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When Staying Informed Becomes Self-Harm

I cannot watch the news anymore without having a physical stress response but I also feel guilty and irresponsible for tuning out.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system was not designed to process the volume of global suffering that modern media delivers.

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