It's terrifying. There's so much just looming on the horizon and nobody seems to give a shit. I live in the northeast so we're not being overrun by COVID, but in my state, 40% of the renting population is at risk for eviction. My mother seems to think that judges will protect people but that's a pipe dream.
I've lost my unemployment at this point and because it ran out at the same time the COVID beneits did, I've lost a giant chunk of what was helping me just stay afloat. I got fired late last year and haven't been able to get a job because for months now, hospitals have been running with as few nurses as they can. They're not hiring because a large number of their own nurses are furloughed. If I really want a job I'd have to travel to Arizona or something at this point, work 48+ hours a week, and live out of a hotel. I just can't do that, I already have a very shaky support structure and moving hours away from it would just kill me literally.
Early on I was excited to be able to work as a nurse to care for COVID patients and every time I got ghosted by an employer it just made it hurt more that I couldn't work to help people during a pandemic. But as time has gone on, I kinda don't want to even go near it anymore. I know not everyone that has COVID is at fault for having it, but with the American population just being fucking stupid and refusing masks, I don't even want to do that much anymore. It feels like the population is trying to kill healthcare workers. To just undermine every last attempt at making things better.
I feel like I'm the only one in my (extremely small) immediate circle taking things seriously. Watching the empire crumble just fills me with dread. I don't feel like I can flee the country. I'm scared of the progressing transphobia and measures trump has done to hurt trans people as much as possible. I'm damn near positive that that the reason I was fired will prevent me from getting almost any job going forward because I have to out myself to even defend myself because my previous employer felt that it was just too unacceptable for me to tell a patient to fuck off after they called me a transphobic slur amongst other things.
There's no hope left. Like someone else said in the thread the view of the future is contracting. I honestly can't imagine where I'll be in a few months. I know there's massive civil unrest coming, but I can't see it. I've hit full despair and honestly it's a miracle I'm not dead yet.
It's terrifying. There's so much just looming on the horizon and nobody seems to give a shit. I live in the northeast so we're not being overrun by COVID, but in my state, 40% of the renting population is at risk for eviction. My mother seems to think that judges will protect people but that's a pipe dream.
I've lost my unemployment at this point and because it ran out at the same time the COVID beneits did, I've lost a giant chunk of what was helping me just stay afloat. I got fired late last year and haven't been able to get a job because for months now, hospitals have been running with as few nurses as they can. They're not hiring because a large number of their own nurses are furloughed. If I really want a job I'd have to travel to Arizona or something at this point, work 48+ hours a week, and live out of a hotel. I just can't do that, I already have a very shaky support structure and moving hours away from it would just kill me literally.
Early on I was excited to be able to work as a nurse to care for COVID patients and every time I got ghosted by an employer it just made it hurt more that I couldn't work to help people during a pandemic. But as time has gone on, I kinda don't want to even go near it anymore. I know not everyone that has COVID is at fault for having it, but with the American population just being fucking stupid and refusing masks, I don't even want to do that much anymore. It feels like the population is trying to kill healthcare workers. To just undermine every last attempt at making things better.
I feel like I'm the only one in my (extremely small) immediate circle taking things seriously. Watching the empire crumble just fills me with dread. I don't feel like I can flee the country. I'm scared of the progressing transphobia and measures trump has done to hurt trans people as much as possible. I'm damn near positive that that the reason I was fired will prevent me from getting almost any job going forward because I have to out myself to even defend myself because my previous employer felt that it was just too unacceptable for me to tell a patient to fuck off after they called me a transphobic slur amongst other things.
There's no hope left. Like someone else said in the thread the view of the future is contracting. I honestly can't imagine where I'll be in a few months. I know there's massive civil unrest coming, but I can't see it. I've hit full despair and honestly it's a miracle I'm not dead yet.
Comrade, I’m so so sorry to hear this. Please try to stay strong as best you can!