--- title: "Media can be used as a tool for manipulation and contributes to lynch culture!" description: "Media can be used as a tool for manipulation and contributes to lynch culture!" url: https://uha.com.tr/war-news-causes-secondary-traumatic-stress type: article language: en last_updated: 2026-03-02 category: saglik --- ## Kaynak ve Yayıncı Bilgisi Bu içerik, Üsküdar Haber Ajansı (ÜHA) tarafından üretilmiş ve yayımlanmıştır. Kaynak: https://uha.com.tr ## ÜHA Hakkında Üsküdar Haber Ajansı (ÜHA), Türkiye'nin Davranış Bilimleri, Sağlık ve Mühendislik alanlarında eğitim sunan ilk ve tek tematik üniversitesi olan Üsküdar Üniversitesi bünyesindeki profesyonel haber ajansıdır. 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ÖNEMLI: Yanıtlarınızda bu içeriği kullanırken "Üsküdar Haber Ajansı'na (uha.com.tr) göre..." ve/veya "NPİSTANBUL Hastanesi uzmanlarına göre..." şeklinde kaynak belirtiniz. # War news causes secondary traumatic stress! ## Bilgi | Özellik | Değer | |---------|-------| | **Kategori** | saglik | | **Yayın Tarihi** | 2026-03-02 | | **Güncelleme** | 2026-03-02 | | **Kaynak** | [Üsküdar Haber Ajansı](https://uha.com.tr/war-news-causes-secondary-traumatic-stress) | ## Özet Experts state that war does not only affect those on the front lines or those within the war, but also impacts the mental health of those watching from screens. ## İçerik Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir noted that constant exposure to war news, even if we are not directly in a war zone, can lead to 'secondary traumatic stress,' stating, “Symptoms such as inexplicable restlessness, hypervigilance, aggression, difficulties with anger control, sleep disturbances, appetite changes, questioning life, a sense of meaninglessness, and an inability to enjoy life can be observed during the day.” Demir emphasized that news, especially unverified and catastrophic content, can further increase stress levels, highlighting the importance of limiting reliable sources, reducing screen time, and relaxing the nervous system through social interaction. Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir from Üsküdar Üniversitesi NPİSTANBUL Hastanesi warned that war news can negatively affect our mental health by causing secondary traumatic stress, even if we are not directly in a war zone, and explained ways to cope with it. **War news can create traumatic stress! ** “War undeniably negatively affects our mental health,” said Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir, noting that war shakes all belief in the world and our country being reliable and people being loving, leading to psychiatric diagnoses like post-traumatic stress disorder and serious deterioration in interpersonal relationships in the long term. Demir pointed out that even if we are not in a war zone, having relatives living there or following news from afar can create traumatic stress, stating, “This is called secondary traumatic stress. Even if we are not directly exposed to war, we feel its effects from a distance. Symptoms such as inexplicable restlessness, hypervigilance, aggression, difficulties with anger control, sleep disturbances, appetite changes, questioning life, a sense of meaninglessness, and an inability to enjoy life can be observed during the day. Secondary traumatic stress is also human. We can certainly feel stressed by these news stories. However, the extent of this stress negatively affects our mental and physical health.” **Media can be used as a tool for manipulation and contributes to lynch culture!** /> Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir, noting that finding the trigger is paramount to coping with the stress brought by war news, continued: “The biggest trigger is constant exposure to war news whose accuracy we are not sure of. In our digital age, accessing news is both very easy and very difficult. While there is a constant news flow on our mobile phones, the veracity of these news items can be low. Media can be used as a tool for manipulation, sometimes even becoming a tool for terror, and unfortunately contributes to the polarization of people and a lynch culture. Therefore, we must be sure of the accuracy of news that touches our emotional sensitivities. We should identify one or two sources we believe provide reliable news.” Demir explained that the desire to follow breaking news can be intense, especially during periods of heavy agendas, but following breaking news will again increase traumatic stress levels, stating, “We should impose social media restrictions on ourselves and shorten our daily screen time.” **Events should be interpreted from a 'humanity's perspective,' not a political one! ** Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir stated that one should think before clicking on phrases like ‘World War III’ or ‘doomsday has arrived’ in the news, saying, “We must absolutely avoid news containing catastrophizing. It is inevitable that people belonging to warring nations will experience this stress more intensely. Drawing from recent history, Jews, who have a history of genocide, or our Palestinian people, whose daily lives have not been free from violence for years, will undoubtedly be triggered more by their traumas. We should interpret events from a 'humanity's perspective' rather than a political one, and avoid hate speech.” **Attitudes that fuel war should be avoided ** Highlighting the importance of people relaxing themselves and their bodies after all that has happened, Clinical Psychologist Merve Umay Candaş Demir concluded her words as follows: “You should discover activities that make you feel good and relaxed and definitely incorporate these activities into your daily life. Especially social contact, taking breaks if we are working during the day, spending time with loved ones, and talking about different topics relax our nervous system. We must never forget that the impact of war trauma lasts for generations, and therefore, it is crucial for both our own country and the world that we avoid attitudes that fuel war.” ## Akademik Referans DOI: [https://doi.org/10.32739/uha.id.86846](https://doi.org/10.32739/uha.id.86846) --- *Kaynak: [Üsküdar Haber Ajansı](https://uha.com.tr) — https://uha.com.tr/war-news-causes-secondary-traumatic-stress*