All news sources, even ones I agree with politically and respect the journalism of, have their own slants and their own agendas to get people to click their content. The Guardian's journalism I find usually pretty good, for example, but they're fans of shouty scary headlines sometimes. It's modern media - money's made by how many people you can get to click something.
But there is still a strand here of asking if you should believe things, and asking if you should be worried, in your line of questioning here. The issue is you're worrying about hypotheticals. The point is to stop constantly assessing how likely a situation is, as it's still pointless worry about a situation that isn't happening, and may never happen. They're all "what if's?", whether they have no chance, a slim chance, or a realistic chance.
The thing that's very difficult to appreciate is that worry that (say) a parcel you've sent will get lost in the post, or a world disagreement will spiral into WWIII, are the same line of faulty thinking, no matter that one has a pretty minor outcome and one has a very terrible one. They're both "what ifs". Worry is a behaviour. Worry is something you do. It serves no purposes. And it's something you can, with help and effort, choose not to do.
Quite often your local GP practice will have a website and within that, a link where you can self-refer to mental health services. Mine certainly does.
You'll most likely end up being referred for CBT as it's cheap, and expect a wait between your initial consultation and your counselling sessions. Are you on any tablets for your anxiety?
If you're in England this is a good start - https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/adults/iapt/
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No, but we were told by the media that NK, with their links to China, could trigger war and Trump was nuts enough to blow the earth up.
So, how is it different? You were panicking over all that too. This is why you need to put in the work Anxie has because it's so clear she has passed through it and learnt how it works. It's great to see people like that. She's talking to you guys as a therapist would and I agree with so much she has said. Read about anxiety, not your current theme of anxiety.
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