{"id":7702,"date":"2013-04-15T16:50:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T23:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:16","slug":"the-boston-marathon-bombings-you-dont-have-to-watch-the-media-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/the-boston-marathon-bombings-you-dont-have-to-watch-the-media-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boston Marathon Bombings: You Don’t Have to Watch the Media Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"red<\/a>Regarding the bombings at the Boston Marathon in the\u00a0United States<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s so important to remember that we don’t have to follow the news if
\nit upsets us.\u00a0 We can read about it next week- or ask others for an
\nupdate.<\/p>\n

A 24 hour CNN stream of the aftermath of this event is detrimental if you are not doing well.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are upset right now,\u00a0 I highly suggest staying off the internet
\nand turning off the TV. That is what I do.\u00a0 Anxiety, especially OCD,
\nparanoia, fear, depression and worry about the future can be triggered. I
\nalways remind myself that I can learn about\u00a0a world event\u00a0and then let it
\ngo. If donations are needed, I always find it helps to support an
\norganization like the Red Cross.<\/p>\n

There is a disaster relief donation button on the Red Cross website here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Does anyone have other donation ideas where we can help, but don’t have to get overwhelmed by the situation?\u00a0 I will follow my own advice- even though it’s so ingrained in us to follow a story minute by minute.<\/p>\n

If you are in Boston, how are you? Julie<\/p>\n

4\/16\/13\u00a0\u00a0 It’s the second day.\u00a0 I stuck to my own advice, though it was hard and didn’t watch any coverage. I knew I wanted to have an update this morning, so I went to CNN. I wanted to see if there were any news on how it happened.\u00a0 Instead, I read a personal story of a 78 year old runner who is the one in the picture where he has fallen down and the cops are running towards the blast.\u00a0I then saw some very upsetting pictures and I had to stop.\u00a0 I had the info I wanted. There was no news on why this happened.<\/p>\n

I trust my bipolar reaction more than my personal reaction. I can handle the news- bipolar often can’t.<\/p>\n

Go easy on yourself.\u00a0 Turning it off doesn’t mean you don’t care.\u00a0 julie<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"red<\/a>Regarding the bombings at the Boston Marathon in the United States<\/p>\n

It’s so important to remember that we don’t have to follow the news if it upsets us. We can read about it next week- or ask others for an update.<\/p>\n

A 24 hour CNN stream of the aftermath of this event is detrimental if you are not doing well. <\/p>\n

If you are upset right now, I highly suggest staying off the internet and turning off the TV. That is what I do. Anxiety, especially OCD, paranoia, fear, depression and worry about the future can be triggered. I always remind myself that I can learn about a world event and then let it go. If donations are needed, I always find it helps to support an organization like the Red Cross.<\/p>\n

There is a disaster relief donation button on the Red Cross [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11398,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7702\/revisions\/11398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}