My brain feels poisoned

I grew up in a politically engaged household. I've spent my adult life working in journalism, and reading political works. I've engaged in tooth and nail battles over local issues. For years. And I'm tired. I can't be the only one whose brain doesn't feel designed to cope with the endless conflict, bad news, pushed agendas and rage. It's starting to distort my day to day reality. The online world is starting to pollute what I love, and how I want to live my life. And it's making me ill. So, I'm going to do an experiment, I'm going to stay off the news, podcasts, Google searches, anything that forces me to engage with that bleak and black world. It's time to take a break, for a month, and monitor if I feel better at the end of it. If I do, then I know it's time to seriously reconsider my drive to contstantly be in touch, and know what's going on in the world. A month to come away from the attention economy and return to the world of the living.