How do you cope with the way the world is?

How do you personally cope with the utterly tragic, disgusting, horrifying things that humans do to each other, to animals and to the planet?

I'd like to say I just don't read or watch News but I do, I must and it's deeply depressing. I don't know that I cope at all. I often just cry.
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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,189 Member
    Alcohol.

    In all seriousness, though, I hear ya. There are times where I go on media blackout for a few days, just to take a break from the suck.
  • Gimsteinn
    Gimsteinn Posts: 7,678 Member
    I don't read news or watch them.. For real.. And my life has never been better..

    Also.. Chocolate.. Chocolate fixes everything
  • lenoresdream
    lenoresdream Posts: 522 Member
    I try to avoid the news. Also kids cartoons make me happy haha. Someone said I have no grip on reality bc I watch kids cartoons. B@tch I know reality too damned well, why the hell you think I want to live in the Mickey Mouse club house?!

    TV shows that make me laugh, good books that I can escape in, fun times with family and friends.

    And watching cartoons with my friend's kids. I'm the coolest "auntie" ever lol.
  • Tsartele
    Tsartele Posts: 683 Member
    How do you personally cope with the utterly tragic, disgusting, horrifying things that humans do to each other, to animals and to the planet?

    I'd like to say I just don't read or watch News but I do, I must and it's deeply depressing. I don't know that I cope at all. I often just cry.


    First of all I dont stress about it.,, and second I make a conscious choice to focus on the positive things. There is beauty all around you if you only choose to see it. Third become a force for good in the world ... volunteer, do kind things for people with no expectation of return.. Love the unlovable
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Sugar_Pill wrote: »
    Xanax mostly

    + Rum
  • ErikaHope203
    ErikaHope203 Posts: 113 Member
    Such a deep question and I'm not really sure how to answer that. What upsets me most, I think, is the intolerance and the lack of compassion for others. Those are things that we as human beings have control over...the way we treat people.
  • vespiquenn
    vespiquenn Posts: 1,455 Member
    Forty6and2 wrote: »
    Three things.

    1. alcohol.jpg

    2. 271214-booze.jpg

    3. 183c853ca6945e690246a6579840c27b.jpg

    Please tell me you know the Bailey's shoe reference.

    Also, I 100% agree.

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,189 Member
    Such a deep question and I'm not really sure how to answer that. What upsets me most, I think, is the intolerance and the lack of compassion for others. Those are things that we as human beings have control over...the way we treat people.

    This is why I've stopped reading the comments sections on news sites. Nothing destroys my faith in humanity faster.
  • PennWalker
    PennWalker Posts: 554 Member
    How do you personally cope with the utterly tragic, disgusting, horrifying things that humans do to each other, to animals and to the planet?

    I'd like to say I just don't read or watch News but I do, I must and it's deeply depressing. I don't know that I cope at all. I often just cry.

    Human selfishness and cruelty is beyond belief. The only way I can cope is to know I can't control what happens in the big world, but I can try to control myself and my own life -- I can try to live by my conscience and do some good while I am here, even if it's just to be kind to my next door neighbor.
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    vespiquenn wrote: »
    Forty6and2 wrote: »
    Three things.

    1. alcohol.jpg

    2. 271214-booze.jpg

    3. 183c853ca6945e690246a6579840c27b.jpg

    Please tell me you know the Bailey's shoe reference.

    Also, I 100% agree.

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  • Alienique
    Alienique Posts: 122 Member
    I contemplate becoming a vigilante, but sadly, I don't have the proper physique or combat skills for it.
  • melmelw03
    melmelw03 Posts: 5,332 Member
    Someone beat me to the Old Gregg meme
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
    I have a disco ball in my room.

  • vespiquenn
    vespiquenn Posts: 1,455 Member
    Forty6and2 wrote: »
    vespiquenn wrote: »
    Forty6and2 wrote: »
    Three things.

    1. alcohol.jpg

    2. 271214-booze.jpg

    3. 183c853ca6945e690246a6579840c27b.jpg

    Please tell me you know the Bailey's shoe reference.

    Also, I 100% agree.

    1d964b186c0493e5aa7e5d7fe8390fb91c683e64f84d438e2836881cb2c379be.jpg

    Beyond awesome. I just walked around saying "I'm Old Gregg" to annoy the hell out of my husband. So thank you. Night made.
  • upoffthemat
    upoffthemat Posts: 679 Member
    There is a lot of good going on in the world as well. Scorpjabo is right, the media focuses on negative stories because they produce ratings. Don't just focus on the bad, do what you can to make the world a better place. If we all do a little bit to make things better it will add up.
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    Sugar_Pill wrote: »
    Xanax mostly
    melmelw03 wrote: »
    Sugar_Pill wrote: »
    Xanax mostly

    + Rum

    +weed
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    News by it's very nature is negative. When there's good news, it's called public relations.

