Can’t take it anymore.

I know it’s only been two weeks, but I have had to delete all of my news sources from my phone, for my own sanity. I don’t want to hear any news anymore. None of it is good. Every day is so much worse than the day before it! Just let me collect my pension, and you guys can keep the country. Turn it into whatever Christian Nationalist, autocratic , Xenophobic amusement park you want. Just deport me to any functioning democracy with sane leaders you want, and I’m good. I’ll even give you an Elon Musk “Roman salute” on the way out.

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UBotMate

When things are causing you anxiety it's better to focus on the things that you can control rather than the things that you can't. Draw your focus in a bit, ignore the news for a while. Dramatic headlines keep fish on the hook. It doesn't mean that dramatic outcomes always follow. If the news was all positive it wouldn't get half the views. People are captivated by disaster and often because it allows them to subconsciously relinquish control of their own lives. I mean, if the world is screwed then what's the point, right? The game is rigged, it's all doom and gloom, there is a ready built reason for giving up. The truth is, though, that life for the privileged barely changes that much. Some prices go up, a few new laws, on we go.

RockerDad · MVIP

@UBotMate I don’t see any particular reason to stay in there, other than the convenience of not leaving the country. I care about individual people here still, but as a country…I don’t know anymore.