Impact of News Anxiety on Mental Health

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The constant exposure to negative news can trigger a survival mode state, leading to psychological strain and heightened anxiety. Terms like doom scrolling have emerged due to the overwhelming nature of social media. This can result in difficulty sleeping, irritability, heightened emotional reactions, and a constant state of baseline panic. Individuals may resort to numbing themselves to escape the intense nervous energy.

Survival mode is, at its core, a stress response. When our minds and our bodies are put under extreme stress or believe we are in danger, we can enter a state where all we care about is getting through the next day. This can turn us into a person we're not and make us lose the enjoyment and love for life, but also feel overwhelmed by constant panic and anxiety. In today's episode, we discuss how to break free of survival mode, the difference between our learning brain and our survival brain, why we find ourselves here to begin with, what's happening in our brain and our bodies and the best advice, tips and therapies for getting back into safe mode.

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