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  • YungOnions@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Doomscrolling bad news is really bad for your health. https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/what-is-doomscrolling-and-why-is-it-bad-for-us/143139/

    Bad news is also literally addictive and it is important to break that habit https://www.fastcompany.com/90269566/how-to-stop-your-brains-addiction-to-bad-news

    I’d suggest subscribing to some of the more positive news threads on Lemmy. I ended up blocking those ones that only seem to post negative stuff. The world is a bad enough place as it is without Lemmy ramming it down my throat to. I’d also suggest regularly visiting other positive news sites to remind yourself that there is good news happening, you just don’t hear about it from the normal places. Certainly helps put things into perspective. https://www.groovnow.com/blog/where-to-find-good-news-online

    It’s important to try and stay happy, friend, now more than ever.

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      11 months ago

      Thanks for reminding - that is a good point. Do you have any good mood communities here on Lemmy to recommend?

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        11 months ago

        Sure! There’s goodnews@kbin.social, lemmybewholesome@lemmyworld, goodnewseveryone@sh.itjust.works and upliftingnews@lemmy.world. They’re all small communities, but they’re worth checking out. I’d recommend those news sites on that link I listed to. Definitely eye opening to see all the good stuff that is just ignored by the mainstream media. Stay positive out there, friend! 👍

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          11 months ago

          Thank you so much! I sincerely appreciate your suggestions and have already subscribed to the communities. I actually have already noticed lemmybewholesome, but I havent known there were the other ones as well, so thank you a lot for the information :)