This article discusses the different ways that the news affects a persons mental health. It describes in depth how there is so much negativity that is shown and is watched by millions of people for many hours a day. However, people have become so accustomed to seeing negative things that when positive things happening in the world are discussed on the news, a significant number of viewers is lost. There have been many studies done to prove how news can be damaging to a persons mental health. In fact, it has been found that watching terrorist attacks over and over on the news and constantly hearing about it can lead to mental health problems that are similar to those who have witnessed the attack or have been affected by it in some way.
I agree that the news is very damaging to mental health. During lockdown for COVID-19, the news was constantly talking amount the number of deaths every day and the many protests that were occurring. Hearing about so many deaths and seeing the nation divided on the news made life a lot harder knowing what was happening around me. There have been many other situations where there was a terrorist attack or a shooting, and hearing about it so often made me start to feel a decline in my mental health even though I had no relation to the event itself or anyone who had been affected by it.
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