Fuck that's bleak. I've been there. Any Zoomers that are part of that know I love you and I've been in your shoes (figuratively, not literally. That'd be creepy). I was real suicidal from about 16-25. It gets better.
I was RIGHT THERE until Chris Hedges saved my life. I watched him read American Anomie [written] and in that moment understood that society failed ME, not the other way around, and that I needed to study politics if I ever wanted to understand the world around me
not to be a doomer but I'm still waiting for it to get better at age 38 :/
I guess one aspect that has gotten better is: I've been suicidal so often, for so long, that when that urge washes over me, I can be reasonably sure it will pass.
I don't think it's 16-25 itself (I know OP's article is focusing on that, just saying). Even the generation above is pretty suicidal, but probably less so now a days with kids/family. When your "American Dream" is bleak, it's hard to look forward to anything.
if the world around you doesn't get better, you can't get actually better. you can only develop and refine your ability to ignore the world around you.
That's not true at all. Clinging on to everything bad happening in the world is only a win for reactionaries because it promotes doomerism.
You can understand that there's a lot going on in the world, compartmentalize and accept that there is nothing you can do in regards to a lot of it, and work towards building a better and more just society within your perview.
Were only all one person. You can't take the fate of the entire world onto your shoulders.
Fuck that's bleak. I've been there. Any Zoomers that are part of that know I love you and I've been in your shoes (figuratively, not literally. That'd be creepy). I was real suicidal from about 16-25. It gets better.
I was RIGHT THERE until Chris Hedges saved my life. I watched him read American Anomie [written] and in that moment understood that society failed ME, not the other way around, and that I needed to study politics if I ever wanted to understand the world around me
not to be a doomer but I'm still waiting for it to get better at age 38 :/
I guess one aspect that has gotten better is: I've been suicidal so often, for so long, that when that urge washes over me, I can be reasonably sure it will pass.
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Thanks, comrade :)
Yeah I agree with the person above. The first step in not wanting to die all the time was learning that the thoughts will pass. It's not forever.
I don't think it's 16-25 itself (I know OP's article is focusing on that, just saying). Even the generation above is pretty suicidal, but probably less so now a days with kids/family. When your "American Dream" is bleak, it's hard to look forward to anything.
Pretty shitty to say it gets better when everyone knows it doesn't
Is America going to get better? Probably not until a collapse.
Can someone get better on an individual/community level? Absolutely.
If it hasn't passed for you yet just know it can.
if the world around you doesn't get better, you can't get actually better. you can only develop and refine your ability to ignore the world around you.
That's not true at all. Clinging on to everything bad happening in the world is only a win for reactionaries because it promotes doomerism.
You can understand that there's a lot going on in the world, compartmentalize and accept that there is nothing you can do in regards to a lot of it, and work towards building a better and more just society within your perview.
Were only all one person. You can't take the fate of the entire world onto your shoulders.
this is naive and not really worth engaging with. doomerism is, unfortunately, correct
Man. This is sad and I honestly just feel bad for you and hope you get the help you need.
I'm here if you need someone to talk to or want to find ways to get involved.
wheres the lie
Right there
what you're saying does not comport with reality
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