2023-10-29 12:34:00
This overwhelming accumulation of negativity has a name: the “information fatigue. It now affects 53% of French people. Modern society is flooded withalarming information: wars, attacks, natural disasters, economic crises… the news never seems to offer respite. Worse still, this media flood falls on more and more individuals vulnerablewho, in front of their screens, feel more and more the weight of this continuous flow of sinister information.
How to protect yourself from it?
Protecting yourself from this overload of anxiety-provoking information has become a daily challenge for many French people. A group of students, like so many others, admit to feeling overwhelmed, even desperate, in the face of the profusion of bad news. One of them testifies:
“It’s anxiety regarding all the horrors that we can see, which are published all the time, constantly. We have less distance from that,” she explains.
Faced with this dilemma, some people have opted to an exit strategy. One of these strategies is to turn off news notifications on their devices. Indeed, it is now well documented that negative information has a tangible impact on the brain.
“When we consume anxiety-provoking information, we stop breathing, we have muscle tension, we can have insomnia problems,” explains Dr. Rapoport-Hubschman, specialist in psychology.
Turning off notifications turns out to be a effective way to reduce exposure to constant negativitythus making it possible to find a certain form of peace of mind. It is a concrete action that more and more people are choosing to preserve their mental health in a world that seems increasingly worrying (source 1).
However, notifications are not the only vector of this overwhelming information. Social media, conversations at work, and even family discussions bring their share of anxiety-provoking news. It is essential to find a balance between being informed and maintaining mental well-being. Solutions like meditation, therapy, and reducing media consumption are all approaches that many experts recommend for managing information fatigue.
Ultimately, the question remains: how can we continue to stay informed while maintaining our mental health? There is no universal answer, but awareness of the problem is a first step. By reducing notifications, finding moments to disconnect and surrounding yourself with more balanced sources of information, it is possible to combat this information fatigue and preserve your mental well-being.
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