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How following news on social media creates chronic anxiety

I joined Twitter to follow breaking news but now I feel constantly anxious about disasters and crises happening everywhere all the time

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Infinite access to global suffering overwhelms our nervous systems that evolved to care for the tribe we could actually help.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social media — psychological effects?”

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