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Originally Posted by mvbird
Today visiting a new dr. I got the clipboard and forms to complete and found I was becoming angry. Why are they collecting data on me, why do I have to sign agreement with long paragraphs of legalese. It occurred to me I have been feeling more aggravated more often. I believe more of us may be feeling oppressed and annoyed daily: bad drivers, media opinions, demands for personal information, 24 hr news, overcharges, cancelled flights, new regulations, higher prices, mask mandates robot calls, cable companies, shoddy service. Remember the film where a news anchor lifts his window and yells "I've had it and I won't take anymore! " How do we keep smiling agreeably through it all as senior gentlewomen and gentlemen are expected to do?
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I think you’ve mentioned something that is a lot of the problem: 24 hour news. If you want the lower your stress and anger level, start by completely cutting out television news. ALL of it. It is designed to keep you watching, and it does that by alarming you and angering you and making you hate. How do you watch ANY television news without concluding that our country is on the brink of destruction and that all cities are cesspools of iniquity and that most people in minority groups are criminals? Yet that isn’t true. This summer I drove in a triangle from here to the Canadian border, to Denver, and back to here. What a beautiful, well-ordered, peaceful country we live in.
Also, stop reading any “news reports” on Facebook or YouTube or other sites. Most of that stuff isn’t true. Again, it is teaching you to fear and hate and be angry.
If you need a weather report, use the very accurate online site WeatherUnderground. If you need news from the country, believe it or not, read The Villages Sun. It focuses on good news and gives you paragraphs of what is happening around the country. It doesn’t include everything, but you are in a dark place, and that may be enough news for you right now.