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    FNP14,

    I saw my doctor for a physical today and talked about the anxiety I've been having and how addicted I am to news and information and keeping up with politics. She didn't have a solution for how to disconnect from it, but suggested meditation to at least help get my nerves down to a more manageable level, so that political stress doesn't always put me over the edge.

    Fact is, I just don't know how to not care to the degree I do. I feel like if I were to miss a day of news and staying on top of stuff, I'd be behind. I envy people who can avoid it all, but if I were to be that person I feel like I'd become the political apathy I rail about so much these days.

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    • Ask her for a medical marihuana ID cardMaaku
    • It's about to be legal in Illinois in January 2019. I've actually got CBD oil arriving today and she said that was great.mg33
    • Hoping it helps.mg33
    • Smoke some DMT, see what the machine elves have to say. best to get involved in local community work a few hours a week instead of news time.PhanLo
    • go see a georgian witch doctor: https://www.youtube.…shapesalad
    • just go on a holiday, travel. turnoff phone. go somewhere with no english spoken.shapesalad
    • Maybe meditation could help you do both - keep on top of the news cycle as much as you want but learn how to switch it off when you needFax_Benson
    • You don't need to follow politics! Do you not already have all the information you need to cast your vote next time around?zarkonite
    • Holy shit. I had no idea that was what was bothering you. From parent to parent, ditch the damn news cycle and save yourself.monospaced
    • Read up once in awhile, vote and enjoy your family. Life’s too short to worry about politics and news when you aren’t a politician.monospaced
    • paying attention to the gap between inhalations and exhalations and then getting it to zero is a nice lil exercise.jaylarson
    • not everyone knows how to deal with info overload. imagine it from different perspectives to gauge it and relevance. much like einstein for relativity.
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    • or even read more (not MSM entertainment you only get taylor swift politics) and realize all the US issues are not really as bad as so many other countries.
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    • still sitting pretty with trivialites and a few big monetary hurdles, but top men working on those. or even go old school to jefferson enlightenment after
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    • running against adams state control and realizing you know fuck everyone. life of politics is for highschool jocks and cheerleaders. can get by and adjust with
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    • out them. me though my curiosity is too strong to keep away. plus a few self interests. probably follow and learn more of stupid human behavior patterns
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    • lolmonospaced
    • Take one week off and come back to it for a day and notice how you didn't miss a fuckin thang
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