Overwhelmed by the News? Grounding Techniques for Depression and Emotional Burnout
About this episode
Dr. Jeffrey Rubin discusses coping strategies for depression and anxiety amidst overwhelming news cycles and collective trauma.
If the world feels heavy right now — you're not imagining it. In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Rubin, we explore how to cope with depression and anxiety during overwhelming times. From constant news cycles to collective trauma, many of us are operating in survival mode. Dr. Rubin offers practical strategies to protect your mental health without disengaging from reality: How to “titrate” your exposure to newsWhy empathy becomes overwhelming when we try to fix everythingSomatic re...
Topics covered
- depression
- anxiety
- mental health
- news exposure
- emotional burnout
Keywords
- grounding techniques
- mental health strategies
- survival mode
- empathy
- somatic techniques
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