# How to deal with an endless and copious stream of suggested concerns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-endless-and-copious-stream-of-suggested-concerns/1002870>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 14, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-endless-and-copious-stream-of-suggested-concerns/1002870 "2024-06-14T13:36:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-endless-and-copious-stream-of-suggested-concerns/1002870/41 "2024-06-15T19:52:55Z")

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> This wouldn’t be bothering you if you weren’t thinking some kind of way about it. I’m not sure what thoughts you’re having that are getting you to this state of distress

I think it’s just that the projected worries of various people - about whether I’m ingesting too much BPA or whatever, land in my brain a way that is similar to what would happen if they were firsthand worries that had popped in there all on their own. The people posting them are, quite accidentally, using the ‘power of suggestion’.

So I think you’re right - there has to be some way just to rearrange things so they _don’t_ land in that way - or so they land and just slide off, so to speak.

One thing I just realised is that I don’t think I have been using the ‘heart’ function so much, to tag comments that were just enjoyable and uplifting. Maybe I need to get back on that and restore the focus to where the good stuff is.

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