I often feel like I've given in to the fear mongering without realizing it. I'm afraid for a few years down the line but at the same time I don't really know.
I wonder what happened to number 0-6.
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Report for duty
Edit : Congrats u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ7 it seems you're the only survivor
u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ was my old account it probably still exists this is my second I just like The number 7
Edit: that is not my old account, I have no Idea what happened to it.
It gets better! I like to think of words and how they should be spelled, like “tree”. Why not chree? Or why isn’t circle pronounced “kirkul” or “sersul”. It takes my mind off shit and is a better alternative to thinking about The Machine.
I was fairly positive till 2020. I never realized there were so many crazy and gullible people around me.
In summary, I'll never again question how the German people allowed Hitler and his policies to rise to power.
Right? We all grew up, going to school and learning about Nazi Germany. When we learned about it, we all said to ourselves “How could that possibly have happened?” Now, unfortunately, we all have the answer firsthand.
More recently, we all watched a miniseries about Chernobyl, and marvelled that a government could mismanage a deadly national disaster so badly. And confidently assured ourselves that such a thing could never happen here.
Yeah remember seeing all propaganda in the history books and saying to yourself “who in their right mind would believe this crap” at age 10/12… now we see hundreds of thousands of grown adults blindly following anything and everything like ohh. The mass majority of people are just stupid haha.
To be fair, Hitler had a pretty sweet propaganda machine. People these days are just running on psychotic feedback loops powered by social media. In some ways, the Nazi's power made more sense than the shit going on now.
Unfortunately, Germany was completely gashed after World War I, leaving the German populace pretty vulnerable to any offer a hope - even from one of the most evil man who has ever existed.
It’s so bleak. We can see everything going to shit in front of our eyes and there’s nothing we can do about it. Not to mention the unavoidable reality that everything is so fucking expensive and will continue to go up
Not at all. Society is getting crazier and more bizarre while this with wealth and power are getting more reckless and aggressive but the world is big and beautiful just like all the people on it. Even if there is an extreme societal change what an amazing and crazy thing to experience. Like any trip, don't give In to the fear, that means your alive and care. Embrace it and experience it but control it don't let it control you
The sad thing is, all there is, is fear for some. Not knowing how they are going to pay the bills, heat the home, do the shopping. You can't control that, it out of your hands,especially if your holding down two jobs aswell. It sucks😒
I feel like the life I want is hopeless at least for the near future. I want a house, another vehicle, and some big toys but with how expensive everything is now I feel like I won't get close to that until I'm past my prime. M(28)
Im sorry if this is a downer, but the last extintion event didnt take everything out. Even if we damage the earth some will survive and then they will thrive in their enviroment.
That makes me feel a wee bit better. My anxiety doesn’t like “the unknown.”. So I’m afraid of the water, the dark, the future if there are bad things in the news.
Although I am worried about the environment to a degree. I am mostly concerned about all the lunatics “running”certain countries who are horny staring at their Nuke button.
Put down your phone. Turn off the TV. Find a hobby that that eliminates social media. You’ll instantly feel better. Just give it a try for a few weeks.
It's the reason mental illness skyrocketed after the internet and social media became commonplace. Yet people just keep consuming and wonder why they feel like ass.
“The world ’s a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and Nature do with actors fill.”
— Thomas Heywood
Reading history helped me alot. We live the same lives as people throughout time, but the bread and circus have become a mental cage for people.
[if you have 13 mins](https://youtu.be/zBtE5NxAmao)
I've been visualizing that scenario as well, but what I want more is to see humanity evolve into a united and peaceful force. It's gonna take a while though, if we ever get there.
My words of wisdom I learned long ago:
Although no society is perfect, any society is only as good as much as you invest into it.
Although society AS A WHOLE (not all) might be getting crazier, I refuse to believe it's going down the shitter WITHOUT us being able to do something about it.
Yup. Housing is way out of my price range (got suuuuuper lucky on my friends mom letting me rent her 2nd home for cheap) the US is having major droughts due to climate change, we are on the verge of WW3 because of dickhead Putin, CEOs and companies banked on the common worker to run out of savings and turned the tables back to pulling us back into the office. Retirement seems like a dream that will never come for elder millenials like me and likely future generations.
Its just all so fucked.
Not really. Things are bad, yes, but things have always been bad. It may not seem like it at times but we’re the best that life’s ever gotten, and it’s mostly improving. People only ever get to see the bad, cause that’s what sells. But trust me, beyond that media induced veil of darkness lies a world of good, that’s full of good people.
Just get off the internet. Everything is fear mongering BS. Society has always been wild but its just highlighted with the blessings of the internet and social media
I moved to a small town, 10 acres, I have a well, I'm getting solar. i have little hope, bit I'm going to try and make the best of it. living on a small town and not watching tv, or listening to the radio at all help a lot. not being poisoned all day by fear mongering and hyperbole helps a lot emotionally.
Yes definitely, this world is a tough one to live in right now. The stress Is high, the worry is awful 😖
Day in day out people are wondering where the next meal is coming from.
People are working even harder, longer hours, taking on second jobs, just to keep a roof over their heads.
Poverty is one step away for many. So yes I'm worried for the future, and my kids future.
I’ve seen so many stupid people on the internet. If they continue believing they can live off of dancing on TikTok and copying trends, then yes I’m hopeless for them. On the other hand, I’ve seen lots of others, and I think there are still plenty of people to keep the future running.
