How does that make you feel? (A self therapy thread)

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I just did the same, dropping app by app over the month of February, keeping only TikTok for the purpose of posting videos and not doom scrolling.

It’s a very freeing feeling. I pick my phone up now, and I look at the home screen, and mind says to me “there is nothing to do here.”

And I sit it back down and go on with my day.

Of course I still come here, but now that I am not an a BST kick.anymore, this place is healthy and not very time consuming.

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This is exactly why I stopped watching the news years ago. Drama and Crisis sell. So that is all they show now. The juiciest spin on the thing, not the truth.

There is SO MUCH GOOD going on in the local community! But none of it gets attention. Anxiety and Fear sell. Heart Warming does not.

  • Capitalizing on Fear:

The idea behind “anxiety sells” is that by highlighting potential problems or dangers, businesses can increase sales by making people feel like they need a product or service to address those anxieties.

  • Examples in Marketing:

    • Media: News outlets and social media often focus on negative or alarming stories to generate engagement and clicks, as fear and anxiety can be highly compelling.
    • Advertising: Advertisements may use scare tactics or highlight potential problems to convince people that they need a specific product or service to protect themselves or their loved ones.
    • Political Campaigns: Politicians may use fear-mongering tactics to gain support by highlighting perceived threats or problems that their opponents will supposedly fail to address.

Ok. I will step off my soap box now.

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Back on the Soap Box.

Another issue I have with the news is the paid advertisements from the Pharmaceutical companies. There is no way they are going to do a “Investigation” on a Company paying them. I feel it is a get out of jail free card for them.

Sorry. Back to the topic.

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I started therapy this week to work on coping strategies for my anxiety. I don’t know if it’ll help but figured it can’t hurt to talk to someone.

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good for you dude, I hope your therapist helps you out, (I know mine has)

often just having the time spent working through stuff will help you evaluate the causes of strife, (but it takes time)

incidentally I really rate the self hindrance book - “how to be miserable”

it’s a bit of an eye opener (or was for me)

the accompanying cgp grey video gives a good flavour of the advice, but is only about 1/6th of the books advice, and less funny

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It’ll help for sure, like you said at least to talk to someone. It’s great to get outside perspective on your thoughts and all that.

I really really miss therapy and my therapist Paul, but it was not covered by my insurance and just got way too expensive over time unfortunately so I had to take a break.

I should give him a call sometime

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