Has anyone stopped watching the news...

[Carrie7469]

... Just for a few days? How did it make you feel?

I feel better. I can cope with self isolation, I’m autistic, it suits me. The news however was mashing my brain into a ball of OCD hand washing with associated doom and gloom.

I have stopped as it is really affecting my mental health and makes me feel extremely anxious watching it

Oh yes. I've ditched Facebook too. Neither are good for me. If there's anything major I need to find out, I will.

I dip in once a day just for a brief catch up on any developments. It's a good thing. I don't think back to back news on one topic, any topic that's more or less out of your control is good for your mental health. It's like a form of self harm imo.

Yes. Stopped over two weeks ago. I couldn't cope with it.
I quickly check the guardian app a couple of times a day and dip in and out of Twitter. And MN. If something vital happens I won't miss it.

We have - use to watch 10 o clock news every night, but it was too harrowing to watch just before going to bed. I look at the news headlines on the BBC website after the daily briefing but that's it. Feel much better for it.

Yes, I've stopped watching most of the daily briefings now too. I do feel slightly better, and trying to reduce my mumsnet Corona virus board consumption too.

It just made me completely anxious

I no longer watch the news, if there is a big announcement i’ll find out. My ibs has been really bad, I have come out in itchy hives everywhere. Something has to give. I am doing all I can do and staying home with my two children, dh is working but also doing all he can. We are also checking with family members. I gain nothing but more anxiety from the news right now.

I'm thinking about it. I feel incredibly anxious about myself and my family and can't help feeling that we are all just sitting ducks waiting to get it.

Yeah we have ,i feel the same as willow.

Yes, me. Stopped altogether now. Told DH to let me know anything important. The news was making me too anxious and I was unable to show up for the children as I wanted to. I’m glad I’m not alone

I haven't been watching the news, but that's more likely because I don't anyway. Even before this I found it depressing. I keep up with virus events online briefly just once a day.

It's good to hear other people's experiences. I've decided no need until the weekend. I've turned off the BBC news app notifications and look at the news for a few days. It's just making me anxious and not helping.
Stay safe everyone

No news, not no need 😃

I've noticed I'm watching / reading news less certainly.

I don't use social media anyway, certainly not Facebook.

Also stopped visiting Mumsnet as much, too much hysteria and anxiety compared to normal. And that's saying something!

Felt ok until today. Think it might time to get off FB. All the home teaching success stories are getting to me!

I stopped two weeks ago and my head feels so much calmer with it. I'm the same as Gilead, self-isolation is fine but the news drives me nuts with anxiety. I was having suicidal thoughts, the lot. It was just too much for me to handle. I'm normally a strong person but this is such an extraordinary period of time.

And I don't do social media except for LinkedIn and even my feed on that is a bit much for me to deal with.

I've stopped watching now, so depressing. Especially Channel 4 news, just one bad story after another.

Stopped weeks ago! Even haven’t been on here for a few weeks now as it all gets a bit much! I’d rather just relax in the isolation and enjoy the time working at home ! Don’t need to hear the death toll for the day or how serious it all is - not helpful for my mental health to be reminded of that constantly!

I do wish Beth Rigsby would pronounce the ends of her words properly. It's testing not testin ! Drives me mad.

I watched the TV news the other week and felt like I was in a disaster movie. Not done it since.

I never watch tv news but I do listen to the radio a lot during the day. However the constant depressing news and live coverage of those briefings are not good for my mental health. I now mostly listen to LBC when James O Brien or Steve Allen are on, or Nicky Campbell on 5 live, and just switch off the news when it comes on. I feel better for not engaging in it which sounds awful, but it's not been doing me any good at all.

I still watch the 10pm news most nights as always . Buy the odd newspaper .

This time last week I was watching the news for hours on end, at the start of this week I cut it down to just watching the gvmt press conference and today I watched nothing at all. Feel much better for it. I checked the bbc news website once today so think i will try and keep to that.