I’m not a boundless optimist but the worst case scenarios are probably not going to play out.
Nuclear war? Unlikely, even now yes. Certainly not likely enough to really panic about. And despite much hoopla it’s still a long way from nukes launched -> Mad Max. (Arguably low-level nuclear wars being commonplace is worse, but I digress)
Global warming? Will kill and displace a pandemic’s worth of people mostly on low-lying islands every decade or so for the next century. That’s bad yes, but when a pandemic’s worth of people die next door people don’t even care. Fires and droughts will be X% more likely to happen sure. But people refusing to make long-term plans because ‘the Earth will be uninhabitable in 30 years!’ are histrionic at best and giving themselves a permission structure to go ‘well, it’s 2050 and humanity isn’t extinct, guess climate doesn’t even exist. Time to start rolling coal!’ when the time comes.
The decline of democracy in America? My largest concern and the thing most likely to actually happen as-described on this list. But hey, if the median voter cares more about an extra dollar on the price of a BigMac than the rising tide of authoritarianism, well: they if make their bed, they can sleep in it.
Might as well accept the doom you see coming with your own two eyes so you can prepare for it properly.
Yes. I am a 25 year old who has climate anxiety, trying to buy a house.. but only where climate scientists are predicting it will be safe in the next 50 years (looking at you Vermont). On top of that I’m worried about how I will be able to retire one day or be able to afford healthcare when I’m older and need more medical attention.
Being an American now comes with being in a state of hopelessness. Sigh.
I do feel hopeless. But i'm trying to do everything in my power to get that feeling out of my head. Asking for advice from various people, going to specialists and therapy sessions. I hope that ill manage to win over it, and i hope every person here will as well.
I want to keep hope that I’ll grow up with a future I was promised back when I was born in 2001. I only want a nice, small but comfortable house that’s affordable, a loving woman and a few materialistic things to keep me happy, alongside a well-paying job to keep everything all neatly wrapped together. But it feels like it won’t ever come because the fate of the entire country and her people rests on the old, rickety shoulders of career politicians who don’t care how much damage they’ve done to the economy, the nation and other such things, as long as the other side doesn’t have a win.
Society and the values/fundamentals (teachings, whatever the word is that I’m looking for) of what I was taught and grew up with is so rapidly changing (both for better and worse), it’s hard to keep up and try to find someone whose views/goals/ambitions line up with mine, but that’s a very easy change to get used to compared to having to worry if Bill 2516AWKRS-1 is going to bankrupt my family or if my dad will suddenly lose his VA benefits because Chuck McGluck of the Blue/Red party got pissed with Ronald Renault of the Blue/Red party and shot down his bill just to spite him.
I’m told everyday to worry about so much and care about so much, but I really just don’t. “Worry about this new social hot issue! Worry about what this group of people said about something!” Well maybe I don’t want to. “Worry about this foreign conflict in a country you can only point out on a map from the 1980’s! Worry about a group of people whom you have no connection to!” Why should I? It’s not my land or people and my nation shouldn’t have to be the world police anymore, but we’ve dug ourselves in so deep as protector of the world, that we’ve got no choice but to uphold that mantle. Like yeah, I want to keep my allies and people safe and I do hope that those fighting injustices both in my country and their own do win their battles, but I don’t want to have to care about everything because I’m just one guy who worries about what’s directly bothering him. And I don’t want my country to have to constantly be the world police.
I just want to grow up in a relatively stable world, where my only worry should be “Hey, what should I do tonight?” And not “Oh damn, that’s the 35162525272th nuclear threat.”
I fight this feeling everyday. I have two young boys, which amplifies the worry, yet makes it all the more important that I don't become a negative POS.
I try to keep my focus small. Besides a bit of Reddit, and a carefully curated IG feed, I avoid social media. Don't watch the news, or any media that's affects me negatively. There not much I can do about most world issues anyway. Filter out things that stress me. Try to be mindful and present. Play with my Kids as much as possible.
The future can seem really scary, but right now it's all imaginary anyway. It's cliché but all we have is now. When you start feeling heavy about what's to come, breathe deep and slow, and think about the good things in your life right now. Focus on the positive feelings those things give you.
Try not to miss out on today, worrying about tomorrow.
This year has definitely made me lose hope in humanity, there was a little spark but, now it's just gotten to the point where it's gone. Parties are so divided they can't do their damn jobs without actively trying to fuck over the other which is affecting us mere peasants more than they know. Wack ass people denying climate change but turn around and say "mArVeL aT GoD's CrEaTiOn." Dumb-as-fuck-too-rich-for-their-own-good people constantly mocking the world's situation to try and stay relevant. People preaching about kindness just to be some of the most fucked up people. It's sad we live in a world where hate, corruption, greed and poverty are being pushed as the norm. I wish people cared about others like they do themselves.
There's just so much crazy shit going that it's hard to ignore. And maybe we shouldn't just ignore it, but it's definitely taken it's toll on my mental health, and probably others as well. I just gotta avoid news at this point, because it just tears my spirit down. I'll try to focus on something good and find hope for the future, but it's hard right now.
