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I think Lemmy, Reddit and all the rest are making me angry, depressed and hopeless (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
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It's just, too much, so much bad and evil happening and I can't take it, nor can I look away.

I use these platforms to distract from the gnawing constant loneliness I feel that never goes away.

I can't spend more than 5 minutes without a video playing or checking some kind of media to fill the void.

I'm feeling so suicidal nowadays, but I'm stuck in this existence for the time being.

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[–] [S] 4 points 5 months ago (18 children)

I then feel like I'm missing out on important stuff, but I guess you're right.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    I have Ukraine. Gaza, Trump and Musk blocked, not because I don't care about them but because I can't affect them in any way whatsoever aside from feeling shitty at being more personally aware of the atrocities of the world.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (6 children)

    You can always vote

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    What makes you think I don't vote?

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    The fact that you said you can’t affect them in any way whatsoever aside from feeling shitty at being more personally aware of the atrocities of the world.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    You can’t always vote, elections usually only occur once or twice a year.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Yes but it's better to decide who you support well in advance to ensure you aren't swept by campaigns. It's the whole reason Trump won in 2024. People chose to believe his campaign instead of doing research on him.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    What are you going to do with the important stuff?

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    When you realise your view of the world is already narrow because of the window you choose to view it, a few quality of life filters are not going to make that window any smaller, just less covered in shit.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I guess so.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Im not sure humans were designed to know every horrible thing thats is happening everyday, all day, all over the world.

    Youre knowing about it cant really change it from happening, can it?

    Let yourself rest from the strife

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I'll start working on a blocklist here, but it's just everywhere online, places where it's shoved down your throat.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    No yeah it is everywhere. My partner watched the Knicks basketball game last night... and like, I went to bed so I didnt have to hear the google AI commercial that literally just walked you through its answering of basketball questions. I wanted to vomit so I went to bed.

    My favorite cope is walking away. I do wish you could find a way into nature, and to find meaning in nature. Everyone is different obvs. but this has been so helpful for me in grounding me from the horrors of humanity. Id be dead without the trees and wildlife, always there, to ground me.

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