IDK how to tell the difference between "doomscrolling" & "trying to figure out what happened in the past 24h so that I can take steps to protect myself" So far there hasn't been anything I can do to protect myself except "not look at what's happening" but that seems to be exactly what they want? - ThreadSky

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quicksilvre.bsky.social • 117 days ago

IDK how to tell the difference between "doomscrolling" & "trying to figure out what happened in the past 24h so that I can take steps to protect myself"

So far there hasn't been anything I can do to protect myself except "not look at what's happening" but that seems to be exactly what they want?

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quicksilvre.bsky.social•117 days ago

Where do I draw the line between staying informed in the name of safety and focusing on my immediate surroundings in the name of being able to continue functioning at all?

quicksilvre.bsky.social•117 days ago

When this coup started, I was already so mentally and physically ill that basic self care was a struggle. Trying to keep track of what's happening makes that harder. So does not knowing what's happening. And I *know* that's the point!

quicksilvre.bsky.social•117 days ago

They want us so buried in despair that it feels hopeless to even try to survive. They want us to disappear and to die because it's too hard to live.

I know this. It doesn't make it any easier to resist.

quicksilvre.bsky.social•117 days ago

& a lot of the stuff out there in the scroll simply does not account for how many of us are struggling so much just to survive that doing anything more doesn't just SEEM impossible, it IS impossible

quicksilvre.bsky.social•117 days ago

The first time I logged on last week I saw someone say that "look to the helpers" was "kid shit" and that we, as adults, needed to BE the helpers & it rubbed me the wrong way

I'm sure there are some people who needed to see that. Maybe even some who saw it decided to take action

quicksilvre.bsky.social•117 days ago

But me - I still need to look to the helpers. Because I'm someone who *needs the help* in order to survive

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