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user-inactivated  ·  3425 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 000000000000000000000000000

    I disagree that the emotional nature of the news matters.

To be honest, I think it does and that it often makes things worse. When people post a cynical news story and you go to the comment sections to find even greater cynicism, it creates an environment where people allow themselves to wallow in negativity.



amouseinmyhouse  ·  3425 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think there's a lot to this. So much of the positivity in my life is physical. That is, at a certain point words become kind of meaningless in terms of making you feel better and it's a smile or a hug or going to do something else that really turns your mood around. Without that physical feedback you can kind of get sucked down that spiral more easily.

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