If you use SW just to pass your down time, how do you deal with the negative/ doom and gloom posts?

I don't take on other people's negativity or grief as my own. That's not a healthy thing to do. I can be compassionate but I'm not a grief vampire. Some people absorb everything they read and they destroy themselves with it. To truly be of use to anyone who is miserable or in pain you need to be able to keep your own head above the water. No use trying to save a drowning person if you're drowning yourself.