How to stay sane with stupid geopolitics? tips?

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^It sounds like you are someone who needs to engage with what is going on and understand it, rather than duck away from it altogether. I think I feel that way too, that I don't want to just not know what is happening. But I get upset about it easily so I have to tread carefully.

One can be so informed, yet far from worried.
Former is either watch or read the news or don't.
The latter is tricky; either care too much or don't.

Both? Know what's relevant to your life.

A storm across the ocean with thousand deaths? The best you can do is donate.
Unless you have dear ones there, indiscriminate 'sympathy' will drive you insane.

The same can be said with dictators across the continent.
The best you can do is voice your disapproval over the internet. Worry if the local economy or environment is directly or indirectly affected by said issue.


A storm just few miles away from your locale? That's when you should worry. Best you can do is prepare to survive, use that energy on surviving.

Unless you're a first responder, someone capable of volunteering in disasters or someone who coordinates city wide safety -- you're not a superhero or some philanthropist who can convert their yard into an evacuation station; stay at home or evacuate as advised.

Now, getting dictators in your locale -- that's when you can engage with your worries.
You can choose to lay low and stay quiet or join some crusade; whichever you're capable of contributing and commiting.


You can consume all the news and media, and still don't end up being driven insane...

Consuming how much per day -- that's another issue, too, even if one's hobby is by stimulating themselves with consuming media...
In which one would find a way to not be overwhelmed into mental exhaustion.

Find the most summarized and with the most broad?
"Specialize" with the details consumed where it's more relevant to your life or whichever you're capable of...
At least that's the bare minimum of "abstaining"; which is for mental energy's sake.

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I just don't watch the news and that's how I deal with it.

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I also struggle with geopolitics these days. Sometimes someone will say something, and it triggers this underlying fear I have for the future ... and not just for mine, but the overwhelming feeling of helplessness for the planet in general.

And I certainly recognize that until things become actually physically unsafe for me, and I doubt they will very much in my lifetime, it doesn't really matter all that much. But it does.

So I just do my best to find the things that will improve my life and the quality of those around me (wife, dog, cat, future friends). It does help, but it doesn't make the fear go away.

I don't think ignoring the news is healthy either (for myself). But certainly in small doses, and from multiple sources on the same issue.