I don’t make a large enough salary to save for a home, take vacations, or save enough to not be homeless in retirement. The country I reside in is currently undergoing a fascist takeover and considers its citizens chattel to further enrich the wealthy elites.
Depends what that means.
Why do I dislike my current situation? That would be nuanced, at minimum, to explain to a Gazan or Rohingya, but on Lemmy I can just say: “My situation is objectively bad.”
Why aren’t I joyful more often? That’s just how I’m wired, it doesn’t matter what’s happening.
Why do I experience negative emotions often? First off, I’m not sure if I actually have more than average. Probably less. Beyond that, I don’t really know. If I was in a better situation, would it stop? Would I find some tiny detail to stress over, instead? How objective are we about even remembering what we’ve felt over time? There’s not enough information.
Why do I feel wronged by the world around me? I don’t, really. Shit happens. I’m lucky in that I actually know that.
Wow. People of this thread, if you think some ideological concept is the cause of all your personal woes, you’re projecting a lot.
Gestures around broadly
Well that for one, but inwards too. Fucking chronic diseases. Really won the gene lottery and then some.
And still we all have to play the capitalism game.
Right now allergies, I’m under-caffeineinated for how little I slept because I had to work last night, and I have unnecessary emails in my inbox.
More generally I feel the time I have to dedicate to the things I would like to do and the time I have to dedicate to work and tasks have reached unsustainable levels.
capitalism, mostly.
Capitalism. Definitely capitalism.
Capitalism, religion, and being born the wrong gender.
I am, though?
Currently, mostly AI and also feeling a bit isolated in a somewhat conservative town as someone who is queer
take this in the spirit of camaraderie with which it was created
Billionaires are alive
Are you genuinely attributing your sense of life dissatisfaction to the fact that billionaires haven’t died or been killed yet or are you just saying the popular thing for applause?
If it were not for dicks like them the world and by extension my world would be better. They should not exist. That simple. I don’t care for applause, and I do enjoy being a sark.
Okay, so, billionaires all die, totally intestate, tomorrow. Believe it or not, you’re going to have about the same week you otherwise would have, and, if you put aside the implications of something magical happening, some reduction to global government debts will be the main long-term divergence in the West.
Basically, I don’t believe you. I guess I believe you believe this.
I’m mostly happy, but I want to do a thing that’s going to take time and preparation. It’s not going to be fun to do this thing, but I really want to do it.
sigh I just have to be patient and prepare.
Some combination of decades of trauma, a system designed to marginalize and exploit, a lack of community, genetics.
I suffer from a toxic combination of panic disorder and agoraphobia. I would like to be in a relationship but don’t feel able or good enough because I’m terrified of going into town for dates. I’m also terrified of flying so I don’t feel like I’d be able to book any trips away even if I did get into a relationship. I wish I had more of a social life.
I don’t hate how I look but I wish I didn’t have bad skin and that I was a little bit taller and more physically built.
I want to be a homeowner but can’t afford a mortgage at the moment.
I’m not totally miserable in life but these are the things that have been bringing me down for quite some time now.
Is happy an option?
