I've found I'm becoming more borderline angry and it's difficult to deal with, especially as a baseline pessimistic personality. I feel like things have progressively gotten worse all over since about 2020 with no signs of letting up and I don't know how to face that. It feels helpless. - ThreadSky

americanfietser.com • 12 days ago

I've found I'm becoming more borderline angry and it's difficult to deal with, especially as a baseline pessimistic personality.

I feel like things have progressively gotten worse all over since about 2020 with no signs of letting up and I don't know how to face that. It feels helpless.

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americanfietser.com•12 days ago

I hate that my reply is not helpful, but it's honest. I don't see how this can go on and I can't help but think that something somewhere at some point will have to give. I don't know...

carsten-diekmann.bsky.social•12 days ago

Knowing that we are not alone in your thoughts is a big help.

sgoodyear.bsky.social•12 days ago

My fear is about what that "give" is going to entail

americanfietser.com•12 days ago

That's an extremely valid question. My tired take is that I don't want to waste anymore of my finite years living under this insanity and if it means a short term period of instability to restore stability, well, maybe that's best? I have no idea. I was not prepared for this reality.

sgoodyear.bsky.social•12 days ago

I completely hear you. I am in the back third of my life and I have such a sense of urgency about living as best as I can with the perspective I have gained.

sgoodyear.bsky.social•12 days ago

I mean, I hope I have at least some time left. Anyway, I can't deal with the way things are.

stephaniegal.bsky.social•12 days ago

I feel like the world has gotten too big. I'm part of so many systems, I'm complicit in so many systems, and yet I have so little control over any of them. And it's really hard to opt out. I've left Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, this year I'm abroad [but I'm still paying taxes]. How to live w/out harm?

markggarcia.bsky.social•12 days ago

I wish we could just get to it, whatever it is. It may be painful, but if there is a positive outcome at the end, and the kids can stay safe, then I've become fine with that pain.

sgoodyear.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yeah, it's really, really hard to function sometimes. Sending compassion and solidarity.

erileykc.bsky.social•12 days ago

Things could be worse, you could be my age & feel that things have gotten progressively worse since 1980. OTH I can still summon the memory that my grandparents generation voted 4 times for FDR & the New Deal. Such things are possible again.
Nothing beats feeling helpless like active resistance.

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