Fatmarley
"It appears my intelligence circuits have melted"
I don’t get panic attacks as described, but I am experiencing more frequent periods of feeling down. Usually only lasts a few hours, but I hate the feeling!
Sometimes it is related to thoughts of mortality (more so about family and friends than myself). But more often my trigger is something else (e.g., the never-ending pandemic, racism, misogyny, right wing idiots, and so on).
I hate feeling pessimistic, and I do not want to become just another angry old man who can only see what’s ugly and wrong in the world.
It has gotten to the point where I no can longer ingest a steady, daily diet of political news and opinion. But I know how important it is to remain informed, so I am trying to figure out how to do so without becoming obsessed and upset. Will keep working on it, but no clue if I’ll ever be successful.
I was getting down and angry with politics, so recently unfollowed everything political on Facebook, and avoid political threads on pinkish.
I thought I could have some influence on people's thoughts by posting lots of anti-tory / pro labour stuff on Facebook, but all it did was make me less popular.