Society being bigoted, predujiced and caring more about money than people
Society has to change and go along a utopian path to make it better
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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I have no meaning in my life. I go to work and I consume and I don’t connect with anyone or help anyone.
The way you can help me is you can tell me some way I can help you.
🤔 Well, we can address the lack of connection with other people, as it's the easiest to solve. What are your interests, your passions?
Helping people
Dealing with my father's disability, poverty, living under dictatorship... You know, just the usual things. I just want people to be more compassionate, I think.
Where to start? 😅
Short version: been sick in various forms for the last 4 years with leg infections, epididymitis, covid and awful fatigue. Finally got an answer this past week of low testosterone. GP is unhelpful - won't refer me to endocrinology or urology because things will just go back to normal if I lose weight.
Long version? Eh, on request. Typing on my phone is awful.
How can random folk on the Internet help? I've no idea! Is anyone knows how to brow beat the NHS GP service into actually caring about their patients is love to know the secrets.
I am sorry you are experiencing this, it is so frustrating! Obligatory "I am not in the US" but what I ended up doing was to list my mom's address as if I was still living there so I could access a different clinic with different doctors since the one I was stuck with gave me similar advice as yours. Not perfect but it kind of helped.
Ah sadly due to the above happening I've been living at home with my folks so we're all registered at the same surgery. Good idea though!
I’m not feeling well. Healthy, but not well.
Feeling physically weak with incoming urges to look at naughty things even though I am striving to please God and make him happy being good.
He knows I mean well despite my feelings.
I’m struggling again and lost interest in things besides comics because my mind is currently stuck and I can’t reason or explain properly.
Someone needs to ensure me that I will get better whatever the odds and I will get healthier.
I've struggled similarly over the years and had my ups and downs. One thing that has helped me is remembering that my feelings are subjective, and not necessarily reflective of reality. My view of the world is often skewed, whether by brain chemistry, various biases, or the influence of others, so I have to seek out what's actually true in any given situation. It helps me; I hope it will help you, at least a little.
Honestly, in my experience, things get better when I exert control over what I can. I'd tell you to control what you can and go easy with the rest. Try to do better every day, really try consciously, and the struggle itself will be rewarding.
I'm rooting for you. If there is a Creator, and I believe there is, he's rooting for you, too.
I'm not a religious person but clearly it is giving you support so I'm really glad to hear it.
Do you doodle? I don't, so I used to put paper in top of comics and copy them. And then hang them on stuff like books. Today I'd do a few in my desk, laptop lid and laptop screen wallpaper. You may want to stick it to your phone? I can see that as great conversation starters with common interest.
I'm emotionally in a bad place from years of emotional abuse (as a child and an adult). I struggle with ADHD, major depression, and anxiety. I'm unemployed and desperate for a career change. My marriage is in the shitter and I have no friends or family to lean on for anything. I'm all alone....
Hold tight
There's no easy recipe for any of those things. But try to do things that make you happy. Music is my go to, bit there's little tiny things everywhere if you take the time to slow and appreciate it.
If you're into social media like most people (I'm not, besides Lenny) is being a creator instead of consumer. Try finding some joy in making a Tik Tok, and stay away from it's feed. That's how I'm trying to teach my son social media, because it's a creative process instead of addiction.
Every day I go to work, come gome, sleep, etc. That's not the issue. The issue is that every day, I fear for my kids and family. I sit and wonder what of their future? Pollution and climate change is in our face and no government entity is doing a thing about it. No corporation is budging. It was over 50F in January where it should be below zero. Should I get a survival kit? Would it help? Do I need something to grab and go? How can I teach my kids survival skills in the wild when I have no experience myself? Where will we go? How will we get clean water and food when the system shuts down? What will we eat when we are rationing fresh water and the crops are dying due to heat and sun baking?
I think people should worry about all those things, but I also think if you read the media it's like there will be mass deaths everywhere within 5 years which is far from truth.
We as a civilization shouldn't sit and do nothing for serious matters that will happen beyond ones lifetime.
A calvacade of concerns:
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Black Sheep - I'm the black sheep of the family for various reasons too numerous to get I into here. But suffice to say I have effectively zero contact with most of my immediate family except for my parents. My parents keep trying to force me into fitting into their own view of things, whether it be religion, antivax, etc which has put strain on the relationship when I refuse to fit their mold for me.
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Forgotten - I'm forgotten by any friends/family that I do still have contact with. They rarely, if ever, reach out on their own initiative. I rarely reach out partly because I'm busy with my own stuff and simply don't remember to do so, partly because I'm tired of always initiating, and partly because I don't see the point, as I've been burned too many times before and it likely won't last anyway.
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Money - I have significant debt that I'm years away from paying off with my current budget, both due to necessary expenditures and not so necessary ones. I'm also significantly behind on my retirement savings, especially if I want to have anywhere near my current income when I retire, if I can ever afford to. Add day to day expenses and couple that with both a desire to still occasionally frivolously spend money and a strong loathing of being in debt and you have a recipe for significant stress all on its own.
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Covid - I'm one of those people who has enough health concerns that I want to play it extremely safe when it comes to potentially contracting the virus. This has put a serious damper on trying to go out and meet new people.
Frankly I think its a minor miracle that I've managed to hold it together as well as I have.
Adult life is full of must do s and little time for want to do s. From the sound of it you're looking for healthier better connections. It's not easy to do group hobbies but many people seem to suggest that.
Btw what are your interests?
Gaming and reading.
People that I love who I want to keep in my life are proving incapable of accepting who I am.
I have a lot of other friends and family, so I'm not without people to talk to, but it's pretty hard to have your spouse and parents and priest so tell you that you need to get mental help and figure out what's real, after you've been getting help and are on the road to accepting yourself...
People push themselves and others to change when their opinion is that they can do better. In this case you're saying you're getting help and improving but people around you seem to think it's making things worse? Did I get it right?
Many times people disagree on a very fundamental level. The first step is you agreeing with yourself and accepting yourself, which seems to be under control.
The last step is quite often about after life considerations. Since I'm not religious, many will find my opinion over simplistic: that's not a thing so why care. Fortunately the Pope is more progressive than their followers. The message is, taboos change over time.
People don't usually tell other people they are confused and have a mental illness while referring to something every major medical organization in the country agrees is part of the normal pattern of variation that humans experience.
I get what you're trying to say and I guess it's my fault for being delicate about it, but I am trans and that doesn't mean I'm delusional and conversion therapy wouldn't "fix" me no matter how many priests suggest it.
Money and money
I mean isn't it always?
Lucky bastards
~~Lost~~ Had to put my dog down on Wednesday.
My divorce finalizes on Monday.
It’s mostly the dog thing tho
In my area there are local lost dog Facebook pages. Good luck! Divorce sucks, but sometimes marriage is worse. Your home should be your calm, safe space.
Yea, I mean ‘lost’, not misplaced lol
Oh man. I'm so sorry.
You gave me a good chuckle. Thank you.
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