    That being said, the world has always been effed up. *shrug / nothing new to report

    It's a better place today than say... I dunno, Europe and Asia in the 30's & 40's.

    I'm actually encouraged that it will become better & better.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Denial.
  • futureicon
    futureicon Posts: 348 Member
    makingmark wrote: »
    There is a lot of good going on in the world as well. Scorpjabo is right, the media focuses on negative stories because they produce ratings. Don't just focus on the bad, do what you can to make the world a better place. If we all do a little bit to make things better it will add up.

    Here's a sad tidbit. A few years back I decided that I wanted to balance my "normal" news with some good news. I found this site that was called the good news network and they focused on only reporting happy stories. That really brightened things up for me.. then one day I went to their site and it had become subscription based. No more free good news. Good news is now a premium. LoL :(
  • laddcompanies
    laddcompanies Posts: 35 Member
    I just focus on work and getting ahead in life that way I can make a real difference one day like own a preservation for endangered plants and animals
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    futureicon wrote: »
    makingmark wrote: »
    There is a lot of good going on in the world as well. Scorpjabo is right, the media focuses on negative stories because they produce ratings. Don't just focus on the bad, do what you can to make the world a better place. If we all do a little bit to make things better it will add up.

    Here's a sad tidbit. A few years back I decided that I wanted to balance my "normal" news with some good news. I found this site that was called the good news network and they focused on only reporting happy stories. That really brightened things up for me.. then one day I went to their site and it had become subscription based. No more free good news. Good news is now a premium. LoL :(

    Wow, I actually got excited for a moment when I read there was a good news network. How sad that you have to pay for it.

    A professor I had in college said that for every hour of news on TV, there's 1 happy story. And they tease that story throttle hour to keep people watching. This was back in the late 80s when there were fewer news channels, no internet as we know it today. Now the news is thrown at us in so many ways it's hard to escape it. Even a lot of the celebrity news is bad/negative with stories of cheating, drugs, abuse and suicide.



  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    alcohol and kinky sex.
  • futureicon
    futureicon Posts: 348 Member
    Shells918 wrote: »
    futureicon wrote: »
    makingmark wrote: »
    There is a lot of good going on in the world as well. Scorpjabo is right, the media focuses on negative stories because they produce ratings. Don't just focus on the bad, do what you can to make the world a better place. If we all do a little bit to make things better it will add up.

    Here's a sad tidbit. A few years back I decided that I wanted to balance my "normal" news with some good news. I found this site that was called the good news network and they focused on only reporting happy stories. That really brightened things up for me.. then one day I went to their site and it had become subscription based. No more free good news. Good news is now a premium. LoL :(

    Wow, I actually got excited for a moment when I read there was a good news network. How sad that you have to pay for it.

    A professor I had in college said that for every hour of news on TV, there's 1 happy story. And they tease that story throttle hour to keep people watching. This was back in the late 80s when there were fewer news channels, no internet as we know it today. Now the news is thrown at us in so many ways it's hard to escape it. Even a lot of the celebrity news is bad/negative with stories of cheating, drugs, abuse and suicide.



    Actually, it looks like it might be free again.. Let the good news flow! http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/birthday-boy-buys-pizza-flood-victims-inspires-others/
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  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    Realize what news is - propaganda to promote and advance a particular view. The world has not known a time of more peace. The only thing that has changed is the 24/7 news cycle which focuses on one tragedy to the next, moving on and never looking back.

  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I don't watch a whole lot of news...mainstream media is pretty much a joke. To boot, bad news and doom and gloom drive ratings...so that's what you hear and see and it makes it seem like there is no good in the world. Reality is that there is plenty of good in the world...I see it every day while I'm out there living my life...I tend to focus on that and just enjoying this short time we have hurling around space on this little blue ball and loving my family and friends.
  • owieprone
    owieprone Posts: 217 Member
    How do you personally cope with the utterly tragic, disgusting, horrifying things that humans do to each other, to animals and to the planet?

    I'd like to say I just don't read or watch News but I do, I must and it's deeply depressing. I don't know that I cope at all. I often just cry.

    humankind in general have been are on my ignore/blocked list.