Just checking in with everyone. Y'all are also having a hell of a time being a functional adult through all of this right? Just wanna make sure I'm not the only one :P - ThreadSky

james.loadingreadyrun.com • 24 days ago

Just checking in with everyone. Y'all are also having a hell of a time being a functional adult through all of this right?

Just wanna make sure I'm not the only one :P

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tappytoeclaws.bsky.social•24 days ago

I am functional against my will at all times.

horrortcg.bsky.social•24 days ago

That's why there's beer. Gotta be functional to have the beer.

malakim2099.bsky.social•24 days ago

I have been winging it for quite a while but it still seems to be working.

lonelytex.bsky.social•24 days ago

This has been pretty rough, James. On top of ongoing recovery from my car accident back in September, too. :\

karloff0734.bsky.social•24 days ago

I dunno about functional, but I can type words without misspelling Mississippi so I suppose that counts for something.

alahmn.at•24 days ago

Every day I can extract myself from bed is a victory unto itself at this point.

ihlendrax.bsky.social•24 days ago

Dysfunctional is a type of functional, right?

livefreeliberty.bsky.social•24 days ago

You are not alone.

manabear.bsky.social•24 days ago

Been a hell of a 20 something hours

baluzerus.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'm about to be restricted in tiktok for the amount of harsh flagged comments that "violate community guidelines" . Worse times for adulting and better-personing.

dennycrain.bsky.social•24 days ago

No I’m lucky. I’m recovering (poorly) from serious surgery. I don’t have to leave my house.

newbiespud.bsky.social•24 days ago

I was having a hell of a time *before* all this nonsense. Now... it's borderline existential...

oconnerj.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yeah, it’s pretty hard to find motivation right now. For pretty much anything. I’m on vacation right now and it’s impossible to relax. Might help if I got off Bluesky though 😅

horrortcg.bsky.social•24 days ago

Tbf, sure being on social media is it's own special brand of stress. But it's one of the few ways I can properly blow off steam rn.

c-t-w.bsky.social•24 days ago

i literally want to no call no show at my job until i get fired because i feel like i just can’t anymore. but i have to keep working because i have to live hahahahaha fml

littleunknownn.bsky.social•24 days ago

It's definitely been a struggle.

sarazookeeper.bsky.social•24 days ago

I am so pissed I can't see straight or think about anything else. Since NOVEMBER!

beruthiel64.bsky.social•24 days ago

Need to get shit done, can't quit watching the stock market. Need a submarine to watch it all the way down!

endlesswinter.bsky.social•24 days ago

You most definitely are not 💙

nickjdc.bsky.social•24 days ago

Being an elder millennial sure is a trip entered the workplace of ideas about 2007...

celestecreations.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'm trying to study for a certification that will help my career ibstead of just rotting my brain with Warframe.

Rotting my brain with Warframe is also happening.

mowdownjoe.bsky.social•24 days ago

Be thankful you don't live in the middle of this shit storm. I'm only getting through it by having great supportive people around me.

ellieeff123.bsky.social•24 days ago

Welcome to my world. 😳 I'm devastated to be this completely and utterly devastated 💔.

winenotwhine.bsky.social•24 days ago

I’m good right now. I’m channeling my emotions into action. Later I’m going to drink copious amounts of alcohol. 🍷

millielou1.bsky.social•24 days ago

It’s ok to not be ok. None of this is normal or in the least ok. I’m 65 and never thought I’d spend my “golden years” watching democracy fall, but here we are. I’ve marched in DC, the TX state capitol, and Dallas over the last 40 yrs. The fight continues. Rest now and join the fight when able.

seasickberry.bsky.social•23 days ago

Me at a doctors appointment right now wanting to just go back to bed

tejasgal.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yeah, these are my Golden Years...NOT

viols.bsky.social•24 days ago

You’re not alone - sometimes I feel like I’m accidentally reading the Onion except it’s not funny.

davesimpsonart.bsky.social•24 days ago

Invented a load of new swear words, 24/7 playing the nastiest metal and painting whenever I get the chance. Trying to avoid the news as much as possible. Practicing my dance moves for the day that an orange piece of shit dies. Soon. Soon. Please

tfergsc.bsky.social•24 days ago

Wait, we were all supposed to be functional adults still?!

theoceanbutterfly.bsky.social•24 days ago

Definitely not the only one.

oppositionco.bsky.social•24 days ago

Hovering between becoming a puddle in a corner and raging out at anyone & everyone... so yeah, we are not ok.

nursequixote.bsky.social•23 days ago

Anxiety 6/10 anger 100/10

cynful8.bsky.social•23 days ago

Nope.
Hiding in bed today.
Need to get my introverted/anxiety ridden ass to a protest Saturday.

