{"id":107,"date":"2017-01-19T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/autisticme\/?p=107"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T22:32:40","slug":"keeping-sane-and-tuning-out-a-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/2017\/01\/19\/keeping-sane-and-tuning-out-a-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Sane and Tuning Out (a Bit)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend wrote that she feels more and more depressed each day, following news and politics on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Social media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikinvest.com\/concept\/Social_media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener wikinvest\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My advice? Stop it.<\/p>\n<p>Getting away from social media can be the best thing for someone with an impulse to follow and comment on&#8230; everything. And I do mean everything. 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