It goes without saying that there is a whole lot of bad news out there at the moment. Walking the tightrope between having an awareness of what is happening in our world while also avoiding plunging down the plentiful and very dark rabbit holes presented by doomscrolling, is no easy task.
Algorithms are designed to drag us into the rabbit holes; resistance requires strength and strategies. There will be days when your ability to resist holds, and others when it doesn’t.
The effects on your system of overwhelm, anxiety and feelings of powerlessness can lead to irritability, fatigue, a loss of focus and difficulty sleeping.
Alongside common sense strategies to help, homeopathic remedies such as the following can be hugely supportive.
Kali Phosphoricum
This homeopathic medicine is a nerve tonic. It is brilliantly supportive where there is nervous exhaustion, fatigue and a feeling as if resilience has been lost. In this world, where most of us feel we are on a hamster wheel a lot of the time, we could do a lot worse than take a low dose of Kali Phosphoricum daily.
Arsenicum Album
Think of this remedy if media overload leads to feeling the need to control aspects of life that can be controlled. A sense of powerlessness is a rational response to world events that maybe occurring far from home but nevertheless feel impactful in the here and now. We cannot control war in far off places but we can control our own environment, and the Arsenicum person, in media overwhelm, will do just this in an unconscious attempt to restore balance. For a person who would benefit from the remedy Arsenicum, control is imperative, but comes at a cost - nervous exhaustion.
Argentum Nitrate
Think of this remedy if media overload leads to an internal sense of hurry and a tendency to experience heightened anticipatory anxiety. Anxiety may come in conjunction with gastric symptoms.
Of course, no amount of remedies will help if your media overwhelm is constant and you feel unable to remove yourself from the relentless stream of information. Do all you can to counterbalance screen time with time outside in the fresh air - without your phone. Focus on those parts of life that you can impact positively - your environment, your personal relationships. And finally, remind yourself who will benefit from your outrage - the companies who pay for the algorithm which gives you the next piece of bad news.
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