Seriously we all need to go.

https://www.fiftyfifty.one

#RiseUp

janmalandra.bsky.social•24 days ago

I want my mommy! 😭

marsharp.bsky.social•24 days ago

You’re not alone.

omegaplatinum.bsky.social•24 days ago

Honestly?

I almost cried on a public train trying to find the right words to answer this question.

I am Not having a Good Time.

vinewood-og.bsky.social•24 days ago

You are not alone. Everyday is starting to feel like that old craphsot.

"Everything. Is. Fine."

Stay safe, friends.

spiffytrev.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yeah, I'm mostly on autopilot taking care of my kids. If I didn't have them I'd probably be just... staring at the sea or something.

tapandrollgames.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'm having a hell of a time being a responsible and kind adult. A single shot could fix so much of what is wrong with things right now, and I can't understand why someone close isn't taking it.

barb4rian.bsky.social•24 days ago

Hard to feel like much of anything matters day to day. Especially for anything outside of the immediate family. 😑

z-buck.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yup! Day drinking isn't a realistic option, is it?

dmisemer.bsky.social•24 days ago

My day at work rn is me finishing as many tasks as possible to stop doomscrolling man. I'm failing, FAILING disastrously.

rmorganslade.bsky.social•24 days ago

I cope by meticulously upgrading my favorite commander deck and vision boarding that I’ll get to play EDH in the moonbase one day

ashleyrebecca.bsky.social•24 days ago

A functional adult?
No.

A functional alcoholic?
Yes.

simplysuzu.bsky.social•24 days ago

Checking in, and getting ready for the 3rd "once in a lifetime" recession of my adult life

mtvcdm.bsky.social•24 days ago

Tell you what, rest of the world is gonna have itself a heck of a dispersal draft. Grab your favorite Americans for your country before some other country does.

Sigh.

schmucki.bsky.social•24 days ago

It’s going to be weird watching my stress relief and source of social connection—tabletop gaming—be decimated over the coming years. At least during the height of Covid I still had gaming. Anyway, back to prepping dinner I guess?

bellarossa.bsky.social•24 days ago

deidredeutsch.bsky.social•24 days ago

Barely. I ate a gummy after breakfast. I’m just kinda 😎 🌴

gaylekate.bsky.social•23 days ago

We're all right here, Buddy

horrortcg.bsky.social•24 days ago

It's been a real big "depression burrito-ing in the sheets and laying in bed" time over here.

chiefskitty.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yeah, not working out that well. Decided not to get up today. I’ll be back tomorrow.👍🏼

nickpicone.bsky.social•24 days ago

You're definitely not!

jandhmomm.bsky.social•23 days ago

It’s exhausting. Just trying to intersperse moments of normalcy and joy in with the daily “WTF’s” and “OMG’s” and “how much has our retirement account lost?!”

saberpilot.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yeah... Recovering from major surgery and having a small human to take care of have been oddly giving me focus. If not for those things, not sure I'd be handling this as well.

dodie3.bsky.social•24 days ago

Thanks. I thought I was the only one. And I’m a retired old lady who shouldn’t be expected to function much. Yet I’m having trouble with minimal functionality.

cedarsavage.bsky.social•24 days ago

I've got 15l of tequila stashed. I don't have to be a functioning adult if I don't want to.

writerseth.bsky.social•24 days ago

I haven't been a functional adult since November.

mrjoe.bsky.social•23 days ago

Whisky helps.

grandmamoley.bsky.social•24 days ago

dog-pdx.bsky.social•24 days ago

F#CK THIS...

mcgurganatorzx.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yeah it's real hard

jacob-marlowe.bsky.social•23 days ago

Stressed as Hell and I'm not even American.
It's ok to be not ok.
Ok
🇬🇧💙🇺🇸

kturnerrn.bsky.social•24 days ago

No I’m not okay. I’m having a hard time accepting things that are out of my control.

