I'm struggling with the news at the moment. Too much happening. Anybody else?

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I couldn't sleep last night thinking about what I would've done in the crocodile enclosure, what I would've do to the person who did it, what I'd do to the adoptive dad who murdered his son, how his son suffered etc etc.

On and on, on a loop. What do you do with the pain and the anger? Really struggling with the news at the moment and I don't even watch it, you can't avoid hearing and knowing.

What can we do to take care of ourselves and each other? Tips gratefully appreciated.

No, not just you. I’m absolutely sick of it. The world is just awful, people are just awful. I feel so anxious and guilty about bringing my daughter into such a mess.

No one can be expected to carry the world's problems on their shoulders, that's for politicians to sort out, I rarely watch TV news, but I hear it my van cab, I was upset about the baby and then the crocodile incident, all one can do is mentally wish the innocent well, then carry on, anger just raises blood pressure, focus on happier things like a holiday, etc

Turn it off then 🤷

I agree, it's relentless and I don't even watch the news so nothing to 'turn off then'.

I’m the same but you know I try to counteract this stuff with things in my life I know are good like my friend who has 3 adopted special needs kids all half siblings and have a great life with parents who’ve fought to get them the best education. What happened to that baby is sickening and haunts me but there is some good in the world

Stop reading it and watching it. It’s a choice to consume news articles. Get outside more

The Henry Nowak video finished me off. I don't watch 6 or 10pm news now. I browse a paper online. Or not. Even though I pay for it.

It is all very depressing isn’t it. It’s sad that evil people walk amongst us. Makes you wonder why we have such a sick and depraved society and where it’s gone wrong.

Helpful. You must be such a kind person.

I just register the story, then don’t look at it again. My mum relays the news to me!

Yes, there are so many decent people in the world and minority just spoil it for everyone.

I just wish we could put this minority on an island and let them starve to death and kill each other in the process.

I walk in nature for at least an hour daily, looking at ducks, squirrels, birds, the river, the new flowers. Helps.

I try to avoid any news articles I think might damage my MH. It’s basic self preservation and I don’t think it makes me a bad person.

I know what I am capable of dealing with/absorbing and act accordingly.

I listen to the news every night and then just forget about it as there is nothing I can do. But I do record it so that I can fast forward through anything that I don't want to watch like details about that poor baby.

I assume that you are quite young because I'm nearly 60 and but when I was younger I found it a lot more stressful.

Certain things I can 'shelve' (like Andy Burnham winning & what that's going to mean for us all) I'm currently trying not to dwell on things I can't change. I think he's going to be an insufferable git, but he can join the others invest 💁🏻‍♀️

but the baby, Preston Davey , his photo keeps flashing in my mind & my heart is so heavy with what the poor bairn went through.. Not much sympathy for the birth parents or Grandmother, but heart broken for the foster parents. I'm 🤬🤬 at all the babies/children tgst have suffered & still they're trotting out 'lessons learned' once again people who should have protected him didn't. Poor poor baby xx

I try to just be grateful he had his foster parents & give him a huge virtual hug & try to distract myself with something wise.

sane with the wee boy thrown into the crocodile enclosure. I hope he survives the attack & gets whatever help he needs for the rest of his life, dealing with the physical & mental issues.

the bloke who threw him in, is clearly unwell & needs help too, but he should never be allowed to be in a position where he could do something like that stain.

again I just focus on sending the little boy lots of love & strength, then trying to distract myself.

all the war/trump shite is scary, but absolutely nothing I can do about any of it, so just try not to dwell on it too much.

i have several serious health issues which I'm also trying not to dwell on.

I'm watching a LOT of football!!

I wished there was a bigger and better deterrent for this hideous and evil acts , but there isn’t ;(

Me. I'm a hardened ex police officer, still work in an adjacent role seeing and hearing horrific things most days, and the news this week has left me quite upset.

So that means no news on TV, radio or phone for a month. I have a twitter handle I only use to follow fluffy accounts like We Rate Dogs and Fascinating, which don't post political or news content just interesting stuff. Total detox from bad things for me.

I'm the same, it's one horrific story after another these days but little Preston's is one that I just can not switch off from, I can't sleep thinking what those monsters have done.

I should be like my DH, he doesn't want to know anything, he's happy in his little bubble.

There's loads of good stuff happening every day, it just doesn't make the news. I've learned to scan the headlines on the BBC News website and only click on stories I don't think are going to haunt me all day. You can be informed about the news without delving into the grisly details then.

If you're able to do this, it certainly helps!

I've been avoiding the news where possible but it still is around everywhere. I didn't sleep well after the baby on the news and also to zoo incident. I was folding my own LOs baby vests and they are just like baby Preston's little vest in the video. I just feel so wretched, sickened and angry-exhausted about how fucked up the world is.

Quick swipe through the BBC News website every morning and that's me done for the day. I've got enough to worry about in my life where at least I have some control without worrying about everything over which I have none whatsoever.

I can think of some, but as a society we try too 'be better' than the savage bastards. But if it was up to me I'd be far more willing to to punish them in kind.

I know. I feel like the world is imploding too.

I used to live overseas and always felt on holiday and last night I thought a lot about leaving again. This country is just too messed up now.

In the meantime I think I’m going to start reading books again. When you’ve a good book on the go you pick that up, rather than doom scroll.

I agree with you OP. Reading about baby Preston yesterday nearly tipped me over the edge. What an awful world we live in. No advice sadly, just solidarity.