Stress or not to Stress? That is the Question…

by Dr Alex Robber · Published March 1, 2021 · Updated February 15, 2024

Churning out Stressful Headlines

Wow! It’s been an interesting winter so far. For me, 2020’s been about physically getting through the winter; keeping the fibro flares at bay, and rising above the stress-inducing noise that we call The News.

Can you spell propaganda and lies?

I should be able to watch the news and take it at face value. The reality is that I’m living at times when I can’t. So I dig a little deeper and learn. Then I form my opinions.

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Then again, that being said…lately I find myself increasingly shaking my head and half-heartedly joking that we’ve somehow silently slipped from the world I once knew into a really badly written movie or TV show.

I believe I’m living at a historical point in time. An era that will certainly grace the pages of future history books.

Sure, I want to be aware of current events, to stay ‘au current’, but, not at the price of becoming depressed or riddled with stress.

If it’s something I can help prevent, educate myself about, or prepare for, then by all means I try. But, I’m learning to accept that sometimes a situation needs to unfold. Overthinking it isn’t going to change the outcome, it’ll just damper the journey. Then I remember…