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AITA for saying I don’t want to be involved/know about everything happening around me? Our brains aren’t wired to know every single thing or to be exposed to every horror of the world. I don’t think it’s privilege by saying I don’t want to know about it.
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Anonymous 20h

NTA it makes sense the more you know about everything the more you get stressed and the more stress on your body tears itself apart

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Anonymous 18h

i think detached empathy is important

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Anonymous 17h

until everyone has the option to not be directly impacted by the horrors, that peace is a privilege. regulating your nervous system is important, but total apathy is taking it way too far. kinda the asshole

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17h

that’s evidence for why regulating your nervous system matters, not for why detachment is justified. if everyone reasoned ‘i’d rather not know,’ nobody’s suffering ever gets addressed by anybody, which is the actual problem with universalizing that stance. balance makes sense; opting all the way out doesn’t. especially for people who have the privilege to opt out sustainably in the first place.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 15h

i think detachment is being aware of the situation while not letting it affect you that much because if your nervous system is dysregulated that makes you less equipped to help

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13h

NTA. It’s not your job to deal with everyone else’s issues at the risk of your own mental health, especially if there’s nothing you can really do to fix the problem.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13h

I actually think it’s privileged to think that everyone needs to know everything at all times. People (especially those working multiple jobs) quite literally don’t have the time for that. Getting accurate information requires fact checking, understanding context… especially now that the media is so polarized

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