How to stop compulsively checking the news (Coronavirus Anxiety Daily Update 3)

In today’s podcast, you’ll learn the following: -Why you can't stop checking the news -Why information is like food -Why you sometimes get a surge of emotions when you read a big news headline, and what to do about it -The concept of intermittent reinforcement and how this drives your news consumption behavior -What to do if you are already in the habit of constantly checking the news -The role of limits and how to set them -The key question to ask yourself after you check the news. My lab h...