UnionofFlapjacks
Abandoned AmericaSo is this the year we all get to finally heal a bit psychologically and emotionally or what
Nicole@AbandonedAmerica the only thing we can change is ourselves...
@nicole2g that's what I'm hoping to do
@AbandonedAmerica I have absolutely enjoyed your work from early on, if I can help in any way I would that would be me thanking you for the good times.
@nicole2g thanks so much. The kindness helps quite a bit, actually. Beyond that I think it's my own thoughts patterns I need to unknot and reorganize
@AbandonedAmerica if you don't do it already i would just tell you to meditate. Search on youtube for Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche his videos are an amazing work of wisdom but also actual practice.
@nicole2g thanks! I've got a hound sleeping on my lap so I'm immobile for the foreseeable future but I'll look into that 😊
Dr. Sean Munger@AbandonedAmerica Probably not, but it's a nice thought.
@seanmunger yeah but if life is just one long fall down the stairs there's not much point to it, is there? That's the thing I need to reconcile and adjust my outlook for
Salty@nacl I hope this doesn't mean you're planning to make sure it isn't lol
Esther Schindler@AbandonedAmerica Oh god I hope so
@estherschindler meeee toooooo
dangercake@AbandonedAmerica I've spoken to a few people who said the same, here's hoping
@dangercake fingers crossed. Can't fix the world but maybe I can figure out a way to stop feeling so battered by it
@AbandonedAmerica and I reckon it won't hurt for us all to be a bit nicer to eachother and ignore the outrage machines!
Jude Marr PhD (he, they)
Jeh'oGuessr 🧭@AbandonedAmerica Let's hope so ! Wishing you the best :)
@Eklyn_ thank you! Wishing you a great new year too 🎉
Philip SetnikWell, there's nothing that could possibly prevent that, so...
(JINX!! JINX!!! JINX!!!)
Harp@AbandonedAmerica I hope so
@HarpSong yeah me too
Joshua@AbandonedAmerica I’ll take the over on “what”
@desafinado yeah me too 😕
Duncan Batey
JulieB@AbandonedAmerica I'm gonna darn well give it a go! 😂
@JulieB you've got this!
Yarrambat@AbandonedAmerica I bloody hope so.
@yarrambat you and me both
Outeast@AbandonedAmerica Of course not. Healing isn't a spin on a roulette wheel. If we fix things, *then* we'll get time to heal (maybe). Shit doesn't look very fixed from here.
Of course you can have any optimism you can find. I won't be using it....
@outeast bit of a chicken or the egg thing though, isn't it? If you say you can't feel okay until things are fixed, and things will be their nature never be fixed, then you'll never feel okay. And I'm really tired of not feeling okay. So there has to be a other route.
MFTechI don’t think I’ll ever heal. I now know that most of humanity won’t inconvenience themselves to save lives. Immuno compromised are dispensable. Parts of my family support the downfall of democracy and rise of fascism. How do you heal after that?
LibertyForward1@greenorchids well, I mean, that's the real question, isn't it? Can't change them, don't want to feel broken forever, so I guess I have to figure out how to repair my own psyche despite it
Nuclear Oatmeal 
Come on. It's only March 1040something, 2020. Year's not over yet.
Give it some time.
Norman Wilson@AbandonedAmerica We are all made of scars.
@oclsc indeed. Wounds have to close first to get there though ❤️
Robin@AbandonedAmerica was just thinking today about how this might be the year where we get to approach some kind of normal life 🙃
@Chimaera I don't know that normal is coming back but feeling like I've adjusted mentally would be welcome
@AbandonedAmerica yeah, I hear you. I also think of my grandparents who lived through the depression and were always careful with their $ for the rest of their lives.
Let’s hope we can still move on and thrive. Scars and all 🙏🏼
Let’s hope we can still move on and thrive. Scars and all 🙏🏼
@Chimaera right? Trauma will always be a part of you but how you put your life back together afterwards really is what determines whether you can move on emotionally or just stay broken by it
i_give_u_wormsAre you asking billionaires or telling them
Are you asking billionaires or telling them?
If you're only asking then no.
@i_give_u_worms billionaires have nothing to do with this. It's more of a personal thing
@AbandonedAmerica
Koch Brothers, Rupert Murdoch, monopoly mergers, media consolidation and misinformation, income inequality, lately account for quite a bit, imo
Koch Brothers, Rupert Murdoch, monopoly mergers, media consolidation and misinformation, income inequality, lately account for quite a bit, imo
@i_give_u_worms yes of course but if you decide you're going to feel like shit until that's all fixed you're just going to feel like shit indefinitely
Kat Earthren Liu@AbandonedAmerica
Are people assuming that the pandemic is over?
Are people assuming that the pandemic is over?
acm@shaktinah not sure where you're getting that. It isn't about denying reality, it's about learning to cope with it, at least where I'm coming from
@AbandonedAmerica
It's just that a lot of people are talking/acting as if the pandemic is over. Even the US president has made this claim.
From my perspective, I don't know how to heal from something that is still ongoing. But I do agree with learning to cope.
@shaktinah yeah I get that. I guess where I'm at is I would like to stop feeling so overwhelmed by everything lousy that's going on and figure out how to feel centered and okay again. Can't control what exists outside me that much so it has to be something I look for within ❤️
John@AbandonedAmerica @shaktinah I feel like we may have a chance if we can just spend the year dealing with the ongoing shit and not have some new awful shit piling on
@jreedmissippi @shaktinah that would certainly be nice
Rebekah Klein-Pejšová@AbandonedAmerica here's hoping! 🪬
@rkpejsova good luck ❤️
book creature@AbandonedAmerica from George Floyd's murder and all the injustice of our system? No, not even close.
From the pandemic that killed people I know this year? No, not really.
Mass gun murders? Ongoing.
But. Healing from the political polarization that ended with a surprisingly hopeful vote for "not crazy" in 2023? That one is maybe a little more hopeful.
From the pandemic that killed people I know this year? No, not really.
Mass gun murders? Ongoing.
But. Healing from the political polarization that ended with a surprisingly hopeful vote for "not crazy" in 2023? That one is maybe a little more hopeful.
@bookcreature I'm not talking about fixing the world, just feeling more stable in my own life tbh
Zoey Dawn 
@AbandonedAmerica that's my plan for the year
@zoeydawn I wish us both good luck!