That went on with me for decades. I am selective about the news I follow. I have reached a place where I accept that the world is where it is, and has been there before, and what will happen is what will happen. I have no control over any of this, so can detach from going to worst case scenarios. When Irma changed course and was headed right to my brother and some friends there, I certainly stayed up through the night anxiously tracking events. He and wife have a landline so could talk a few times each day until power was restored. Friends were able to update me through e-mails and such. I did what I could do in a terrible situation, but stay out of the global fear stuff. Just me.

Yup, I do, especially when ^they^ show up in my peer support groups. When I walk away from these anxiety triggers out in the big, bad world, I don't feel like I've lost much. Just fools celebrating foolishness. Inside my support groups, the third person rants feel like a betrayal of trust.

I'll add on gossip, celebrity/public scandals and tragedies to that anxiety stew. Just about any story told in the 3rd person gets me running with the first theyism.

Yes many of us have anxiety over what is going on in the world. In fact, Ellen DeGeneres was saying how much anxiety she has over what is happening. She said she has to come out and do her show and be happy and smile and sometimes she hasn't slept well the night before. Now they are talking about celebrity suicides and how suicide in general is on the rise. It seems that you can't turn the TV on with hearing something bad. I've been trying to change the channel more often.

I totally know what you mean. It can be very scary. But what I've found is it's not necessarily politics or religion, it's just human nature. Very rarely do you see anything good reported about someone helping someone else in need in the name of their religious beliefs. Media makes money on conflict, whether it's political, religious, or anything. Heck, just watch ten minutes of Housewives of X, and you'll see nothing but conflict after conflict. For some reason, that is what people desire to see. So it becomes a reality vs perspective thing. Although you'll drive yourself insane trying to change reality, you can change your perspective on things. Instead of watching or listening or reading about conflict, choose to delve into more enriching things. They are out there, you just need to find them.

I have a sister whom I love very much yet shes very realistic and very adamant about it and makes me feel like Im some kind of hypocrite because some of the things she says can be very scary.And she reinforces it by saying things like Lets face it.I don't know how strong of a person she is about these things but it frightens me and makes me nervous.

Praying alone doesn't help.The bible says prayer without works is dead.So you hafta do something in order for your prayers to work.