once you separate the concept of worry from the concept of problem-solving everything in life becomes thirty percent more bearable
the idea that worrying for its own sake is productive in any way, shape, or form is literally magical thinking. if there's nothing that can be done, i might as well Chill
a thing i have been saying a lot is that people think that the hair shirt of witness can purge them of the sin of privilege: that by watching something unfold they are actively doing the only thing that they can do. and while i think witness can be important in some cases, people saying "DO NOT KEEP SCROLLING. WATCH THIS VIDEO" is unhelpful, because you can worry yourself out of actually doing anything useful! you can use all your energy worrying and then not have what you need when there is time to Act.


