tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170687022389426848.post8205000963552018220..comments2023-10-21T03:07:17.832-07:00Comments on Little Things, Love ... and Reality: Why I Don't Keep Up with All the News -- Thoughts on Anxiety and the HeadlinesChristina Rambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12969021575930671787noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170687022389426848.post-65018635016531636422015-11-19T11:53:56.295-08:002015-11-19T11:53:56.295-08:00SUCH negative places. As soon as a tragedy happens...SUCH negative places. As soon as a tragedy happens, people start reacting to everything about it -- then we see hashtag battles about what lives matter. We see people shaming others for not caring about other parts of the world. It all snowballs into big huge angry, discouraging messes.Christina Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969021575930671787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170687022389426848.post-67326498446121783652015-11-19T11:51:23.275-08:002015-11-19T11:51:23.275-08:00That is no exaggeration. NOBODY does well with an ...That is no exaggeration. NOBODY does well with an ornery mama! The sadness and tragedy of the world is too heavy for our shoulders. We were never meant to carry it, but the media sometimes makes us think we do. I'm not saying we shouldn't help in ways we are able. But, God gave us plenty to take care of as it is; He's got the rest. So many of us just don't trust that in the least.Christina Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969021575930671787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170687022389426848.post-37719138773776957022015-11-19T11:48:05.976-08:002015-11-19T11:48:05.976-08:00Awe, Sandy! Thanks for reading. You are the sweete...Awe, Sandy! Thanks for reading. You are the sweetest.Christina Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969021575930671787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170687022389426848.post-77365509075044836292015-11-18T19:02:08.522-08:002015-11-18T19:02:08.522-08:00I'm so glad you wrote this, because I've b...I'm so glad you wrote this, because I've been thinking this same thing after what happened in Paris. It's not that I am ignorant to what is happening, but in some ways some of this is so hard to follow to begin with. Then, the moment you try to follow or figure it out, there's just so much angst. Some of it is I'm just too lazy to get up early enough to read the news before kids are up. Then, comes night and I'm too tired to try to deal. I'm so afraid of admitting to people that I don't read the paper or watch the news because I don't want it to look like I don't care. I really do. I've just got so much to care about in my 3 kiddos at home that it's on the backburner. You are right about the media too. There are so many positives to having the world at our finger tips and at the same time I feel like social media and this sensationalizing of tragedies brings our world to such negative places. Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906586203711769010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170687022389426848.post-90966957953432044702015-11-18T12:37:08.471-08:002015-11-18T12:37:08.471-08:00This sounds exactly like me. :) When the whole ebo...This sounds exactly like me. :) When the whole ebola thing happened I looked up every possible natural cure and stocked up on Vitamin C since which was the best choice for prevention/treatment for our family. Lots of people in my life don't really understand either when I don't listen to the news, worry about the politics, etc. I'll either get super anxious just like you mentioned with the sweaty palms, nausea, racing heart, or I'll have an emotional trigger where I get really ornery (the best way I can describe it with out going over a PG rating :P) and won't be able to calm down until something or someone somehow cheers me up. I love and care about all the people who these tragedies are happening to, and I feel bad, I weep for them, and pray for them, but if it doesn't directly affect me and my family in this instant, and I can't actually do something to help, besides sending a humanitarian donation, I really don't want to hear about it because it will just cause disaster on my family life and nobody needs an ornery mama ... (P.S. I'm not trying to be as insensitive as this probably reads.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459027978163924011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170687022389426848.post-83244555107560085832015-11-18T11:28:11.881-08:002015-11-18T11:28:11.881-08:00You are absolutely amazing! You know that! You are absolutely amazing! You know that! Sandralalalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862376920596297251noreply@blogger.com