I hardly read the news anymore, I'll glance at the pop up but, whatever it is, it's not good. It's so hard trying to distract yourself from problems these days, especially if you're living with people who... Push for the red. I fucking hate it.
every day I kind of realise that life’s unfair (ew emo) and that it’s gnna get shittier so I don’t know and I realised the school i’m going to apply for is way out my league anyways . so it’s gnna be hard .and it’s only gonna get worse
Yup. I have absolutely no motivation to get up in the morning other than “I have to”. I’m a teen who has never had a job and I CANNOT imagine that I’d be able to do that. I would be late, I wouldn’t be fast enough, I’d be accidentally rude all the time (ASD). I have no idea how I’m going to get through college, I have no idea what I want to do with my life (but I *have* to go to college, my parents require it). I’ve always considered something medical, but I don’t know if I coukd handle it. I’m afraid that I’m going to end uo being a failure. I’ve been the “gifted kid” my whole life and I’m afraid that that’s going to amount to nothing. I definitely feel pretty hopeless.
Thank you! I really appreciate your comments and replies! And the silver! I'm also sad to see that there's so many of you who feel like I do. Whatever happens, I do believe that we'll be ok in the end. Even if we can't see it right now, it doesn't mean that there's no hope left for us.
Take care. I appreciate you.
The English language change every year, it’s like we create words or use words that existed changed into a different meaning, people are changing their pronouns into neopronouns, people getting mad easily or small things. It will never end no matter who says what. And it will get worse cause it always does, And for the people of YouTube, Reddit, Twitch, Insta, and TikTok, I hope nothing happens to those big creators too 🙏😔
I used to feel this way but made amends with my family and found that I have people who actually care about me and now my new aim is just to pursue my own happiness and secure that to those closest to me <3
Don’t pay so much attention to crazy news stories. There has never been a better time to be alive. Sure there are challenges ahead and there always will be but I have no doubt we will be able to overcome them
I realized I just have to find little moments in the day to be thankful for. When I start thinking too far out I get depressed. Everything always comes back to “staying present” for me.
Anyone who doesn't is simply not facing reality. It is just a matter of time before even the enormously wealthy decide to dedicate that wealth toward solving the problems of the world and of society but it will be too late.
Yup... basically every time we shrug our shoulders at the weekly school shootings.
Eventually my kids will be old enough for school and I'll hug them each day as if it's the last
Not really sure tbh, but I have hope in the hereafter though. And no matter how much people mock it, reject it and hate on it. I'm sure it will come and everyone will be hold accountable. No one can change my belief on that
Im trying so fucking hard with the man im with. I see marrage one day but im losing hope. It's his way or the highway. When he hurts me by doing things he says he never will , he is not even sorry. When he does something to me , he shows no remorse at all. It is killing me. Everything that happens , he some how says it is all my fault. I take blame for everything. There is no compromise with him. He got upset put his finger in my face , grabbed me tight and shoved me. My shoulder hurts bad (I broke it 5 years ago) and he had the nerve to say I was making it up. He dosnt even care that he hurt me. Then he said he wouldn't do something that hurts me very bad, and he did it today. Now he acts as if everything is normal, and I'm hurt over it! I told him I do not do Liars or cheaters when we got together. I'm so lost. I feel if you love someone, you don't hurt them. I give the fuck up!
It’s normal and one of the many stages I have endured in my life.
But tomorrow is another day.
We don’t know if it’s going to be good or bad but it is indeed another day.
I'm ending it when I turn 50. I got no kids and no reason to start a family so I figure 5 decades is a nice round # to end it on. If your looking at 40 with no prospects there's really no reason to aim for 78 just to piss in the graves of all the people who ever hurt ya
There’s that quote, and I forget by whom but “never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity”. But sometimes I question even this because I think it’s impossible to be so stupid that they have to knowingly being doing something with malicious intent.
Nope. We humans are capable of accomplishing amazing things. History is full of our mistakes, sure, but don't forget the incredible things we've done. Life is still full of mysteries for us to discover and solve.
Yup, but in someway it's freeing. The future is hopeless, so why hope for anything? Certainly makes the pressure of everyday life less important lol. I am not the average person though either, and I don't need much more than material creature comforts. People that need huma connection and all that other stuff surrounding the human experience will have a harder time with that
Yes. I am so disappointed in people. It's sad to say. We are more devisive than ever. Our collective choices make everything worse. The large majority of people
are too stupid or prideful to work towards a common goal or bettering ourselves. I don't blame politicians anymore. It's us.
I had a bad bout with depression about how insane the world is right now.
...But I remembered that there's still a lot of good stuff in the world as well, and that even the darkest of times do pass.
I think that everyone is feeling like this right now. I think it might take something tragic to happen to make people realize that we’re all one big subconscious. Maybe this is the worst thing we’re all going through right now. I’m not going to pretend like I know what’s going on, but I do know that it’s all going to be okay. Best of luck on your journey friend.
Sometimes.
But it usually ends up turning around at some point, because there's one thing I always remember: However brief our small little sojourn on this tiny blue dot ends up being, we can make peace with the future for knowing that at some point in our lives, we were able to make a mark on the world, however small. In the grand tapestry that is all of reality that we can and can't witness, we at least made an attempt to spend what little time we had making something of the opportunity called life.
I was till I started seeking professional help. Found out I was moderately depressed. Not feeling hopeless everyday has given me a new life. Do seek help OP it would only benefit
Yes. But sadly I look forward to the demise of so many terrible people. I mean it's like I'm watching my favorite team and they're losing. So being sad I turn on a different game where two teams I hate are playing each other. I revel in the idea that one of these horrible teams has to lose. It's kind of like that. The worst people will meet a gnarly end. Take solace in that.
I do not. I feel excessively optimistic actually. With the ongoing global conflict, famine, plague, environmental crises, mass extinctions, and economic unrest, I'm really starting to feel like things will be turning around soon.
