 2 years ago. I already manifest tragedies in my own head and worry about them, I don't need the news to make it worse.

I have been keeping myself informed on the Palestinian/Israel conflict though.

[nerdicorn]

I have seriously cut back my consumption of news because it was making me nervy and riled up.

[lime]

Jul 24, 2014 11:51:59 GMT -5 tinybride said:

Call it burying my head in the sand, but I don't watch the news 

I go through this in phases. Sometimes, I can handle this with a clear, rational head. And other times, international news makes me want to climb the wall. 

It's healthy to take a break when you need one. 

[Deleted]

It was getting to me too. I deleted CNN off my phone and stopped watching the news. Ignorance is bliss as far as I'm concerned right now.

[littlepeanut]

I filled my script for Xanax this week. It's been sitting in my car for a month.

[lolobeth802]

I just watched a 6 month old in Gaza get shrapnel removed from his back without anesthesia, on the nbc nightly news. Yes, it all makes me sick to my stomach and terrified for the future my kids will live in.

[sweetteavodka]

Jul 24, 2014 17:42:36 GMT -5 lolobeth802 said:

I just watched a 6 month old in Gaza get shrapnel removed from his back without anesthesia, on the nbc nightly news. Yes, it all makes me sick to my stomach and terrified for the future my kids will live in.

This is horrifying, what was NBC's point in showing that? Ugh!