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Whether it’s yet another video of a police altercation gone wrong or alerts about the latest mass shooting, we face a seemingly unrelenting deluge of disturbing news in our media feeds, timelines, and DMs on a daily basis. And it’s wearing us down.
About two-thirds of Americans say they’re worn out by the amount of news that’s coming at them, according to a Pew Research Center study. The 24-hour news cycle is not just exhausting; it can be traumatic so much so that researchers believe watching violent videos causes symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Even people who view videos of merely confrontational situations suffer, according to the Dr. Margo Jacquot, founder of the Juniper Center, a Chicago-area counseling agency.