Today’s world feels like an endless cycle of doom scrolling, doesn’t it? One morning it’s the Los Angeles fires sweeping across our screens, and the next it’s a new catastrophe making headlines – conspiracy theories abounding! I mean, really, we could joke about it, but honestly, it’s not laughable at all. Each day, we’re bombarded with narratives that twist and turn, leaving us tangled in a web of confusion. It kinda feels like we’re all stuck in a bad relationship with the news… just when you think you’ve got it figured out, it says something ridiculous that makes you wonder, “Should I stay or should I shut this off for good?”
Our culture right now can feel downright abusive. I can’t shake the feeling that we share some bizarre “trauma bond” with the chaos surrounding us. It’s like we’re passengers on this relentless train wreck and, let’s be real, who can look away? But at what cost? What’s happening to our psyche in all this? Are we, in some weird way, addicted to the very thing that drags us down? Let’s dive into this messy emotional troubleshooting, shall we? LEARN MORE
Today it’s the Los Angeles fires, but every day, it’s something. We wake up, hit with traumatic news and various narratives about it. It’s a conspiracy, it’s not a conspiracy, dummy!
This person or entity is responsible, no this entity did it, no, it’s natural, you dummy!
I don’s see how these questions are truly answerable, as we have lies wrapped in lies, covered in lies, enclosed in lies?
I’m beginning to feel like a child who wakes up every day, to a new “treasure hunt”, leading nowhere, over and over and over again.
Regardless of how you feel or how you view the day’s tragedy, there is always someone to tell you, you’re wrong and stupid. Out culture has become, generally, abusive, which is stunning to contemplate. But there is something else going on… I think.
I feel some sort of, “trauma bond”, has been established between most all of us, and the social media or news source we frequent. I don’t know that’s the right term. I’m talking about a never-ending train wreck, you can never look away.
What’s that do to the psyche? It’s as if we’ve all become attached to something that’s very bad for us. Are we getting anything out of it? Anything at all?
What do you think?