@InterdimensionalSideEye I don't know what you've gone thru but I can imagine. That would make anyone that way, sorry you had to deal with that.

I sometimes think it kinda seems that while individual people can be warm, the system itself seems cold. Like it doesn't care about the inner issues, it just says here's the law or whatever and that's it, circumstances be damned. And if you try to get help you're met with cold beaucracy.

I used to work in a lot of factories and I had to get out of that field cos every time I was sick, while I wouldn't get fired exactly it would be close as it would use up the only points I had and earning them back took time. If you tried to talk to hr they'd say something like it's just the system, it's in the computer and can't do anything as corporate rules etc etc.

So it's kinda similar.

@marrowengine thank you for that thoughtful response. It’s hard also re the tax thing when you’re grieving and sad and in chaos. The world is cutthroat, nobody seems to care. I think it will get worse…