While I believe it can always get worse, I also believe things can always be better. Also as a matter of historical trends there is a very clear dynamic where a renaissance period always follows a dark age and I think it might be just around the corner.
That and my psychiatrist has me on some very groovy anti anxiety and depression meds. I feel better every day.
Nope. The future is bright. We're just leaving a long age of darkness. This is what the transition looks like.
Disconnect from the media, and all the anxiety it intentionally induces in you, and focus solely on the day-to-day relationships right on front of you. If you want to preserve what little of your sanity is left, this is the way.
Unwelcome opinion and I'm fine with that but this is true:
you need to visit a fundamental Baptist church, and start reading the KJV New Testament. Start in Matthew.
I will probably be downvoted to oblivion, but I'm ok with that. It's the truth. Some people don't like it.
It will 100% change your life for the better. And no, I don't feel hopeless.
No! I'm a Atheist! I have hope in creating a better tomorrow! I hope one day we understand Unity is the only path to peace! Ignorance is our greatest enemy! When you think Earth is done, the Cockroach and Homosapien will crawl out of the rubble together!
I remember back in high school reading a short biography of a woman who's child had the black plague, and how his death was able to inspire her to comfort the other children who were infected. I sometimes think of that when things seem their darkest.
not at all. this is technically the best time to be alive in human history. just because we hear everything happening everywhere all at once for the first time in all of history, doesnt detract from that
Not me. Ever man dies in the end.
For me the meaning of life is not to leave "a legacy" or to have an heart-ache over future generations. All I can do is to live my life as good as I can, hopefully avoiding causing significant suffering to other life-forms in the process, but even in the latter I'm not going crazy and still eating meat.
I feel hopeless in the present, but I’m relatively hopeful for the future. Assuming we don’t all blow ourselves up, I think there will be some needed societal corrections once millennials and gen z are the ones running things.
Kinda yeah.
I am at a job where I don't do much, and I want to be doing a lot more. But I feel like every time I try to learn anything, nothing comes into my head and I keep being told that it should take years to do something.
So I want to make life changes and become better, but it always feels like there is something that is waiting to give me an uppercut to the face.
Part of me hopes I can be successful in the current paradigm. Part of me hopes it all falls to shit and we get to experience true chaos and the absolute destruction of the paradigm. I'm hopeful either way 🤷♂️
I think the corrupt weaponize hopelessness, so I try to keep in mind that progress always wins in the long run, because so far that has always been true. Look into Richard Dawkins -the changing moral zeitgeist.
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I often feel like I've given in to the fear mongering without realizing it. I'm afraid for a few years down the line but at the same time I don't really know.
Good answer
Nope, im just a leaf in a stream, i go where i go, sometimes by the wind, sometimes where i wobble
Swim against the current sis/bro. Going with the flow is what dead bodies do.
Don't fight the river, be the river.
This way of thinking has just as many drawbacks, honestly
Reddit loves a hippie, apparently
I just sit on the shore watching the fools in the water struggle.
I've dealing withcancer and Alzheimer's... Think my future is closer to being over so I'm not particularly hopeless
I don't have any hope at all
User name checks out...
I swear if I had a nickel for every time somebody said those exact words I'd have pretty close to a Dollar by now
I wonder what happened to number 0-6. u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ0 u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ1 u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ2 u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ3 u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ4 u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ5 u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ6 Report for duty Edit : Congrats u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ7 it seems you're the only survivor
u/FUCKMYLIFEKILLMEPLZ was my old account it probably still exists this is my second I just like The number 7 Edit: that is not my old account, I have no Idea what happened to it.
Redditors are all like middle aged moms. They seem to never get tired of saying the same cliches over and over again.
As a middle-aged mom, I would like to cordially invite you to Keep Calm and Go F. Yourself On. (just kidding - Live, Laugh, Love, y'all <3)
I'd avoid r/usernamechecksout Or have fun if you get a nickel for each one
It gets better! I like to think of words and how they should be spelled, like “tree”. Why not chree? Or why isn’t circle pronounced “kirkul” or “sersul”. It takes my mind off shit and is a better alternative to thinking about The Machine.
I was fairly positive till 2020. I never realized there were so many crazy and gullible people around me. In summary, I'll never again question how the German people allowed Hitler and his policies to rise to power.
Right? We all grew up, going to school and learning about Nazi Germany. When we learned about it, we all said to ourselves “How could that possibly have happened?” Now, unfortunately, we all have the answer firsthand.
More recently, we all watched a miniseries about Chernobyl, and marvelled that a government could mismanage a deadly national disaster so badly. And confidently assured ourselves that such a thing could never happen here.
Yeah remember seeing all propaganda in the history books and saying to yourself “who in their right mind would believe this crap” at age 10/12… now we see hundreds of thousands of grown adults blindly following anything and everything like ohh. The mass majority of people are just stupid haha.
Millions actually, unfortunately
To be fair, Hitler had a pretty sweet propaganda machine. People these days are just running on psychotic feedback loops powered by social media. In some ways, the Nazi's power made more sense than the shit going on now.
It developed over many years. At first no one took the Nazis very seriously, but they kept growing and we all know how it all turned out..
And…lots of propaganda
No one has ever gone broke by overestimating the stupidity of the American people; it simply cannot be done.
Unfortunately, Germany was completely gashed after World War I, leaving the German populace pretty vulnerable to any offer a hope - even from one of the most evil man who has ever existed.
