I'm having "Breaking News" withdrawal pains.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

After weeks of hourly Breaking News about Trump, I find it hard to get use to just regular news. It's been so long, it's weird.

[Shell_Seas]

1. Yeessssss!!

Me too. I keep checking like, "any second now..."

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. The problem is if this was about a democrat, after about the 2nd breaking news

the day after the election, the entire country would be demanding impeachment and we would be long past that process by now.

We keep pretending we are a democracy where two parties have power, we arent.

We are an oligarchy where one party is held to standards and one party isnt.

[femmocrat]

3. Same here.

I don't like that things are quieting down. I am afraid of the "normalization" of trump and all his misdeeds.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. That's how FOX News keeps viewers, constant "RED ALERTS" to drive endorphines, addicting people.

[MFM008]

5. I know

I get breaking news on my phone.
Don't worry....it will return.....

[lunatica]

6. You're missing the outrage and the anger you've been feeling

I find that when I feel that way is exactly when I need a break from it. Intense emotions are highly addictive, even if they're messing your life and your health up. This is a great example to remember why Trump keeps his base angry. It's been years of their diet of rage and anger and outrage that are responsible for the fact that Trump and his supporters can't control their emotions.

They are addicted and they crave it and he provides it in spades.

It's good to get these opportunities to realize we're falling into the addiction he wants us to have. When you use the word "withdrawal" you're using the correct term.

What I try to do when I'm feeling the addictive behavior is back off a few days from the supply of rage inducing news and to make a real effort to be as analytical and detached emotionally as I can when thinking about Trump. I started this with Bush when he was "re-elected". I became so depressed that I quite coming to DU or listening to news for 4 months. It actually helped me and I was able to recognize what had happened to me. I had become addicted to the point of getting ill.

[haele]

7. Try "Cracked Breaking News" on YouTube.

They actually have a pretty way of managing and categorizing what breaking news should go into what shitstorm bin, along with poking sarcasm at it and it does go a long way to bring down the rage into a manageable "now, what can we do about it" level. Unless, of course, you're addicted to the rage.

Haele

[MelissaB]

8. Yeah. Me, too. Maybe we should start a support group.