“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” - Socrates

  • paultimate14@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I’ve seen plenty of people who seem fully functional to an outside observer. Nice clean clothes, well-spoken, full-time job running in the rat race, own a house in the suburbs. You notice their car is parked in the driveway, not the garage because it’s a hoarder house. I’ve cleaned out multiple hoarder houses in my day, and they were all in really “nice” suburban neighborhoods with no trash in the outside.

    I also know plenty of people who are perfectly happy and functional but are known to leave the occasional plastic bag or empty bottle lying around. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re depressed. Not to mention some of that “trash” is probably being recelycled. That coffee can is almost certainly being used to store something. That tire is just a spare for the trailer- no need to waste precious storage space keeping it inside when it’s literally made to be outdoors for it’s lifetime.

    Pretty much every billionaire is doing tons of drugs but they never get the same judgement. Cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, all sorts of designer stuff. Using prescription stuff recreationally like Adderall and Ritalin. Or buying up all of the diabetes medication that has weight loss as a side effect so they can eat luxuriously without worrying about gaining weight. Is it really “coping with their situation” or is it possible that they have nothing to cope with and are just enjoying their lives?