RIP George Floyd. Thought or action leaves you with the same frustrating conundrum. Some people are just crazy these days. More than any other by accident. Make the media afraid of demonizing that man, like in the UK with Mark Duggan, due to intolerance normalized by Farage. I sent the below email, in early 2017, to a liberal friend who was distraught over the election. I will always be proud to be an American, but it is embarrassing to have an idiot in the White House at this time. I'm sure. Only the headlined alarmist rhetoric can make it seem worse. “I was ... Disabled army veteran conquers the Matterhorn. This matters, because research shows us that what we see on the news can significantly impact our mental health. Does the Bad News of the World Overwhelm You? Yes, Dr. Perlmutter, thank you for your thought provoking article. All school shootings are awful in their own right. This virus is actually not as deadly as what the media are making it out to be. So true Yankees2003 people are treating his death like its 9/11 2 and also pretty overrated peoples tiny brains think that he's the worlds God but he's not its just a .person and the most dumbest thing a week of 2 later Lego had to pull every Lego set because of the death then they had to pull paw patrol off air and they banned police cars out of fortnite! Let's all just walk away for a while, shall we? Bad things happen every day, but this doesn’t mean that life is necessarily bad or getting worse. Looting is not really activism, just destroying businesses. I can't even imagine the eternally immeasurable infinite pain Vanessa must be in (even to this day). Race riots were breaking out in many US cities. And again! This should definitely be number 1. A horrible day for Texas. This can only go on so long without deep psychic costs and damage. We have the fire and now flooding and people donât know what to do. May all the victims rest in peace. The Ralph Lauren Corporation announced to discontinue the sponsorship because of the anti-gay slur said during last Saturday's third round of … These Three Microbes May Manipulate Our Thoughts, How COVID-19 Hijacks a Psychological Vulnerability. What Is to Blame for Your Sleep Issues? It showed the world what can be achieved if people rally for a common cause. Work with what you gots. Along the way, the four horsemen of the apocalypse are galloping through the world. This makes it all the more important to create strategies to lower the negative impact of this bias on our thinking. Confirmation bias means that we will find evidence to support negativity. (Remember, the first thing one does in a war is dehumanize the enemy...."The Hun"..."The Jap"....kinda hard to kill someone who you see as some mother's son....and that's how I feel as a non-Dem in a deep-blue zone...why this is unseen and does not give pause to so many of my nice liberal friends is intellectually interesting yet also scary to this libertarian boy....history and all that....). Menopause or Aging? These riots have gone too far. Say their names. But, it sells. First pandemic from a coronavirus indeed. This is why I hate senseless violence, it just disgusts me. Exposure to consistent, sensationalized pessimism and negativity has become the norm for those keeping up with the news. Too many animals dying. Already dismissed by experts, there's NO truth or proof. The most important is, Jesus is my Savior and Lord and it is He who will never leave nor forsake me. The only way the coronavirus is scary is if you are having health problems or if you are an elder, but if you don't fit in either of those two categories, then there really isn't a reason to fear the virus. Search for COVID-19 conspiracies. One powerful way to start lowering the effects of confirmation bias is to question your beliefs periodically. … We have a rise of very radical governments around the world, Iran and Saudi Arabia are preparing to go to war, and the US as torn as it's been in my entire life. Try to change things you can. It seems like bad news is the only kind of news coming from that region of the world these days. I agree with Jake, there are bigger problems than our feeling negativity that are melting right now, we have a leader that cannot be trusted and yet he has the nuclear codes and is damaging this country for years into the future. The economy in the tank? You'd have to be delusional not to be negative in this context. It seems like humans are destined to ruin everything they're given. It simply makes us less happy and more emotionally distant. Dear Doc, Also, why did the protesters even shoot her? We are living through the exponential phase of a mass extinction that's going to snuff out most life on the planet. Even if the coronavirus treatment works as advertised, there are plenty of reasons to worry about how much good it can do. Millions of cases, hundreds of thousands of deaths (at the time of writing), billions affected. Everything from race relations, nutrition and fighting disease has gotten better. Iâm speaking this for the United States, Italy, and every other nation forced to cancel all their events. The ACC, Big 12, and SEC are fooling themselves. Good News in a Bad News World. So if you just watched a news report on local robberies, and then were asked about problems in your town, you might say that robberies were a major issue, even if they were, in general, very uncommon. That's why you need to social distance and wear masks. This needs to be at least in Top 3. Read the latest feel good news today with stories to inspire you. The one thing I have noticed is more societal depression and anger than I have ever seen and I'm old. I was just calmly minding my own business, and then my dad just comes out and says, Kobe Bryant died helicopter crash. Spot on. In fact the data shows that it is less severe. Mexican authorities are reporting he was an obsessive gamer, and was trying to recreate a first-person shooter. A truly horrible day for her mother & horrible way to start 2020 for her. And I swear if I saw people voting for stuff related to Trump, Youtube or anything else rather than tragedies like these, I'll lose it. If he doesn't back down, World War 3 could start at any time! NICE SENTIMENT BUT GET REAL. That my area is an incredibly deep and narrow echo chamber. When you hear a negative statistic or about some recent disaster, you shouldn’t just