These are stressful, anxiety-inducing and traumatic times for a lot of people. There is rightful indignation and anger that we're feeling in response to distressing and unacceptable injustices, and so our feelings serve a useful purpose in alerting us to things we want changed and motivating us to take action. However, we're still human and we have limits as to what we're able to witness, experience, feel and process. This can be particularly overwhelming in the face of back-to-back trauma (such as the recent pandemic) whose effects are often multiplicative. We aren't meant to be confronted with the kind of overwhelming, distressing and emotionally provocative information which is shared on social media in huge quantities. It can be hard to look away, particularly when feeling a sense of social responsibility to continue being engaged and informed of what's going on, but witnessing that kind of human suffering can take a huge toll on our wellbeing. Please. Give yourself the opportunity to take a break from social media when you need it. Stretching yourself past breaking point does nothing for anyone, and only makes you less able to fight sustainably. Take a break, recharge and recover. Gather your energy again so that you can do some more in your own time. This isn't a sprint, it's a marathon.
Take care of yourselves, please. Especially my little black rainclouds.
Rainy Day Audios
These are stressful, anxiety-inducing and traumatic times for a lot of people. There is rightful indignation and anger that we're feeling in response to distressing and unacceptable injustices, and so our feelings serve a useful purpose in alerting us to things we want changed and motivating us to take action. However, we're still human and we have limits as to what we're able to witness, experience, feel and process. This can be particularly overwhelming in the face of back-to-back trauma (such as the recent pandemic) whose effects are often multiplicative. We aren't meant to be confronted with the kind of overwhelming, distressing and emotionally provocative information which is shared on social media in huge quantities. It can be hard to look away, particularly when feeling a sense of social responsibility to continue being engaged and informed of what's going on, but witnessing that kind of human suffering can take a huge toll on our wellbeing. Please. Give yourself the opportunity to take a break from social media when you need it. Stretching yourself past breaking point does nothing for anyone, and only makes you less able to fight sustainably. Take a break, recharge and recover. Gather your energy again so that you can do some more in your own time. This isn't a sprint, it's a marathon.
Take care of yourselves, please. Especially my little black rainclouds.
Much love,
Rainy
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