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I don't think this advice actually works well for everyone. Receding more into isolation is just as exhausting and depressing to some as being aware but part of the mess.
I honestly think people just want to feel productive and see strives for making things better. Stuff that is hard to do personally and unfortunately not very present in society at large.
Ignorance is bliss only if you start and stay ignorant. You can't put the horrors of the world back in the box once the lid is opened.
I know you mean well but I personally see how this can feel very surface level and not be super helpful even though I don't personally know what advice is. It's kinda hard for a singular person to truly understand another. We try and that's good though, it's what really makes us human. Hope we get more of that.
Thanks for your insight, and I of course agree with you.
I guess my advice is incomplete. More isolation sucks for many for sure, yes. Something that I have also done is change communities for a while. Or at least turn off those individuals that aren't nothing but doom and gloom and "debbie downers." Plus trying to remember that social media life is not real life can help a little. If you see a friend on a yatch, what you don't see if the times that friend has a pretty much boring life, or even hitting rock bottom.
Here's an extreme, but I know people who have amazing instagram photos, and they're dealing with drugs, alcohol and an abusive partner, for instance - yeah, I'd rather have my "boring life." But I digress.
Mental health is a complicated matter, and I hope OP is reading this thread. Ultimately, what matters is that OP reaches out to someone, preferably a professional, and share their struggles.