The sheer volume of devastating images we consume daily impacts our mental health in a big way
I hold my breath in grim anticipation. I already know what I’ll see when I look at the photo—the description alone is enough to pierce my heart, and part of me thinks I should avoid the image altogether. But it’s a privilege to avoid seeing the true human toll and tragedy of life as a refugee, particularly at the U.S. border these days, so I look.
We share these types of images in an attempt to spark change But that doesn’t mean the sheer volume of devastating images doesn’t have an impact on us. I called a FUCKIN NIGGER at work… this how it played out 😂 #KillEmWithKindness pic.twitter.com/2Mftkj2eOgThis concentration of media and information means that rather than consume news from one or two sources and at set points in our days, we encounter it pretty much constantly, from dozens of outlets, who often post raw accounts of harassment, violence and death.
Those feelings of low worth, depression and anxiety are then amplified by the addictive nature of the devices, fuelled by an actual physiological change in our state when we’re apart from them. We already experience collective dread from just logging on —our heart rate goes up, we start to sweat, when a phone beeps on a bus we all instinctively go to check our own even if we know it’s not ours.
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