The world presents itself as an overwhelmingly grim place.
Animals endure unspeakable forms of abuse, and tragically, so do human beings.
In the midst of hunger, death, and immense suffering, there are instances where people engage in heated arguments about trivial matters like movies, expending energy that could be directed towards alleviating the dire situations faced by many. I mean, they’re actually arguing about a black actress playing a mermaid, for goodness’ sake!
Pain seems to permeate every corner, with its unrelenting presence.
Our planet is undergoing distressing turmoil, manifesting in escalating temperatures and rampant wildfires.
While I persistently strive to maintain a hopeful outlook and contribute positively, having made donations to various charities and working to raise awareness, I can’t help but wonder why collective empathy and action often fall short of what’s truly needed.
I find myself grappling with uncertainty and confusion.
I am fortunate to have access to therapy, and perhaps an SSRI might offer some solace. It appears that I may need to rely on medication to navigate this existence while safeguarding my mental well-being.
While reading your post I was reminded of myself while I was in really bad depression that lasted 10-15 years on and of, and wanted to suggest you therapy.
I was pleasantly surprised when you mentioned you are already at it.
It helped me immensely, I am happy and life is good now. It took time, first few years until finding good type of therapy and therapist (psychoanalysis was the right one for me, everything else was just not deep enough) and than five years until I got well enough and five more years to heal completely.
Before that I was walking around seeing people laughing and wondering “how can they laugh when world is such a shitty place???”
I wish you good luck and good journey while you get to know and love yourself. You will see there are nice things too, and we humans are wild animals. That’s part we fight to repress.
Froyd wrote: “Guilt and the neurotic repression of instinct are simply the price we pay in order to live together harmoniously in families and communities.”
It is not easy being nice, it is not our nature. Additionally we are full of trauma that needs healing.
I get it, a lot. I’m not sure how to express everything I want to here, but I’ll try a little bit.
It really is that bad, and even every day people, that are unplugged from the Internet, unless they’re eating propaganda, they seem to be noticing.
On Reddit I would read a combination of /r/collapse and /r/memexico to at least laugh sometimes. We’re human, we’re really fragile, and we’re living in a world where realistically, without technology most parts of the world can’t sustain human life anymore. Deserts everywhere, and people in homes with air conditioners, in a bubble of our small lives we’re mostly insulated from the worst of it.
The animals and plants though? They’re in trouble, and not enough people talk about it. Many plants literally require pollinators as insects to reproduce, and many things like coffee and chocolate are incapable of being grown now without humans, we’ve disrupted things so much.
People used to make fun of what would now be called doomers when I was younger, but I think it was always lumped into the same idea as religious doomers, because it’s quite clear that humans can cause so much bad that the planet won’t be able to the what we need the most, sustain the life that allows us to eat and breathe.
I’m sad that I am living in the decline of humanity and life. The billionaires will think they can save us, and will realize that eventually even they cannot mobilize the resources, and people that think they can just live off the land…they don’t understand the land will no longer let us.
I’m sorry my friend, we are doomed.
Esta es una lucha eterna que parece que vamos perdiendo y percibo lo miso que tú desde hace más de 20 años, por suerte para mi no llevo ningún tratamiento y mantengo mi cordura apegándome a los pequeños cambios que entran en mi control, no hay mucho que pueda decirte más que dejes tus pequeños actos de bondad en este mundo y esperes lo mejor, como decía el maestro Neruda “Podrán cortar todas las flores, pero no podrán detener la primavera”
Perdón, y estoy contigo pero ¿Qué tiene que ver esto con el tema de c/México?
