I can't. I just can't. I used to follow our local news station on Facebook but had to cancel that. All I see anymore is death. Car accidents, fires, murders, what is the deal?! Was I just not paying attention before? I already have anxiety issues with worrying about something happening to jake, when I see the news it sets me in overdrive and makes me feel sick.
Can you watch the news? Does it stress you out? Can I produce a bubble guppies news program for moms with anxiety?
eggplant / 11408 posts
I can't, not anymore. It's way too hard. And I can't watch any TV that is too graphic, or stressful, or potentially similar to real life drama in any way...I'm horrible.
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
@babyjmama: no! Even if it keeps me out of the loop, I refuse to watch the news... so stinkin' depressing. But please with the Bubble Guppies news. Learning how to brush my hair & grocery shop under the ocean is news I can use.
grapefruit / 4136 posts
@LovelyPlum: I feel the same way!! It truly stresses me out. I get a knot in my stomach and all I want to do is hold J. 
@photojane: coming up in the 10:00 hour....Gil and Bubble Puppy!
papaya / 10343 posts
It's always been that way! In college my roommates and I would play "how many dead ppl before the first commercial" with the 6pm show
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
@babyjmama: "And that's it for the noon hour. Mr. Grouper signing off. HEY KIDS, WHAT TIME IS IT? It's time for lunch!"
pomegranate / 3003 posts
I like to know what's going on the world, so I try to stay updated on major, current events. I don't watch the evening news, though. The violence can get really draining.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Yes, I watch the news, I read about it online as well. As a mom, it is my responsibility to be informed.
persimmon / 1171 posts
@babyjmama: the news makes me so nervous, I thought twice before opening this thread
pear / 1517 posts
I do not watch the news. Too much of the information is sensationalized or misreported and i dont find it accurate enough for me to rely on anyways.
pomelo / 5720 posts
I usually listen to NPR in the car on the way to/from work but we don't usually watch the news. I find it easier to listen to it.
pomegranate / 3053 posts
When I first moved to the DC Area I just couldn't stand the news after a few days. It was the same... murder, kidnap, etc. All not so comforting news considering that I just moved there. Before that, LOVED watching the news. Now that I'm in Asia, well, it's a whole different kind of news... some aunt put a ton of salt in her nieces formula killing her... :\ Not the shooting deaths that I'm used to hearing about before. So I just find some boring soap opera and leave on that channel while I do other things. 
grapefruit / 4136 posts
@photojane: HEY! What's for lunch?!
@erwoo: oh my goodness! I have a friend teaching at an American school in Seoul and he said he feels so much safer there than he did in the states.
@bushelandapeck: I agree on listening! I listen to NPR on my commute as well, I always complained as a kid but now look at me 
honeydew / 7091 posts
I watch the National news, but I have a hard time watching local news...
@babyjmama: One Saturday morning I was watching the local news and there were over TEN fatal shootings/stabbings from the night before! I bet you don't have to think too hard about what area they were from, but sooo awful to think about it being so close to home
grapefruit / 4136 posts
@swurlygurl: ugh...yup. I started crying when I saw the news about the house fire w/the kids last night. That's what brought this post on! Makes me sick.
pear / 1556 posts
I watch/read/listen to the news, but I have to for my job. I agree it is quite depressing though. Sometimes there are nice stories though. Today I read one in the local paper about a man who passed away and donated $500,000 to the local children's home. They had no idea it was coming and Christmas was the perfect time for that. He also donated another $500,000 to the local animal shelter (complete surprise for them as well).
eggplant / 11408 posts
@swurlygurl: I think I'm like this. I can watch some national news, especially BBC or Al Jazeera, but I have such a hard time with the local news. And there are times when the international stuff becomes too overwhelming, though I'm mostly still fascinated by it. I also with @bushelandapeck: that NPR is where I get most of my headlines. It's enough, but not overkill on the death and destruction.
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