This probably sounds ridiculous but watching or hearing the news adds to my anxiety and I don't know how to avoid it. Every time, I turn on the television I see something about an armed gunman shooting up a mall or a public place and envision myself being at that place getting shot. I don't watch the news like I used to but I feel like it's unavoidable and I feel like an idiot when someone asks me if I saw something on the news and I have to say no, I can't watch the news. Does anyone else experience this problem and if so, how do you cope?