Repeated exposure to outrage-inducing news or events can lead to emotional exhaustion. An expert who studies online outrage says there are ways to cope

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23716018

Outrage Fatigue Is Real. Here’s Why We Feel It and How to Cope

Repeated exposure to outrage-inducing news or events can lead to emotional exhaustion. An expert who studies online outrage says there are ways to cope

You’re probably feeling it: the onslaught of depressing news and commentary about political actions, wars, climate disasters and more. The first few times you’re exposed to a perceived injustice, you feel fired up and ready to fight against it. But after being repeatedly facing this moral assault, you start to feel fatigued, even withdrawn. Resistance feels futile.

This phenomenon is informally referred to as “outrage fatigue.”

  • ShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    9·
    2 months ago

    Sure, but use it constructively. Don’t let it hurt your mental health without providing any positive impacts.

    A relevant part from the article:

    I think local community politics is how you can build a kind of feeling of safety and understanding among a group, like, “Oh, actually, there are concrete things I can do, or we can do, to organize and think about how we challenge the status quo we disagree with.”