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I’m a little envious that you have the resiliency and coping mechanisms outside of meds to deal with it all

I grew up in poverty, surrounded by poverty. Rural midwestern town. Population 2,000. Started working jobs 14.

Became a teen dad. Then ended up being a single teen dad when I got custody.

Couldn't afford college, even with grants. Refused to take out loans.

I didn't have time to doomscroll and wonder when the world was gonna end. I had shit to take care of. I didn't even have the time and/or money to drink! I worked two jobs for a huge part of my life.

I didn't give a fuck if a democrat or a republican was in office, because I had to go to work and feed my kid. I'd vote for who I thought was best on election day, then move on, regardless of who won.

Now I'm retired at age 55. My house is paid off. I have no debt. Live in a beautiful mountain city of 500,000 people. I have chickens in my backyard, and I'm working on running a Lemmy instance on a server that runs on solar power. Just because I can and I have the time.

I also don't give a fuck that Trump won. I don't care. I didn't vote for him. Lots of people did. Ok, cool, onto the rest of my day.

My point is that a lot of people would be well served by not worrying so fucking much about the state of politics and the world at large. So many people on Lemmy make being a democrat a main part of their personality.

And how did that work out? The doomscrolling is not good for you. The world won't end just because Trump is in office. I promise.

I didn't have time to do any of that worrying shit. I worked hard, made it out, and now I just fuck around on Lemmy all day, write and publish my fiction, and take trips with my gf.

If I can do that, with my dull brain, then most people on Lemmy can.

No hate on meds, but meh, I wouldn't have been able to afford them anyway.