Why is the news always depressing
WHY IS the NEWS so DEPRESSING? #katiFAQ | Kati Morton
hey everybody today I am sitting down
with Jade from psych you to talk about
the news and the science behind why we
can feel so crappy after we watch it so
stay tuned so like i said i'm here with
jade from psych you and as you can tell
i'm not in my apartment where am i I'm
at a collaboration camp and so you'll
hear other noise going on in the
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this isn't serious a lot of creation
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what is it you do on psych you yeah we
part of the young turks network so we
cover the news and we in Psych you
trying to explain the science behind the
news so like the science of why I don't
on Trump is so popular or the science of
climate change and why we need policies
around that so interesting yeah so today
we're going to talk a little bit about
the science behind why after watching
the news for so long if it's a negative
image or negative issues why do we feel
so bad so what is it that causes yeah I
noticed recently because we're in an
election period right now we're talking
a lot about problems everyone's like
these are the problems and I want to
solve them and so we're hearing a lot of
more negative stories of the world and
the thing is when we watch the news that
it's basically a hundred percent
negative it's primarily negative stories
there's in shootings and there's
systemic problems its corruption and all
this is getting a lot of coverage our
brains recalibrate to feel like that is
the norm that the world out there is
scary and bad and it's all bad news and
so we get used to hearing that news and
feeling like that is the world that we
live in almost like we're so adaptable
yeah as creatures that our brain is like
well that's just the way it is yeah well
have brains of plastic yeah we
plasticity means that when we hear
inputs we can change the way our brain
is structured so we start to build up
this dislike threat threats as normal so
I ranged us to adapt to feeling like
it's in it we're in a scary place we
feel more stress and so the watching the
news can actually make us feel not so
great yeah which makes sense I've even
heard from a lot of you that
having the recent shootings and whether
it's in Paris or in San Bernardino those
of you with PTSD you've been in
situations that were already scary felt
like it exacerbated that issue almost
like it's a trigger and our brain
remembers and it's like whoa
hyper-vigilance yeah frightens us even
more and ultimately that like the news
is what's happening in the world but
it's not everything in the world is
negative know when we get that constant
input your negativity it's it's not a
real view of reality exactly i think
that's an important thing to remember
because we can always just like i talk
about our negative thoughts we have to
combat negative images and like jada
saying if our brain is going to be like
well that's just reality and that's just
the way it is we're gonna have to combat
that so what do we do I just have to
quick tips to offer to help you out
number one limit the amount of time you
spend reading watching whatever news
articles or the news itself because I
find personally if I just watch it all
the time I do feel worse and a lot of is
just speculation yeah just so
frustrating it's important to stay
informed but sometimes what we're seeing
isn't really the information its
people's speculation exactly and so I
oftentimes will watch let's say 30
minutes in the morning and then I'll
wait a couple of days to catch back up
on that issue later when they have all
the facts so then I know exactly what's
going on and I can feel informed because
we know that disengaging like we'll just
don't watch the news isn't good we can't
not be informed but that's a way just by
limiting the amount of time you spend
you'll find that you get a little
reprieve and you feel a little better
and the second thing as always is fine
someone doesn't have to be a
professional but find a friend you can
talk to about it because a lot of us I
know hold that worry and that fear and
all of that inside and that only makes
it worse and then we can spin and kind
of turn you know a molehill into a
mountain of an issue and so if we have
someone that we can spit ball with like
a jade and I could be like yeah that was
really terrible I can't believe that
happened and I'm really frightened and
that was really close to where I live
and I can express that to her and get
some empathy and understanding back my
burden feels less so I would encourage
you if you are feeling frightened if
you're feeling scared it's very normal
jade is telling us that's what our brain
does that's how we are that very
work but make sure that you limit your
time and speak to someone thank you so
much for being on except sharing your
expertise yeah other edge you tubers
hanging out us nerds together you know
nerd power see you next time bye so if
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