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Depp vs Heard is only one the many things
the internet has presented to me this week. I
am treated with much more serious news like
climate change and the eventual doom of
the world. The incessant stream of opinions
of other people and my own about these
varied things have completely occupied my
headspace. I go about life normally, but I feel
my mood change completely after a whiff of
the internet.
And I'm not alone.
In an article titled “The science behind
especially a celebrity couple who is airing doomscrolling” by ABC news states,
out their dirty laundry for the world to see, “Studies have linked poor mental health to
and they're doing so voluntarily might I add, news exposure during negative and traumatic
which just makes me feel like what I'm doing events such as terrorist attacks or natural
isn't such a bad thing after all. disasters; the more news a person consumes
A ritual part of the third phase is discovering during and after these events, the more likely
the comments section. Lady Gaga once said they are to suffer from depression, stress and
that social media is the toilet of the internet anxiety.”
and I am here to tell you that the comments All the news we receive is never good, and it
section is the toilet of social media. Here especially seems so, ever since the pandemic.
is where I discover that there are people And I don't know what to care about, since
much more invested in this trial than I am. It there are so many pressing issues and other
surprised me because when you read these less important issues on which I am tempted
comments, the amount of care people has for give my take.
the troubles of rich people is baffling. But I'm So, what is the solution to doomscrolling?
no better. I have decided to allow myself only two
I'm not here to tell you that people only care opinions per day. This way I will pick my
about celebrities and aren't talking about battles. So, I have decided to let go of my
any serious issues. Because the one thing thoughts on the 50-million-dollar defamation
the internet is never short of are opinions. suit now. Wish me luck!
Opinions on anything and everything you
can dream of. And that is what troubles me.
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