write it off, but instead try to consider whether this is an isolated data point or actually part of a larger trend. One of the best things I've read. How sick do you have to be to beat an infant to death? This was shocking as it was in Canada of all places. “The PGA of America Board of … Systematic racism against black men needs to end. Let this Scripture sustain you in the days ahead. People combating negative news with positive action will be a strong means to actually protect their mental health and overall well being. Greg Stohr 14 January, 2021 6:40 pm IST. People are tired of all the lies, finger-pointing, and complete ...more. This needs to be in the Top 3. ...you're not paying attention, goes the old liberal bumper sticker. So that means no four more years of President Trump. The hard truth is the rot is in us all. The good news—the very good news: The world as we know it isn’t safe. 3. World; On impeachment trial, history has some bad news for Trump Can Donald Trump be put through an impeachment trial even after his term ends? But instead of asking for it, they take all their depression and anger out on other humans and that's wrong. You wouldn't like to be killed, so donât do it. Most people are, and they're going to be rudely awakened shortly after the ice caps melt in the early 2030s, because the final moderating force on weather will be gone, making large-scale agriculture and animal husbandry a thing of the past, and mass starvation a thing of the present. You weren't "making a difference" by reading the NYT or listening to NPR. I see most of the frustration with negative news comes from accepting the interpretation accepting as true, things in which one has no personal expertise. All lives matter is not understanding the full picture, to write off this all together. If you were mostly confirming what you already believed, it probably wasn’t that helpful of an experience. This helps explain why the news consistently emphasizes stories on the worst things happening in the world, both on the global (wars) and the local levels (robberies). Their jones became ours. Or hating on 'the other'. People actually believe there will be football this fall. But, you'll be happier. You'll see the world differently. On May 22, a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-214 crashed in a densely populated area in Karachi, Pakistan while on approach from Lahore. Yeah, I was glad that I had bought a new 3ds right before this happened, as MUCH I would like to rant on about how amazing this is, THERE ARE WORST THINGS ON THE PLANET! Our outrage did not bring mining jobs back to coal country, nor did it bring Eric Garner back to life. I feel bad for her did her mother died to and her adult friend died to. YouTube used to be a great place before COPPA turned it into cable television. Here is some of the year’s good news Many people would like to forget 2020. I know of which I speak. Or Rush Limbaugh. Good riddance! Everyone who voted for him should be ashamed. THE EVIDENCE IS EVERYWHERE AND YOU DO NOT NEED TELEVISION NEWS BUT ACTUAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTS. But in the modern world, our preference for the negative has been harnessed to keep our attention. *Facepalm* It's NOT arson.It was a just theory proposed by a woman on a Facebook post, and I can't believe people fell for it. Rather consider it could be healthier for us all to limit the range of our emotional engagement with national politics. If you’re constantly watching negative news, the availability bias means your brain may be more likely to remember horrible events and then believe that these relatively infrequent occurrences actually represent the general state of things. RIP, child abuse needs to stop right now! - SpectralOwl. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Pastor Don Jones. I think humans will go extinct in the next 500 years or less and the earth will eventually recover from us. You won't be any less a good citizen. Living in deep blue land, I thought for sure Hillary was gonna win. I suggest that you you read it again and this time take the advice, "How could I be wrong?". The Gender Gap in Negotiation May Start Very Young, An Attitude of Gratitude: Why Saying "I Am Grateful" Matters, AI Gains Social Intelligence; Infers Goals and Failed Plans, Rissian Bot Nets Count On Our Unwillingness to Be Neutral, Russian Bot Nets Count On Our Unwillingness to Be Neutral. Unfortunately, along with this good news about journalistic freedom from the UK, there’s bad news from parts of the world, including China which recorded the highest number of … People who lose track of the difference can go mad. After so many crimes he committed during his rule, he gets laid off? He needs to be locked up for life, and yet somehow so many people still believe in him. The consequences of negative news are themselves negative. I knew of everything mentioned in this article, but still, The Cold War's fears of nukes never came to be. Poor animals like koalas, kangaroos, and reptiles. His name was revealed to be Josue Juarez. 2. It's part of our routine. : ), Merry Christmas to you and yours. The idea is that if you store new information in a more objective manner, it will give you a more balanced perspective when you later use it as a reference. So not only are we seeking out the negative, but media outlets are actively trying to give us more of it. While negative news may influence our thinking through multiple mechanisms, one important consideration is how it interfaces with our cognitive biases, keeping our focus on everything that’s going wrong while blinding us to all the good things around us. A horrible man-made incident in 2020 so far & this list should keep changing. It basically felt like hell. A report … I remember the civil rights battles of the 60s and the Viet Nam war when I lost several of my friends. You won't be any less informed. ...SEEMS TO BE WHAT YOUR SUGGESTING AND ITS REALLY WRONG. Here are three specific cognitive biases that are activated by negative news to keep us in a state of negativity and how to start making changes to break the cycle. With bad news occupying the headlines, maybe you wonder how much more you can take. Understanding how you are being made angry and sad by news that is not happening to is a mental health technique. 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