I told my DH he can watch all the news he wants, but when I am in the room...NO NO NO! we can see the first 5 minutes of the local news, or look up the weather, but no more being bombarded by negative news. I refuse to read the local newspaper and we cancelled our subscription.

I limit contact with my family as they are quite toxic. I am no longer speaking to a neighbor that is a Negative Nancy,and has nothing to say but bad things. I walk right past her house. I stopped attending a volunteer thing I did because of two of the woman that work (pretend to work) there. After I was gone six months, they called and begged me to go back. I refused until I heard that BOTH women were asked to leave because they got no work done, only gossip. I even changed churches.

I cannot avoid all stressors of life, but I can limit myself. Thanks for the great suggestions. I too look in to the mirror everyday and tell myself what a good person I am, and that I am worth the fight. I love myself, and I am important to this family.