Even being from the US I'm going to be muting a bunch of phrases and tags leading up to the election.

I used to work for Congress. It's safe to say I care about politics. But I'm trying to reserve my attention and energy for when it's useful.

Call of C'thulu: Dark Corners Of The Earth had a "sanity" mechanic where looking at the monsters would cost you sanity so you had to only do it when necessary. That's not a bad approximation of how brains actually work.