I hate this hostile and dystopian world - how to cope?

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[–]SerpensInferna 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't have a good answer to that. It's not looking great out there.

I've been coping by building up my real world relationships and connections, putting a lot of energy into prepping (I might not survive an atomic bomb but at least I can stay home with all my food and ammo when the rampaging hordes of unprepared are tearing up the supermarkets), and honestly, it may seem trite, but turning to religion. It doesn't matter what religion, really - except for Scientology, probably don't do that - but religion brings hope and community, a common cause.

Also I've been trying not to stop enjoying my life when I can. Sometimes I do feel like all I want to do is crawl into a black hole but there is still good in the world. I take the beauty where I can - getting up early to see the sunrise, playing with my dog, enjoying a nice dinner with friends, doing useless hobbies just for fun.

There's no normal to go back to, I don't think, but I have to make of it what I can, while I can.

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I have thoughts about wanting to find like-minded family and people so we can find our own physical community together, and figure out how to create parallel institutions to the ones already in society but have been ruined or weakened. Yes, people will try to destroy and attack us, so we have to account for that too. Still, I think it might be the only way conservatives and associated ilk can ever achieve a feeling of victory in the modern world.