I'm terminally optimistic, but I really suspect we're at an inflection point in the decay of American society where even fairly entrenched conservatives will question whether this is world they want. A massive social pivot surely comes closest to the point of realization at the starkest of times.
I’m not nearly this optimistic. Republicans will NEVER question anything. They will cheer on the collapse until we are all dead. They would sacrifice their children if it means Donald Trump is $10,000 richer.
My dear friend🍉 I need your support now more than ever. The greatest help you can offer is by sharing my story and donating for me as much as you can . With your support, you can change our lives in ways we can't express in words. I hope you will stand by us in this struggle.🥹🥹😥
Take long walks. Talk to someone. Build on your coping mechanisms. It all helps. It can be slow. Don’t expect too much to quickly. Focus on your needs for a while. Turn out other things for a while.
I’ve read that if 35% of Americans RESIST & MARCH (11 million people) we have a good chance of overturning Authoritarian Gov.
That’s happened in the past with other countries. 👍🥰👍
Oh, sadness is not only conditioned by macro causes. You got to take care of you self In Times such as these as well. March if you can, sure, but it ain’t gonna to fix sadness.
BTW, I can’t march anymore with multiple knee replacements & ❤️🩹 problems, but I do write PostcardsToVoters, letters to Senators, sign petitions & more.
But I’ve been doing that since the 60’s😮💨
I just want to make sure I am not discouraging people from marching. It could be what they need in fact. But sadness is something you got to develop the personal skills to deal with. It’s ok to be sad. It becomes a problem when you don’t have coping mechanisms to deal with it.
Honestly, I kinda think I will be. My sadness goes so deep. I am 74 years old and I thought that we would be an evolved, peaceful, educated, and kind nation. Instead, everything I care about is being destroyed and dirtied. I do not think things will impove much in my lifetime. So, so sad.
You won’t, but things have been undeniably rough. Someday, you will laugh again. You will feel hope and joy. Someday this dark cloud will dissipate and it will be warm, and there might even be a rainbow. Hang in there, nothing lasts forever.
Yes, but may it be malleable, form shifting into righteous disdain or awe of the unknowable- as long as you beware the rigidity.
It’s caterpillar season, may your toxic grubs do weird interesting things and morph
I have been struggling with this for like 2 decades and for me at least the answer is: it has, so far, always gotten better in the past. This is a form of hope but not a promise. I'm sorry it's hard
Hang in there and do things that cheer you up. Research shows that a change in brain chemistry can happen because of a low mood. Conversely, depression can happen and cause that brain chemistry change.
Hopefully you have a social network that can lift you up to some degree .
You might remain sad but I hope for you to also have moments of joy, awe, and gratitude. Put enough of those moments together and you make a life in spite of sad.
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No? Just me then?
But I grew up in the cancer cluster of the North Shore in the 70s, so I've been at this for a long time.
Most definitely: you will not !
Things get better
You get better
Someone who loves you will come your way again
Courage, mon enfant !
It can always get worse.
On the flip side it can always get better.
Take long walks. Talk to someone. Build on your coping mechanisms. It all helps. It can be slow. Don’t expect too much to quickly. Focus on your needs for a while. Turn out other things for a while.
That’s happened in the past with other countries. 👍🥰👍
But I’ve been doing that since the 60’s😮💨
Thank you I will read this research paper.
(not 35%)
One might.
If you have always felt that you have been left out and alone, just know it is not your fault.
Our society has lied to us, and most of us are now waking up to the facts.
It’s caterpillar season, may your toxic grubs do weird interesting things and morph
Hopefully you have a social network that can lift you up to some degree .
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Focus on you and your health. ❤️