Ever since the Monkey Cage betrayal and debacle , I’ve realised that maintaining my tenacity and having some confidence in the future has required even more teeth gritting. Self belief is a precarious notion. When it slips out of your hands it really can fall a long way down into the stinky water of the well.
@robinince Even if we can't fix it, people on here can take your mind off it! I'm having a very bad 18 months and Mastadon is a welcome distraction. I have lots of filters to filter out anything I don't want to see, and I follow lots of people with similar interests. It doesn't fix the outside world but having tiny friends in my pocket is definitely a positive in what is quite a stressful time. Hope you're okay. You're great- we all know this. We just might not remember to say it very often.