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Marjorie Taylor Greene leads MAGA fury as GOP leadership back crucial spending bill
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I yearn for the day that these neanderthals are no longer newsworthy, but I suspect it will never come in my lifetime.
I feel like I'd get exhausted with being angry all the time. Surely, it can't be good for you.
It's actually worse than you think. Extended stress causes the amygdala (part of the brain) to enlarge. This is why abused animals will almost always be far more reactive to stress than baseline.
In humans it's associated with reduced empathy, and more simplistic thinking (think fast, rather than deep). If those aspects sound familiar, you're likely seeing the problem. Brain scans can often tell the difference between the brains of people exposed to high stress propaganda, compared to the baseline. This also has a strong association with right wing media consumption.
Basically, the right wing's Bible thumping, fear inducing, shouty TV actually makes the brain more prone to short term, reactionary thinking, and makes empathising harder.
Even worse, our brains are no more immune. If we let ourselves get worked up too often, it makes our thinking change. However, if we ignore it, then things get worse. It's a lose lose situation. 😬
More people should go to counseling, that was the biggest eye opener ever. It made a big difference and kinda changed how I saw the world for the better. Really reduced my stress too.
I’m in complete agreement. I read this headline over breakfast (my time zone) and I was mindful of how outraged I felt. I had to consciously pull back on my breathing and regulate my heart rate.
I don’t think this is a healthy state of affairs.
I was recently watching a video of a console release in the year 2000. Nobody had a phone back then, everyone was just calmly waiting for the midnight release of the PS2 or something. I want to be more like them. I'm trying to get less annoyed about small stuff.