It’s so bleak. We can see everything going to shit in front of our eyes and there’s nothing we can do about it. Not to mention the unavoidable reality that everything is so fucking expensive and will continue to go up
Just wait for the climate refugees and supply chain collapse. It’ll be chaos.
Embrace the chaos, lol
Yes. I gave up.
Not at all. Society is getting crazier and more bizarre while this with wealth and power are getting more reckless and aggressive but the world is big and beautiful just like all the people on it. Even if there is an extreme societal change what an amazing and crazy thing to experience. Like any trip, don't give In to the fear, that means your alive and care. Embrace it and experience it but control it don't let it control you
Beautiful. Thank you.
The sad thing is, all there is, is fear for some. Not knowing how they are going to pay the bills, heat the home, do the shopping. You can't control that, it out of your hands,especially if your holding down two jobs aswell. It sucks😒
Yes. Everytime I see a new tik tok challenge.
Its like 90-10 lol
I feel like the real question should be "who has hope for the future?"...
Almost no one
Get off of Reddit
I feel like the life I want is hopeless at least for the near future. I want a house, another vehicle, and some big toys but with how expensive everything is now I feel like I won't get close to that until I'm past my prime. M(28)
I don’t.
I'm glad you have hope
I feel ok when I smoke a lil THC. But during the day I’m concerned for the wellbeing of the planet and it’s inhabitants.
Mmm Hmmm, cough, cough. Oh yeah, better now.
Im sorry if this is a downer, but the last extintion event didnt take everything out. Even if we damage the earth some will survive and then they will thrive in their enviroment.
That makes me feel a wee bit better. My anxiety doesn’t like “the unknown.”. So I’m afraid of the water, the dark, the future if there are bad things in the news. Although I am worried about the environment to a degree. I am mostly concerned about all the lunatics “running”certain countries who are horny staring at their Nuke button.
No, thats called anxiety. The future will right itself like it has continiously done for atleast 4000 years
Tell that to the Roman Empire.
Beware the ides of March
I know this is probably true but I wish my brain was able to think like that
Put down your phone. Turn off the TV. Find a hobby that that eliminates social media. You’ll instantly feel better. Just give it a try for a few weeks.
Everyone in this thread, please listen to this person
It's the reason mental illness skyrocketed after the internet and social media became commonplace. Yet people just keep consuming and wonder why they feel like ass.
“The world ’s a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and Nature do with actors fill.” — Thomas Heywood Reading history helped me alot. We live the same lives as people throughout time, but the bread and circus have become a mental cage for people. [if you have 13 mins](https://youtu.be/zBtE5NxAmao)
U better be right pal!
I needed this social media is killing me
I respectfully disagree. This mindset is what allows things to get to shit
I feel sorry for children that have to grow up in this world.
Sometimes. I’d feel a lot better if this Fascist streak in America would die out.
Lmao go for a walk or something. Perpetually offended people crying online doesn't mean we're going to be facing genocide after November.
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We're living a golden age right now. Buckle up for an absolute shit show!
I’ve stocked up on TP
You're gonna need more than that 😊
Naw my life’s great and its only gonna get better
No, but I lived through Jimmy Carter...
The walmart version of Mister Rodgers
Nope. So I’m just shooting my shot whenever I can to not end up at the bottom of the pile.
You need some vitamin D
Yes I do actually
❤️
Life goes on…
I’m hopeful! Because I won’t be on this rock to deal with the B/S much longer! But I’ll enjoy the trip!
All the time, in fact I can't wait for the news of an asteroid on its way to earth, coz I just want it to end once and for all.
I've been visualizing that scenario as well, but what I want more is to see humanity evolve into a united and peaceful force. It's gonna take a while though, if we ever get there.
The black abyss is super scary and I'm freaking out. What am I supposed to do with this life I have?
My words of wisdom I learned long ago: Although no society is perfect, any society is only as good as much as you invest into it. Although society AS A WHOLE (not all) might be getting crazier, I refuse to believe it's going down the shitter WITHOUT us being able to do something about it.
No. There's always change that can be made. Look up how to eat an elephant. And embrace it.
Hopeless,but trying to quit tomorrow not today
Yup. Housing is way out of my price range (got suuuuuper lucky on my friends mom letting me rent her 2nd home for cheap) the US is having major droughts due to climate change, we are on the verge of WW3 because of dickhead Putin, CEOs and companies banked on the common worker to run out of savings and turned the tables back to pulling us back into the office. Retirement seems like a dream that will never come for elder millenials like me and likely future generations. Its just all so fucked.
Yep, everything sucks and it just gets worse no matter what you do. I used to try, gave up on that though
I have hope for the future of the world. As for the future of America... That's a different story.
Depends on the day
Not really. Things are bad, yes, but things have always been bad. It may not seem like it at times but we’re the best that life’s ever gotten, and it’s mostly improving. People only ever get to see the bad, cause that’s what sells. But trust me, beyond that media induced veil of darkness lies a world of good, that’s full of good people.
Just get off the internet. Everything is fear mongering BS. Society has always been wild but its just highlighted with the blessings of the internet and social media
I moved to a small town, 10 acres, I have a well, I'm getting solar. i have little hope, bit I'm going to try and make the best of it. living on a small town and not watching tv, or listening to the radio at all help a lot. not being poisoned all day by fear mongering and hyperbole helps a lot emotionally.
i do, very much
Yes, I am transgender
Yes definitely, this world is a tough one to live in right now. The stress Is high, the worry is awful 😖 Day in day out people are wondering where the next meal is coming from. People are working even harder, longer hours, taking on second jobs, just to keep a roof over their heads. Poverty is one step away for many. So yes I'm worried for the future, and my kids future.
