Posted by Susan J on October 22, 2003, at 8:34:18
In reply to News-Fasts » Susan J, posted by jay on October 22, 2003, at 4:43:34
> Susan, the interesting Dr. Andrew Weil has proposed that it is good for mental health to take a "News Fast", a break away from *all* news for a few days a week. I am a *really* political-sensitive person,
Jay, that sounds like a great idea, but when I was in Montreal this summer, I had no access to a TV or radio that carried U.S. news, and the newspapers I could get were like USA Today and I couldn't find out what was going on in my hometown (DC/Baltimore).
IT DROVE ME ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!!!!!
What does that say about me? Is that an OCD trait, obsession with knowing what's going on at every single moment? During the whole sniper thing, I had WTOP radio turned on all the time, all night, and kept waking up in the middle of the night to hear what had gone on, if they had updates. It was INSANE.
OK. I used to work in a JAIL. Baltimore City jail in open population. I've been shot at on the streets of Baltimore. I've had my life threatened by Jamaican drug gangs. I have NEVER in my life been scared of that stuff, But the *sniper* stuff just freaked me out so badly. I don't know if it was watching the news all the time, my mental state at the time, or what.
Just not a pleasant memory.
And having access to the internet all day at work doesn't help. I read all the updates on the Washington Post website. Hmmmm, maybe I answered my own question of whether I should stop going to see my therapist. :-)
> So...think about it...and maybe give it a shot. You *really* might surprise yourself!
<<I can try. I live alone, and I have 3 TVs so I can watch CNN no matter what room I'm in.Maybe I should give some away to Goodwill.
This is all really weird.
Thanks, though. I'll try it. Maybe this weekend, I've got a lot of house projects to work on....
Susan
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