I had an appointment today with my counselor and I was talking about my fears for the country slowly sinking into fascism, and how out of control and anxious about it all I feel. She definitely sympathized with me and agreed that the news for the country’s health isn’t exactly great.
she then asked a question I knew was coming but dreaded “how much political news do you actually consume?”
uhhhh. Heh. Let’s see, I’m half paying attention to this appointment reading dkos and I have MSNBC on in the background.
she made a face and I knew it was coming…”so out of all 18 hours you are awake, how much would you say you are reading, watching or in someway consuming political news?”
I’m out of work and suffering from long Covid, so the answer is…a lot. 14-15 hours a day in some way shape or form.
she looked really shocked at that and looked at me and said “no wonder you are a ball of anxiety.”
so after the midterms, my political news consumption is going to be limited to, eventually 2-3 hours a day. I know it sounds absolutely crazy but the thought of that really fills me with dread.
I guess I am a product of 9/11, but I just feel so much freaking anxiety when I don’t know exactly what’s going on. Anyone else feel this way? Anyone else have this problem?
I guess what I am saying is “hi, my name is rexymeteorite and I am a news cycle addict”
