Why the news cycle is making you more anxious #psychology #anxiety #shorts

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Let me tie the science together. The core driver of geopolitical anxiety is not the news itself. It's your relationship to unresolvable uncertainty. Studies show that intolerance of uncertainty predicts anxiety severity during global crises far more than the events themselves. The media cycle keeps feeding the loop.

[00:00:20]Uncertainty drives news-seeking, which creates more uncertainty. Changing your relationship to that uncertainty is what breaks the pattern. And here is the genuine good news. Intolerance of uncertainty is not a fixed trait.