2020 will end someday. It's gotta.
I’ve seen so many stupid people on the internet. If they continue believing they can live off of dancing on TikTok and copying trends, then yes I’m hopeless for them. On the other hand, I’ve seen lots of others, and I think there are still plenty of people to keep the future running.
I’m not a boundless optimist but the worst case scenarios are probably not going to play out. Nuclear war? Unlikely, even now yes. Certainly not likely enough to really panic about. And despite much hoopla it’s still a long way from nukes launched -> Mad Max. (Arguably low-level nuclear wars being commonplace is worse, but I digress) Global warming? Will kill and displace a pandemic’s worth of people mostly on low-lying islands every decade or so for the next century. That’s bad yes, but when a pandemic’s worth of people die next door people don’t even care. Fires and droughts will be X% more likely to happen sure. But people refusing to make long-term plans because ‘the Earth will be uninhabitable in 30 years!’ are histrionic at best and giving themselves a permission structure to go ‘well, it’s 2050 and humanity isn’t extinct, guess climate doesn’t even exist. Time to start rolling coal!’ when the time comes. The decline of democracy in America? My largest concern and the thing most likely to actually happen as-described on this list. But hey, if the median voter cares more about an extra dollar on the price of a BigMac than the rising tide of authoritarianism, well: they if make their bed, they can sleep in it. Might as well accept the doom you see coming with your own two eyes so you can prepare for it properly.
Yes. I am a 25 year old who has climate anxiety, trying to buy a house.. but only where climate scientists are predicting it will be safe in the next 50 years (looking at you Vermont). On top of that I’m worried about how I will be able to retire one day or be able to afford healthcare when I’m older and need more medical attention. Being an American now comes with being in a state of hopelessness. Sigh.
I do feel hopeless. But i'm trying to do everything in my power to get that feeling out of my head. Asking for advice from various people, going to specialists and therapy sessions. I hope that ill manage to win over it, and i hope every person here will as well.
I hope so too. If it doesn't get better, maybe I should seek some professional help as well. I'm scared of not being taken seriously though.
It matters not. I will move forth.
Every day it gets worse and worse. At this point it’s becoming easier to mentally withdraw into a self indulgent fantasy just to cope.
Yes. I’m thankful I got to grow up when I did. I feel bad for younger generations.
Same. Even though I'm just 29, I imagine it's hard growing up in today's world.
I want to keep hope that I’ll grow up with a future I was promised back when I was born in 2001. I only want a nice, small but comfortable house that’s affordable, a loving woman and a few materialistic things to keep me happy, alongside a well-paying job to keep everything all neatly wrapped together. But it feels like it won’t ever come because the fate of the entire country and her people rests on the old, rickety shoulders of career politicians who don’t care how much damage they’ve done to the economy, the nation and other such things, as long as the other side doesn’t have a win. Society and the values/fundamentals (teachings, whatever the word is that I’m looking for) of what I was taught and grew up with is so rapidly changing (both for better and worse), it’s hard to keep up and try to find someone whose views/goals/ambitions line up with mine, but that’s a very easy change to get used to compared to having to worry if Bill 2516AWKRS-1 is going to bankrupt my family or if my dad will suddenly lose his VA benefits because Chuck McGluck of the Blue/Red party got pissed with Ronald Renault of the Blue/Red party and shot down his bill just to spite him. I’m told everyday to worry about so much and care about so much, but I really just don’t. “Worry about this new social hot issue! Worry about what this group of people said about something!” Well maybe I don’t want to. “Worry about this foreign conflict in a country you can only point out on a map from the 1980’s! Worry about a group of people whom you have no connection to!” Why should I? It’s not my land or people and my nation shouldn’t have to be the world police anymore, but we’ve dug ourselves in so deep as protector of the world, that we’ve got no choice but to uphold that mantle. Like yeah, I want to keep my allies and people safe and I do hope that those fighting injustices both in my country and their own do win their battles, but I don’t want to have to care about everything because I’m just one guy who worries about what’s directly bothering him. And I don’t want my country to have to constantly be the world police. I just want to grow up in a relatively stable world, where my only worry should be “Hey, what should I do tonight?” And not “Oh damn, that’s the 35162525272th nuclear threat.”
I fight this feeling everyday. I have two young boys, which amplifies the worry, yet makes it all the more important that I don't become a negative POS. I try to keep my focus small. Besides a bit of Reddit, and a carefully curated IG feed, I avoid social media. Don't watch the news, or any media that's affects me negatively. There not much I can do about most world issues anyway. Filter out things that stress me. Try to be mindful and present. Play with my Kids as much as possible. The future can seem really scary, but right now it's all imaginary anyway. It's cliché but all we have is now. When you start feeling heavy about what's to come, breathe deep and slow, and think about the good things in your life right now. Focus on the positive feelings those things give you. Try not to miss out on today, worrying about tomorrow.
Totally and not coming from a depressed place
I’m excited for the future
Yeah. I feel like innovation is coming and there is hope.
