Charles W. Moore
Occasional thoughts and deeds of an Engineer
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My old self exposed
Posted on July 7th, 2018 No commentsThere are several risks to being overloaded with disturbing/negative content.
- Complacency – becoming so used to the deluge that it all starts to seem normal.
- Paralysis – that is, being so overwhelmed, you can’t figure out what to do/how to move forward.
- Crisis perspective – you get trapped in the Breaking News cycle where everything seems like a potentially world-ending crisis to you.
- Depression/PTSD – you don’t have to be on the front line of a war have either/both. Disturbing content is absolutely a trigger.
It is really bad that people do not recognize these 4 signals. Instead, one is threatened with dire consequences that do come true in a self-fulfilling prophesy sort of way. Thank heaven I have not had these symptoms for several decades. PTL. In any case I thought this interesting and should be presented.