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Overwhelmed by global issues

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Urmstongran Wed 13-Nov-19 10:25:26

Try not to over worry Apricity it will change nothing. Look outside, go for a walk. Being outdoors brings a better perspective. Have a news/media break for a while.

The sun will still shine, the grass will still grow and the world will turn.

I don’t mean to sound cavalier about your concerns I just hope you can worry less. For example all those floods around the River Dom? Might be due to severe neglect - residents say no dredging for years so of course the level of water would rise!

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winterwhite Wed 13-Nov-19 10:02:57

Yes, re news from everywhere. No, re our grand-children. They'll make the best of the world they find themselves in, as our own parents did. I shudder when I think of what the grind of daily life in the 1940s must have been like for our mothers and grandmothers, but those of us who were children then know how much better life is now in many ways.
(Talking like the OP in terms of living in a relatively safe part of the world.)

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Apricity Wed 13-Nov-19 09:41:31

Dear lovely fellow Grans, how do you deal with feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and powerless by the news from everywhere?

Climate change, pollution, overconsumption, deafforestation, corruption and greed in every area of government and corporate activity, gross human rights abuses, social polarisation, widespread anger and aggression just to name a few issues. These are real and incredibly serious issues with far reaching consequences.

I think of myself as a positive person, a loving partner, mother and grandmother doing my best environmentally in my own small corner but at at times I feel so depressed about the world we live in and we are leaving to our precious grandchildren that I feel quite overwhelmed. I am acutely aware that by good luck I live in a relatively safe part of the world and do not have to deal with the truly horrendous issues that some people face.

Do other other Grans have these thoughts and how do you manage and deal with them?

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