How do you deal with upset news?
How do you deal with upset news?
How to deal with bad news
- Accept your negative emotion. Receiving concerning news can trigger a seemingly endless spiral of negative emotion.
- Repeat exposure to the news.
- Reframe your thoughts.
- Learn to overcome adversity.
- Be kind to yourself.
Why do we like to read bad news?
Why is news so often negative? Because negativity bias is leveraged by the media to increase profits. Bad news gets more attention, more clicks, and leads to more revenue for publications. Google search results also react to this pattern by giving people what they seemingly want – that often means more bad news.
Why I stopped watching the news for good?
Being a hypochondriac personality, I can’t respond to constant negativity adequately so I stopped watching the news once and for all. Every time you watch or read the news, you’re filling your mind with fear and anxiety. It’s been proven that these poisonous feelings can affect your health. As you see, this awareness can cause you too much trouble.
Why don’t you waste time watching different news programs?
I don’t waste time watching different news programs, because I think that today mass media is playing fast and loose with the society. They use all possible psychological tricks to mesmerize public opinion.
Do you prefer to read the morning news or not?
Every morning, millions of people all over the world prefer to start the day with watching, listening or reading the latest news. They believe that the morning news will certainly come them in handy during the day.
Is it a waste of time to worry about what’s on TV?
Pretty much all the issues reported on TV and in the newspapers are beyond your circle of influence. You can’t help solve the problems in the outer circle, and so it’s a waste of your time and energy to worry about them.