Comment

There’s no realistic coping. I just took a week of PTO but by about four days into it my mind was bringing up all the shit I was going to have to do when I got back which just stressed me out again. The only way to get ahead of it would be to get everything done so there’s nothing waiting when you come back which in my role is basically impossible. The only way I see out of this for myself is if I could ever manage to generate enough passive income that I don’t have to have a full time job anymore. But economically everything is going to shit and I was already not in a great place before that so again it’s not realistic to expect anything to improve. Talking about it won’t change anything.

source

Sort:hotnew top

petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
There is. Listen, I’ve watched enough shonen to know that acquiring a positive attitude in the face of adversity is a source of profound strength.

I’m not saying it’s easy.

The world is burning right now? Yeah, and? These are the times you need it the most. This is the time all that mental practice was for.

If a tiger strolled in on your month-long wilderness vacation and bit half your leg off, what, do you just bleed out? Roll over and die? Most men I know know that that’s the time you need to pull yourself together, rid yourself of worldly concerns like panic, tourniquet the wound or whatever, and get yourself to a goddamn medic.

The tiger runs off in this scenario, by the way. It was scared by a… bird. “I wouldn’t have a chance to give up—the tiger would eat me!” Shush.

source
- lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Okay, I keep trudging along. Great. That’s what I’ve been doing. I’m pulled together as I’m going to be. It doesn’t make me happy or optimistic about the future.
  
  source
  - petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    “Hope” is an internal battle. The truly hopeful have learned how to create their own.
    
    source
    lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    So they’re either delusional or they’ve discovered a path out of the hole they’re in. I have neither of those things.
    
    source