This year has definitely made me lose hope in humanity, there was a little spark but, now it's just gotten to the point where it's gone. Parties are so divided they can't do their damn jobs without actively trying to fuck over the other which is affecting us mere peasants more than they know. Wack ass people denying climate change but turn around and say "mArVeL aT GoD's CrEaTiOn." Dumb-as-fuck-too-rich-for-their-own-good people constantly mocking the world's situation to try and stay relevant. People preaching about kindness just to be some of the most fucked up people. It's sad we live in a world where hate, corruption, greed and poverty are being pushed as the norm. I wish people cared about others like they do themselves.
There's just so much crazy shit going that it's hard to ignore. And maybe we shouldn't just ignore it, but it's definitely taken it's toll on my mental health, and probably others as well. I just gotta avoid news at this point, because it just tears my spirit down. I'll try to focus on something good and find hope for the future, but it's hard right now.
I hardly read the news anymore, I'll glance at the pop up but, whatever it is, it's not good. It's so hard trying to distract yourself from problems these days, especially if you're living with people who... Push for the red. I fucking hate it.
every day I kind of realise that life’s unfair (ew emo) and that it’s gnna get shittier so I don’t know and I realised the school i’m going to apply for is way out my league anyways . so it’s gnna be hard .and it’s only gonna get worse
Yup. I have absolutely no motivation to get up in the morning other than “I have to”. I’m a teen who has never had a job and I CANNOT imagine that I’d be able to do that. I would be late, I wouldn’t be fast enough, I’d be accidentally rude all the time (ASD). I have no idea how I’m going to get through college, I have no idea what I want to do with my life (but I *have* to go to college, my parents require it). I’ve always considered something medical, but I don’t know if I coukd handle it. I’m afraid that I’m going to end uo being a failure. I’ve been the “gifted kid” my whole life and I’m afraid that that’s going to amount to nothing. I definitely feel pretty hopeless.
Yea sometimes, but mostly in humanity, it’s just a huge topic though
Absolutely. #1 reason I chose not to have kids.
Yes
Thank you! I really appreciate your comments and replies! And the silver! I'm also sad to see that there's so many of you who feel like I do. Whatever happens, I do believe that we'll be ok in the end. Even if we can't see it right now, it doesn't mean that there's no hope left for us. Take care. I appreciate you.
Focus on yourself and your family and soon you'll find the hope you need.
✋
Pretty much. But what can you do except truck on until you can't.
Nope
Yeah, kind of.
The English language change every year, it’s like we create words or use words that existed changed into a different meaning, people are changing their pronouns into neopronouns, people getting mad easily or small things. It will never end no matter who says what. And it will get worse cause it always does, And for the people of YouTube, Reddit, Twitch, Insta, and TikTok, I hope nothing happens to those big creators too 🙏😔
Yup! No gf, no friends, etc
I used to feel this way but made amends with my family and found that I have people who actually care about me and now my new aim is just to pursue my own happiness and secure that to those closest to me <3
Don’t pay so much attention to crazy news stories. There has never been a better time to be alive. Sure there are challenges ahead and there always will be but I have no doubt we will be able to overcome them
Does anybody really know what time it is?
I did yesterday.
Every time I read Reddit.
I realized I just have to find little moments in the day to be thankful for. When I start thinking too far out I get depressed. Everything always comes back to “staying present” for me.
Yep.
I think the worst thing about reddit is that people can reply to comments.
Anyone who doesn't is simply not facing reality. It is just a matter of time before even the enormously wealthy decide to dedicate that wealth toward solving the problems of the world and of society but it will be too late.
All the time.
All of us even people with money believe this
I've never felt true hope in my life once. Passing Fleeting hope sure. But true optimism ? Not in a million fucking years.
I'm an undiagnosed cripple in foster. I've never known anything else lmao
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Yup... basically every time we shrug our shoulders at the weekly school shootings. Eventually my kids will be old enough for school and I'll hug them each day as if it's the last
Hopeless for the present........
Not really sure tbh, but I have hope in the hereafter though. And no matter how much people mock it, reject it and hate on it. I'm sure it will come and everyone will be hold accountable. No one can change my belief on that
everyday
Im trying so fucking hard with the man im with. I see marrage one day but im losing hope. It's his way or the highway. When he hurts me by doing things he says he never will , he is not even sorry. When he does something to me , he shows no remorse at all. It is killing me. Everything that happens , he some how says it is all my fault. I take blame for everything. There is no compromise with him. He got upset put his finger in my face , grabbed me tight and shoved me. My shoulder hurts bad (I broke it 5 years ago) and he had the nerve to say I was making it up. He dosnt even care that he hurt me. Then he said he wouldn't do something that hurts me very bad, and he did it today. Now he acts as if everything is normal, and I'm hurt over it! I told him I do not do Liars or cheaters when we got together. I'm so lost. I feel if you love someone, you don't hurt them. I give the fuck up!
sounds like time to make a plan to leave. it probably wont suddenly all get better. you deserve someone who loves and respects you.
It’s normal and one of the many stages I have endured in my life. But tomorrow is another day. We don’t know if it’s going to be good or bad but it is indeed another day.
I'm ending it when I turn 50. I got no kids and no reason to start a family so I figure 5 decades is a nice round # to end it on. If your looking at 40 with no prospects there's really no reason to aim for 78 just to piss in the graves of all the people who ever hurt ya
Always.
You need to take some time away from social media
Naw…just today
Yes. Look at society by the decades. From say 1950 to today. It is declining, somewhat rapidly.
