Episode 117: The Effects of Doom Scrolling

The Carlos Whittaker Podcast

That Sounds Fun Network

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

5.0 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We do NOT have the capacity to consume the amount of content we are consuming… We are not designed to continue to consume content at the rate that we are. This week, I get into DOOMSCROLLING - a problem that we ALL have. We have been holding ANGER in higher regards than EMPATHY because we are only built for so much trauma gazing….. It can affect us both mentally AND physically. I share with you things we can do to stay empathetic and emotionally healthy while still keeping up with what is going on in today’s world as well as how to have healthy social media boundaries. If you want to BE a more empathetic, compassionate HUMAN, this episode is for you…. _____ Rolf Dobelli - Four Reasons You Should Stop Watching the News: https://youtu.be/-miTTiaqFlI Research Study -Staying informed without a cost -No effect of positive news media on stress reactivity, memory and affect in young adults: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8553098/ MoNews: https://www.mo.news/ You can find me on Instagram (@loswhit) here: https://bit.ly/CarlosIGNotes Purchase your copy of my new book, How to Human, HERE: https://bit.ly/HowtoHumanNotes Let’s keep in touch! Sign up for my newsletter to be the first to hear ALL my updates. https://bit.ly/MasFamiliaNotes Interested in advertising with us? Reach out here. _____ SIMPLY MODERN: Go to www.simplemodern.com/humanhope and by sharing your email you’ll get a unique discount code just for you or bundle and save for back to school. BETTER HELP: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/HUMANHOPE and get on your way to being your best self. INDEED: Need to hire? You need Indeed. Visit Indeed.com/HUMANHOPE to start hiring now. GREEN CHEF: Go to GreenChef.com/humanhope60 and use code humanhope60 to get 60% off plus free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 117 The Human Hope Podcast.
0:05.0	Y'all know the rhyme.
0:07.0	Men, women and children, hope is in the building.
0:10.0	A.
0:12.0	What is good, familiar?
0:16.0	It's how we back.
0:18.0	You came back.
0:19.0	You came back after our complicated conversation
0:23.0	about the Fourth of July and your back.
0:27.0	It's not the Fourth of July.
0:29.0	It is currently right now as you listen to this podcast.
0:33.0	The 13th of July.
0:36.0	Which is a day before Dr. Delay, I'm going to take you down just for a second.
0:42.0	Fade in.
0:43.0	Fade in.
0:44.0	A.
0:45.0	A.
0:46.0	Wait, no, no, we're going to lift it back up.
0:49.0	I'm going to let you guys do it ready.
0:51.0	Here we go.
0:52.0	Men, women and children, hope is in the building.
0:56.0	Yes, I know you've been thinking it and you're right.
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