can’t help but think i’m making the wrong decision

i frequently get videos on my page about people suffering from genocides asking for help or asking to spread the word. usually i just copy the video link and move on, but that’s just been making this stuff show up on my page more and more and it sucks because i’m so privileged to even say this, but i can’t deal with all of it and i’ve been clicking “not interested” after i copy link, because (again, i know it’s from such a privileged perspective to say this,) it makes me too exhausted and i’m not able to live my life. i feel guilty for never liking or reposting the videos but that would only put more of the videos on my page and i can’t handle it anymore. i feel like i’m doing something wrong. recently i even clicked not interested on a video talking about being able to simply just scroll. i feel like a bad person and a hypocrite and i’m just wondering if there’s any way that i should be doing this that i’m just not considering??

homagetomymo...

Date posted: Yesterday

this sounds like something i struggle with. remember things are not black and white. you are not automatically a bad person if you not do not watch, copy link, and share for every video. you’re not automatically a bad person if you don’t do anything at all.

anon7336474864

Date posted: Yesterday

i just feel so bad because i’m in such a privileged place with a roof over my head. it feels really bad to say that i’m too exhausted, can’t handle it, and i would rather not have any of that stuff on my page at all. it’s terrible but i know it’s how i truly feel. every time i open any social media platform i feel like i’m guaranteed to see someone crying begging for interaction or saying that i will not be forgiven for skipping. i guess i just feel a lot of shame

CristyS323

Date posted: 19h

@anon7336474864 It’s not bad to admit this at all. I think it’s a great step of self-awareness to acknowledge that you have the privilege to just press not interested. But you are not obligated to destroy your mental by looking at these things. I have gone through the same thing, and sometimes you have to choose your mental because when it comes to these world issues, us as individuals, many of us can’t necessarily make great change IN THE SAME SECOND WE SEE THESE THINGS, so seeing these videos can cause us to stress because we can’t really do anything about it at the moment. But then skipping, it makes us feel worse. Neither option makes you morally wrong and I suggest doing what feels best for you. You are not in the world and I think that’s Great

Kaffe

Date posted: Yesterday

There is a term called "sympathy/empathy fatigue" where you grow numb to others' pain and that's a natural reaction. Humans cannot deal with horrible content daily and seeing it without a warning. There is too much information to handle. I recommend taking a break from social media (like I did) and get the crucial information only. Just because you have a home and basic needs met doesn't mean you're not allowed to feel negative emotions.

ExhaustedPNW

Date posted: 20h

I struggle with this a lot too. You want to help because you see others struggling more then you. Which is a wonderful urge. However your only capable of helping so much. Pushing yourself past your own limits will only make you the one crying for help. You can't pour from an empty cup. I know some people have separate accounts for social justice work and fun. You can log into which every account you feel like you can handle that day.

anon7336474864

Date posted: 11h

i would like to make an account for more serious topics like this but i know that if i do i’ll just never end up using it. it’s sounds bad, but if i don’t have to deal with the guilt i usually won’t give myself another thing to be guilty about… balancing extreme moral ocd with chronic fatigue while being 17 with no job, being behind in school, and no supportive parents with these types of causes makes everything very difficult to continue without getting severely burnt out more than i am already. i know i have to look out for myself in certain situations but it does feel really bad just doing nothing. i don’t believe that i’m the turning point for these people’s lives and i know that liking or sharing a post only gets them a very short step forward, but that’s how this stuff works, right? if everyone contributes, it works out, and if everyone suddenly believes it’s too hard for them, these people stay in these bad conditions. i think i’ve just been trying to not quit because i feel like i’m participating in whatever that thing is called when everyone thinks someone else is doing what they don’t want to do, so it means that they don’t have to do it.

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