July 12, 2024 – 10 mins reading time
MI've noticed that I've been skipping over the politics section of my newspaper for months. Of course I ask myself why. The writing there is no worse than usual and no less interesting, quite the opposite. So it must have something to do with me. I feel better when I avoid daily confrontation with politics. If I allow it, I end up in a state that could be described as dysphoric, a mixture of anger and fear and an ever-growing unwillingness to engage with what I'm reading, a feeling like burnout, a precursor to depression.
