Do negative news stories and events tend to cause you anxiety long after you’ve finished reading? Here's how to cope.
But for those who deal with what’s known as a ‘sticky mind,’ the amplified intensity of the news cycle over the last couple of weeks has likely presented an even bigger challenge.
If news stories tend to make you feel anxious long after you've read them, you could be dealing with a"sticky mind". All of this therefore combines to leave people with sticky minds plagued by anxiety-inducing thoughts, often causing them to ruminate on the story and consume more information in an attempt to solve or understand the situation .The problem,is that the thoughts experienced by people who deal with sticky minds “do not respond to direct efforts to get rid of them,” and instead worsen as the sufferer tries to answer, debate with or simply eliminate the worries in their mind.