sarazookeeper.bsky.social•24 days ago

Im fucking scrambling to dump Amazon, Facebook, and de-googling. Going to rallies and protests. BEGGING DEMS in government to DO SOMETHING. But it all just seems so small...
But them cutting off meals on wheels broke me. I cried for hours, and still do

lpres.bsky.social•24 days ago

Nope, I am far from ok...😥

amandarg12.bsky.social•24 days ago

I have kids and I am trying to not freak them out. At the same time, fuck it. I keep thinking just make today.

melliepie.bsky.social•24 days ago

I didn't really feel like one before but this is definitely not helpful.

tamrahh.bsky.social•24 days ago

Does eating entire meals of only chocolate while watching prepper videos count as being functional?

rvleshrac.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'm honestly more irritated by the number of people who still insist that "nothing is wrong" and that they "don't want to get political."

rvleshrac.bsky.social•24 days ago

We should definitely engage in more "calm political discussion" with conservatives, too, instead of actually calling people out on their stupid horseshit immediately, with zero uncertainty, and banning the fuckers from communities they infest.

heathermurdock.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yup, it's all trauma response, all the time. How can anyone decide what to do when at any moment, the world might flip upside down, or breathing might be outlawed, or child abuse might be made mandatory? I don't even have minor children - will they send me to El Salvador? I think I need a donut.

pharmacistjudge.bsky.social•24 days ago

I’m trying to channel frustration into physical workouts. This costs a lot of time and willpower.

jessleighesq.bsky.social•24 days ago

I keep asking why we have to continue to act like life is normal. I'm barely hanging on honestly.

luckygoodtime.bsky.social•24 days ago

My work seems pointless since our customers just got punched in nuts in a manner that's only seen in anime and there's no telling if they'll be able to get up off the floor.

cindycoffell.bsky.social•24 days ago

10 lbs added since December and sleep aids every night

brilliantcrimson.bsky.social•24 days ago

Sleep aids, lol, yes lots of sleep aids!

sparkesw.bsky.social•24 days ago

I can’t sleep.

anclag.bsky.social•24 days ago

The trick is to have never reached the functioning adult stage in the first place

silasthelunark.bsky.social•24 days ago

I think because I have to solve problems for a living i feel like I have to just keep going forward but it's definitely emotionally exhausting

silverbramble.bsky.social•24 days ago

Dude! I just pulled off a dream career change and should be dancing in the streets, but the streets are on fire!! Why can't everyone just be cool for 5 minutes and put fascism back in the last century where it belongs?

feraljoe.bsky.social•24 days ago

I've started growing a wildflower grove in a remote forest clearing. It brings me peace and a distraction. Don't get me wrong. I'm still staying tuned in. Trying to find something that you can escape to from time to time. Could be a as simple as reading a book or a video game.

floofys.tv•24 days ago

Yeah this is taking a huge toll on me. Adulting definitely very difficult.

admiralmemo.com•24 days ago

Indeed. Dysfunctional is more like it.

sapphirite.bsky.social•24 days ago

I work in social services and everyday I have to tell people that the assistance that used to exist is vanishing. It's hard to get out of bed some days.

sarazookeeper.bsky.social•24 days ago

Gawd, that's gotta be so hard...heartbreaking. I'm so sorry you have to go thru this

merc1987.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'm just happy that, even though i disagree with some of their decisions, we have adults in charge of our parliament at the moment

andrew-john.bsky.social•23 days ago

Been doing laundry

unarmedoracle.bsky.social•24 days ago

In dysfunctional times, the dysfunctional adults are also completely adrift, as it turns out.

foxmar320.bsky.social•24 days ago

I was hardly funcational to start with.

doodlesthegreat.bsky.social•24 days ago

You're still better than the clamfuckers presently in the White House.

thefiendishlegion.bsky.social•24 days ago

Yep

Still all-in on studying (just went back to college) and resisting fascism

But gosh am I tired

And the nightmares while ever present since childhood have definitely seen an uptick these past few months

But fuck em I will fight these fucks till I die ✊

(Hopefully not of insomnia)

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