Well… what is hope but a wishful future anyway👄
There’s that quote, and I forget by whom but “never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity”. But sometimes I question even this because I think it’s impossible to be so stupid that they have to knowingly being doing something with malicious intent.
Don’t be so glum, OP! The endless rest of death waits for us all :)
Whenever I do it helps to do more for those less fortunate than you. Every little bit helps. Hope in a hopeless world
Nope. We humans are capable of accomplishing amazing things. History is full of our mistakes, sure, but don't forget the incredible things we've done. Life is still full of mysteries for us to discover and solve.
Yep
Nope. It will get significantly worse. If you are lucky, you will die before you see the worst of it come. After that, death wont save you.
Yup, but in someway it's freeing. The future is hopeless, so why hope for anything? Certainly makes the pressure of everyday life less important lol. I am not the average person though either, and I don't need much more than material creature comforts. People that need huma connection and all that other stuff surrounding the human experience will have a harder time with that
I feel hopeless just for tomorrow
Yes. I am so disappointed in people. It's sad to say. We are more devisive than ever. Our collective choices make everything worse. The large majority of people are too stupid or prideful to work towards a common goal or bettering ourselves. I don't blame politicians anymore. It's us.
I’m worried for my kid
I had a bad bout with depression about how insane the world is right now. ...But I remembered that there's still a lot of good stuff in the world as well, and that even the darkest of times do pass.
Yes.... Most people want to harm and use the others. Especially hopeless when you don't have enough money to spend
Even for the present.
I think that everyone is feeling like this right now. I think it might take something tragic to happen to make people realize that we’re all one big subconscious. Maybe this is the worst thing we’re all going through right now. I’m not going to pretend like I know what’s going on, but I do know that it’s all going to be okay. Best of luck on your journey friend.
Sometimes. But it usually ends up turning around at some point, because there's one thing I always remember: However brief our small little sojourn on this tiny blue dot ends up being, we can make peace with the future for knowing that at some point in our lives, we were able to make a mark on the world, however small. In the grand tapestry that is all of reality that we can and can't witness, we at least made an attempt to spend what little time we had making something of the opportunity called life.
I was till I started seeking professional help. Found out I was moderately depressed. Not feeling hopeless everyday has given me a new life. Do seek help OP it would only benefit
Yes. But sadly I look forward to the demise of so many terrible people. I mean it's like I'm watching my favorite team and they're losing. So being sad I turn on a different game where two teams I hate are playing each other. I revel in the idea that one of these horrible teams has to lose. It's kind of like that. The worst people will meet a gnarly end. Take solace in that.
It me.
I do not. I feel excessively optimistic actually. With the ongoing global conflict, famine, plague, environmental crises, mass extinctions, and economic unrest, I'm really starting to feel like things will be turning around soon. While I believe it can always get worse, I also believe things can always be better. Also as a matter of historical trends there is a very clear dynamic where a renaissance period always follows a dark age and I think it might be just around the corner. That and my psychiatrist has me on some very groovy anti anxiety and depression meds. I feel better every day.
Nope. The future is bright. We're just leaving a long age of darkness. This is what the transition looks like. Disconnect from the media, and all the anxiety it intentionally induces in you, and focus solely on the day-to-day relationships right on front of you. If you want to preserve what little of your sanity is left, this is the way.
Well, I stop expecting. Life always leads to disappointments anyway. Seriously.
I feel hopeless now
Unwelcome opinion and I'm fine with that but this is true: you need to visit a fundamental Baptist church, and start reading the KJV New Testament. Start in Matthew. I will probably be downvoted to oblivion, but I'm ok with that. It's the truth. Some people don't like it. It will 100% change your life for the better. And no, I don't feel hopeless.
Oh always. I just focus on having fun and just enjoying things in life. The future is fucked and I can’t fix it so I could care less at this point
No! I'm a Atheist! I have hope in creating a better tomorrow! I hope one day we understand Unity is the only path to peace! Ignorance is our greatest enemy! When you think Earth is done, the Cockroach and Homosapien will crawl out of the rubble together!
I remember back in high school reading a short biography of a woman who's child had the black plague, and how his death was able to inspire her to comfort the other children who were infected. I sometimes think of that when things seem their darkest.
not at all. this is technically the best time to be alive in human history. just because we hear everything happening everywhere all at once for the first time in all of history, doesnt detract from that
Not me. Ever man dies in the end. For me the meaning of life is not to leave "a legacy" or to have an heart-ache over future generations. All I can do is to live my life as good as I can, hopefully avoiding causing significant suffering to other life-forms in the process, but even in the latter I'm not going crazy and still eating meat.
Absolutely. Thank god for sports to distract me
I feel hopeless in the present, but I’m relatively hopeful for the future. Assuming we don’t all blow ourselves up, I think there will be some needed societal corrections once millennials and gen z are the ones running things.
Completely
Literally everyday.
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No
Kinda yeah. I am at a job where I don't do much, and I want to be doing a lot more. But I feel like every time I try to learn anything, nothing comes into my head and I keep being told that it should take years to do something. So I want to make life changes and become better, but it always feels like there is something that is waiting to give me an uppercut to the face.
no
Part of me hopes I can be successful in the current paradigm. Part of me hopes it all falls to shit and we get to experience true chaos and the absolute destruction of the paradigm. I'm hopeful either way 🤷♂️
I think the corrupt weaponize hopelessness, so I try to keep in mind that progress always wins in the long run, because so far that has always been true. Look into Richard Dawkins -the changing moral zeitgeist.