I'm not freaking out now, but believe me, it was a concentrated effort and there's definitely anxiety trying to get in through the back door. Which I have locked tightly.

I actually feel bad because here I am on LiveWidth, yammering about fandom and random questions and all of this stuff while people on my flist are talking news stories and how distressed they are. I honestly feel like I'm laughing at people. But I'm not. This is how I keep calm. And it sounds like you're finding your way.

I'd advise not just limiting the news, but social media. I swear I started feeling better when I stopped spending too much time on it. I've even had to limit what I read here, which again, feel bad, but I have to do it for me. The problem with social media in general, not just this instance, is that you tend to get SO much of the same bad at once - especially thanks to algorithms. So I would spend time on Facebook, and get stressed from all of this crap. Then I would go to twitter, get stressed again. Then I would come here... I just can't do it. I don't think anyone really can. I like the positive stuff, I like talking about how we can help people and all of that, but when you see (possibly literally) 100 posts at once about how bad things are, it gets to you. Especially if you already have anxiety or other mental health struggles. (I don't know whether or not you do. I sure do.)