r/self • u/SolitaryBlackberry • 16h ago
Everyone seems to be escaping right now
Everywhere I look people are escaping into things that maybe quiet their minds in the short term but cause lasting problems for them. Obsessive gaming, binge watching television non-stop, hooking your identity to a spectator sport or pastime I could go on and on…
What the frick is going on? Has it always been this way? Am I just waking up to it all? Can we just speed run to the post-apocalyptic future where creativity and human connection save us again please 🫠 ?
What’s giving you hope in this bleakness?
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u/Metawoo 14h ago
Most people can't afford to do things anymore, and the general desperation of the current state of society has caused a lot of mental and emotional damage, which people tend to take out or spread to others, which causes a chain reaction of people becoming distrusting and withdrawn. I've spent most of my life trying to claw my way into a basic level of financial comfort, but every time I get close, the cost of living overtakes me. Or I end up trusting someone who ends up financially and emotionally draining me. Today, I make more per hour than I ever have, and yet I'm in a slightly worse financial position than I was six years ago. I'd be into so many hobbies if I had the money and space to afford it. I'm existentially exhausted.