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[–] 34 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Fuck Netflix and Spotify though

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    what's fucked up .. is the only reason I'm still here is literally because of my mother and pets. without them, I just don't see the point.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Have you ever tried shrooms? They have helped many people get out of very long term dark places

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    ya know .. the only thing that's taken my out of this bad headspace was mushrooms. done it twice over 4-5 years when I heard about micro dosing. perhaps I should board the pets and see if it can help for another 6-8 months

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    You should! It's absolutely mental healthcare. For me it would be best if i did it around every 3 months, but i usually only wind up doing it like every 9 months. We both need to take our vitamin M

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I, for a long time, tried to kill myself, but couldn’t do it due to my mum and brother getting hurt too much by it. I am in a much better place now.

    I recommend trying to get some help, and I hope you’re out of the US, so you can get some too, because that message rang way too close to home.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    not American no. I've gone the therapy route, that was expensive af even with coverage and made things worse sadly.

    I like caring for others, there just isn't others in my life. I could cancel my phone and nobody would know. haven't had a guest over in easily over 3 years. covid really fucked me up and I've never recovered. still isolated.

    I'm not going to do anything to myself, the thoughts are always there. life's just super lonely and really getting to me.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I feel you. If you ever feel lonely, you can dm me here and we can talk about anything you like. Having even someone to talk to online helps a lot. No one deserves to be alone in this world.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    What if my mom is my enemy?

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    [–] 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Q-tip in the ear feels that good to people?

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago
    • Friendships- getting to experience life through their stories and having someone to share your own
    • children - watching them grow, observe and learn their world. My daughter called the moving sidewalk at the airport today “the travelator”
    • travel - experiencing life, architecture and food from a different culture’s perspective are some of the best parts of living
    • stories - you have Netflix on there, but I’d add to finish that long form podcast or that good book
    • volunteering - use acts of service to serve yourself. You’ll have people who rely on you. Also helps with garnering a few friendships.
    • Hobbies - that ruby throated hummingbird needs you to keep filling up the feeder. Why is it still here in late fall anyway? Maybe it knows you need it too.

    If it helps, I’m not some happy bunny traipsing through the tulips of life. I’ve been severely depressed before. I was so depressed that I dropped out of university at one point and it took me nearly 10 years to return to get a degree. I was so depressed after my SO left me 4 months after I thought she was the one and moved away from everything I knew for her, that I laid in bed for half a year. I was so depressed when I just worked and rarely, if ever, dated for 3 years in my late 20s - I ended up quitting my job and moving, which led to me learning my passion for long distance cycling, new friends and renewed career opportunities.

    It does get better if you let it, if you will it even, and sprinkled with little bit of luck when those opportunities present themselves.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Nothing pushes me closer to suicide (not very at the moment) quite like lists like this that suck.

    Like damn, when you put it like that it REALLY isn't worth it huh.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    The whole list is kind of sad, but "It will get better" is the most infuriating bullshit. Like, the others are all demonstrable: I am in the middle of a TV series, I did hear about a new album coming out, and my dog might starve if I died suddenly and without a care plan. But, especially going off of data trends, blind and brainless optimism is uncalled for and patronizing.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Get your new music from somewhere better tho, like community radio. Found so many new and local artists recently from doing this. And it's great because you find out about upcoming gigs that are usually cheap coz the acts are small.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, fuck Spotify. They helped the current political turmoil take place by hosting Trump propagandists (at the time) like Joe Rogen.

    They also pay artists far, far less than alternatives like Tidal, or even Apple music.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I really can't put into words the satisfaction of stepping on crunchy leaves.

    As a coinessuer though, the leaf depicted is not a crunchy one.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I used to contemplated sending a box of crunchy leaves to a friend who's always lived in Florida. She used to lament that the dry leaves around her didn't crunch the way "autumn leaves" are supposed to (and it's true. A lot of plants in Florida have waxy or fuzzy leaves, neither of which is as satisfying to stomp on as a crispy, dry, red maple leaf.)

    The idea sounded better before I thought about how when you're camping, it's best to source firewood from the nearby area - bringing wood from far away could inadvertently spread diseases and pests into new locations. If that's true of firewood from a few counties over, it's probably true for leaves from northern states going to south Florida. Sigh.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    The simple fact I'm still around is a monument to spite

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Literally just to feed pet. By the time they pass, I'll be ready to leave myself cuz I really don't foresee not being homeless in 10 years or less.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Same. I'm facing a dire financial issue at the moment, been seriously considering finding a home for my pets and dipping out by the end of the year. The only thing that's kept me from doing that already is that my oldest pet is 16 and does not do well with anyone

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It wont get better, but spite sounds like a good reason.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    don't put qtip in your ear youre gonna push wax back into your ear

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    [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I’ll add one: to appreciate the beauty of life itself, or in other words: be happy.

    That does tie in with the “it gets better” and you’ll have to trust me when I say that happiness can be found.

    But for whatever it’s worth, I wasn’t always happy, and I went through very dark places in the past. Yet I found happiness in multiple places and I honestly don’t feel like I need to pretend anymore.

    However that might not mean a lot if I didn’t give some pointers to help you find it. To find happiness the best thing you can is to find peace within yourself, which implies becoming at peace with who you are. First of all, don’t let the sadness in the world distract you from your own happiness, because the best way to combat the world’s sadness is by being happy yourself. Then you can become an example for others to become happy too. And second, don’t assume it means nothing. We live in a spiritual place that’s mysterious and wonderful. There’s endless happiness to be found there. If you don’t think that’s true, I believe you owe it to yourself to explore so that you may find it. Because you can. And when you do, things will get better. Trust.

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    [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Look at cool bug! Bug cute little many legs smol guy

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Qtip, pets, and hate is all I got left

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Honestly, spite against a cold and uncaring universe is pretty valid. Living a fulfilling life because oblivion isn't the boss of you and you can do what you want is based.

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    Fck pasta, eat banana

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Bobby Gaylor - Suicide

    TW but along the exact same vein as the post

    https://youtu.be/lNVCwdkEYH8

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