The Hidden Cost of Doomscrolling

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  @vale_s17 · 2 years ago

  Man I never comment on anything but this deserves to be talked about, to be praised. This video was informative, entertaining, emotional. It honestly blows my mind how much thought you've put into this and how much empathy and understanding you have for the world as a whole. Thank you for this touching message!

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  @lurkrer · 2 years ago

  “We suffer more in imagination than in reality”

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  @debbiedrawsfunny · 2 years ago (edited)

  The real ending of this short doc was the most important lesson of all and I’m so glad you kept the camera rolling and kept learning about this human being who’s just in a lot of pain and has a lot of healing ahead of them❤✌️

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  @wingedcatgirl · 2 years ago

  They say &quot;if you&apos;re not angry, you&apos;re not paying attention&quot;, but it&apos;s just as true that if you&apos;re <b>only</b> angry, you&apos;re not paying <b>enough</b> attention.

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  @helenalderson6608 · 2 years ago

  Once when I rented a home, I discovered some newspapers in the attic from the late 50s. &nbsp;When I read them, I saw they had posted achievements of the locals, a list of the straight A students at the high school, and an assortment of other uplifting news. &nbsp;I can get sucked into doom scrolling, but see it and hop back off the merry-go-round

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  @AlenaCantFly · 2 years ago

  The bad news without the possibility of doing something against it has severely impacted my mental health. Feeling helpless is incredibly triggering to me due to childhood trauma and I have struggled with depression for years, but I also feel guilty when I try to &quot;ignore&quot; bad news. This video was so helpful and healing, thank you!!

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  @stanko00001 · 2 years ago

  Easily one of my favorite videos you&apos;ve ever made.<br>Almost makes me forget about how your infant started the Australian bushfires...

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  @ha_ruh · 2 years ago

  You know what gives me hope and a sense of connectedness? That in your example videos from Dust to Digital was someone from my family. I&apos;m one of 7 billion humans watching a random youtuber from a different country than mine, and that youtuber found a bit of my little family on the internet. Isn&apos;t that insane? Nice video man

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  @ellerose9164 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Why are people like Norman Borlaug who literally saved millions of people from starving not so much more known? It annoys me how the media focus so much on the negatives and not on the many inspiring people who everyday everywhere make the world better. I often look up sites on positive news as a pallette cleanser.<br><br>Edit: just discovered the channel Good News here on youtube, can really recommend it :)

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  @peterjackson4623 · 2 years ago

  My mother was in recovery herself and became a family therapist in a recovery treatment center. We grew up surrounded by people in recovery, I would not have changed any of it. Some of the most loving, loyal humans I still know to this day. My mother caught Covid and passed away in 2020, she is missed daily by her family and also her recovery family.

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  @StuCheeks · 2 years ago

  That ending made this video a thousand times more impactful, and it was already a thousand time more impactful than most other videos I&apos;ve watched lately. Well done.

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  @yolexi · 1 year ago

  &quot;The world has a lot of urgent problems, heart-breaking problems, but these don&apos;t get solved if we forget WHY we&apos;re trying to solve them, who we&apos;re trying to solve them for.&quot; <br><br>I love this so much ❤

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