yeah, actually, you'll suffer a whole hell of a lot less if you don't give it more attention than appropriate. let go of what you can't control and do what you can about what you can control. this leads into your next question.   you're stressed about ww3? do what you can to be as prepared as you reasonably can be then. get in shape with a focus on cardio, stamina, endurance, call it what you will. make a hobby of learning survival skills. do small things that directly address whatever you are concerned about is there are things within your control that you can do.   a few months is very brief for a daily practice of meditation which should be life long ideally. this should be more than enough to get some good first hang experience with and understanding of the nature of attention and thoughts. you are not your thoughts or impulses of desires. they are part of you, but they are not you. only after you experience this can you begin to understand what i am saying and why it is so significant and powerful. pirate a copy of the mind illuminated and skim the first few chapters if you want an idiot proof way to get started. you really don't need to take it very far to get some very helpful results for fighting depression, undesirable thought patterns, addiction, impulses, etc. you learn to observe these things from a completely detached perspective where you can choose whether or not to engage with them and let them affect you or not. you literally do not have the agency to practice free will until you can do this much, you can only be dragged around by impulses like an animal.   pain and suffering are related but different things. you can experience pain without suffering and suffering without pain. just look at all the freaks who get off on pain if you don't believe me. you don't have to take it that far, and i wouldn't recommend it either, but you can gradually create distance between pain and suffering with some effort.
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