I feel exactly the same, and feel I need to impose a compete blackout of all news on everything. I love Substack and Instagram, but both are now stuffed with political content (my choice of who to follow), I repost so much on my instagram stories as so much is filling me with despair. I keep telling myself to focus on the small stuff-my family and animals, friends, nature, music, reading books not social media-but the guilt if I did that..could I actually allow myself to switch off from it all, just for a few days? I’m not sure I can, but also think I need to try. It’s a comfort to read your words and know I’m not alone in feeling the way I do; having to keep on appearing normal on the outside, caring about work, when inside I’m screaming. And waiting for the adults to show up and make it all ok again..
I feel exactly the same, and feel I need to impose a compete blackout of all news on everything. I love Substack and Instagram, but both are now stuffed with political content (my choice of who to follow), I repost so much on my instagram stories as so much is filling me with despair. I keep telling myself to focus on the small stuff-my family and animals, friends, nature, music, reading books not social media-but the guilt if I did that..could I actually allow myself to switch off from it all, just for a few days? I’m not sure I can, but also think I need to try. It’s a comfort to read your words and know I’m not alone in feeling the way I do; having to keep on appearing normal on the outside, caring about work, when inside I’m screaming. And waiting for the adults to show up and make it all ok again..