Lately I’ve had a really hard time finding pleasure in anything.
The world is such a depressing inhumane shit show at the moment. And I’m tired of being gaslit by every government from my local borough administration all the way to the federal government.
Capitalism and fascism had taken a hold on the world’s nations the likes of which we have never seen in the history of humankind.
And the worst part is I feel people have been indoctrinated to as point where we’re never gong to collectively get out of it. I don’t even think a violent revolution is possible because people are too fucking dumb to notice what’s wrong.
And the “fuck you, I got mine” attitude that capitalism has brought has ruined any chance of salvation. Empathy and solidarity are ridiculed as being some woke mind virus.
The world’s climate is beyond fucked. There’s wars and crimes against humanity being perpetrated by the Epstein class in our name. We keep electing wolves in sheep’s clothing who win our votes on fake promises to help us then turn against us and double down on policies that make life more difficult and increase our level of misery. Unless you’re a billionaire CEO or a politician, your life is absolutely worthless. You’re nothing more than a low value resource. And you don’t have freedom. Neither of speech or otherwise. Not as long as what you say or do goes against what the elites want.
We’re fucked. I don’t foresee any future worth living in.
Some things that helped me:
My therapist also says 2 things - 1) if it’s too big of a problem, break it down to manageable things. 2) if it’s too big that you can’t do anything about, then it’s better to focus your attention on things you can change.
Also, the world was always shit, and waaayyy worse. We’re just blasted by how bad it is 24/7.
Volunteering in person has brought me so much joy these last 2 years.
The news almost exclusively tells us about the bad people in the world. But there are a ton of good people out there undoing the stuff the baddies are doing. I get to actively make a cause I care about that much more successful, and I’m around a bunch of other people with that same passion and care and concerns as me.
You can pick something political if you want to be that kind of change, but I picked an activity for the local environment, I’m a wildlife rehab volunteer. Being surrounded by cute animals and awesome people one day a week is a real boost for me.
Truly! The highly tailored 24 hours news cycle of hyper sensationalism is atrocious.
And so happy that you volunteer for rehabilitation! The animals always need allies. I’m now following Superbowl! :)
Glad to have you aboard!
Nearly every animal that comes in is there because of something a human did. Someone has to be looking out for them!
Sharing your joy on !Superbowl@lemmy.world brings me joy too, so thanks for that.
It’s the gift that keeps giving 😁
It happens to me all the time and I have to take a break from everything for a month or two to reset. This diagram, and others like it, is a way to change your focus.
Oh that’s interesting. I’ll save it and show it to my therapist.
ask your therapist about wet bulb temps, curious how he thinks the past was way worse when shits about to be unlivable, therapists are just doing their jobs sure but the climate scientists are day drinking and skipping kids
regardless definitely not looking forward to the return of the gilded age and i’m unsure how it having been worse before makes this ok now
shits fucked yo
Lol, that last part was me, not my therapist. It doesn’t make things ok now nor did I ever say so, it was in response to OP saying that things are looking worse than ever with right-wing governments etc.
But xenophobia, racism, sexism, conservativism, and overall fascism (all the shitty isms) was the norm and by far the majority - it’s considered extreme these days for a reason.