I followed you here from another sub because I like Achewood.
Anyways, this is great advice. There's a real risk of... "contracting" depression, anxiety, the blues, etc from the Internet. Too much information, and it's too easy to connect dots that shouldn't be connected. Too easy to cut yourself off from reasonable people with reasonable viewpoints, too easy to tailor your consumption of media to a single perspective, to become hostile to everything slightly disagreeable to your worldview.
Some historians who've studied the world wars, genocides, and totalitarianism have suggested that it is entirely possible to physically manifest certain symptoms of depression and anxiety as a result of getting wrapped up in such a topic. I think it's fair to say that people who consume too much negative information can also become negative and their lives can get shitty.
I noticed that when it comes to the attempted coup in Turkey, so many people are enraged that it failed. Like, what does it really matter, unless you live there? It's thousands of miles away. Sure, it's a NATO ally, but there are officials in Brussels and DC that are less upset about this than some guys on reddit. Go outside. Your city in the US or Australia or wherever is safe. Go eat some ice cream, mess around on Tinder, read a book that you would never have had time for before (might I suggest The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann?).
When it comes to prepping, it blows my mind that people spend so much time and money preparing for something that will never happen. And even if it were going to, it would be so easy to prevent if everyone was just a little more proactive in their communities. If they just wrote a letter to their congressman once a month. Voted in every election. Went to town hall meetings. Asked city councilmen questions about the new budget. Taught their kids the importance of being a citizen in a democracy and what it means to be active and aware in politics.
Take all that time you spend researching prepping and buying prepping stuff and go outside. Go be an American.
Sorry for this weird response. I am really writing more to myself. But your post triggered something and I had to get it out. Plus, Achewood's cool.