One thing I've taken note of is people are outraged about news items that I don't react to at all.

Both consciously and unconsciously I turn away from some news items because quite frankly, I experience both outrage and empathy fatigue. To protect my mental well-being, there's some topics I turn away from.

Part of this is my natural tendency to prefer to become very informed about a topic before I weigh in.

#ScottThoughts #ScottPolitics #EmpathyFatigue

further to my toot earlier this week about #EmpathyFatigue this article, while on a different subject completely, is adjacent to it and points to a more selfish world view being adopted by some people

I Feel Like My Friendships Are Becoming More Transactional

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/friendship-money-transactional?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email_share