The urge to keep watching, sharing, and reposting is often our nervous system saying "this is unbearable and I don't know where to put it."
That urge makes sense, but it doesn't always help us, or anyone else in the long run.
If you're feeling as restless and activated as I am - If you're feeling that pressure that says, "I need to do something!" here are some things you can try that might help you regulate your body and help you sustain your resistance long term.
• Step away from the videos/images, but stay with their names. Light a candle, say their name out loud, write it down. Witness doesn't have to mean repeated exposure to graphic harm.
• Channel the energy into support, not spectacle: donate if you can, share vetted resources, mutal aid links, legal funds. Do it once, intentionally, instead of endlessly circulating the violence itself.
• Check on someone you trust. A simple "thinking of you. today has been heavy" builds more resistance than a hundred reposts.
• Move your body in a way that releases tension. Walk, stretch, shake, pace, breathe. Rage needs motion.
• Rest on purpose. Not because you don't care, but because exhausted people are easier to silence.
Bearing witness matters.
Grief matters.
Your rage makes sense.
But constant exposure to violence doesn't make us stronger.
It wears us down.
We don't honor the dead by destroying ourselves.
We honor them by staying human, connected, and capable of acting again tomorrow.
