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Why we become addicted to consuming distant tragedies

I have been refreshing news about the earthquake victims obsessively for three days and I live nowhere near there and do not know anyone affected

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes we gorge on others' pain to avoid sitting with our own unprocessed grief.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Collective grief — mourning public figures and tragedies?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.