ladybusiness | (Reply)

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People keep insisting that to be a good person, one must not look away from the hard things in the world. One must know all the news, all the history, and watch all the painful TV.

I encounter this feeling too and the guilt that comes with not doing so. But like you, I've found that it is just too much for my mental and emotional health. I think part of it, for me, is that I become intensely engaged in what I read/watch. I don't think this is the case for everyone. For example, I don't think my mother gets as absorbed in books or tv as I do, and I therefore reading/watching negative things affects her less. But for me, it's just too much and pulls me into a depressed/anxious mood.

So don't feel badly about it! You do not have to be aware of every bad thing in order to do good things and be a good person.