For those of us who live in the US things are and have been scary and depressing for a while, this seems to also be true about quite a few more countries in the world.
If you are living in a country that you deem safe, well functioning and overall a good country to live in, how do you feel? Do you feel anxious about the current state of the world? Also, what country are you in? (Just in case 🫣)
I wouldn’t say I’m happy, necessarily. But I’m content.
I have everything I need in terms of basic needs but I suffer from depression, and I have two eighty year-old parents who have borrowed my car for nearly a year driving for DoorDash. My anhedonia keeps me leveled out 99% of the time, so when I’m happy or sad it generally manifests as a manic episode.
Even though my country is generally functional and safe, it’s really only that way if you have money. That DoorDash job is the only the standing between my parents and homelessness because no one will employ them, the government doesn’t care if they become homeless or starved, and my dad is too old too roof houses.