Sleep, refresh, change your mood. It's not hard. Your thoughts affect your emotions.
That being said, the end is not at hand. We're all in it for the long haul. Find a way to accept that.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.