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Are we all fucked? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by lemmylem@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm worried for the world. All I've been thinking about is WW3 and this shit makes me want to vomit. I can't even smoke weed anymore without having a near panic attack. I feel unmotivated. I wake up and immediately just want to go back to bed. I'm not trying to spread fear but the Doomsday clock is 90 seconds till midnight, during the Cuban missile crisis, it was 7 minutes before midnight. Can we just have one day of fucking peace? Can everyone just stop for one day and enjoy one day of peace?

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[–] scorpious@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

First:

You are dying. Let that in; dwell on it.

Being alive can be pretty amazing; the world, people, life… But the price of entry is that your time is limited, and will end. oh, and you have no idea when. :)

So “being alive” is, by definition, to be actively dying.

Second:

Anxiety (worry, dread, etc) is always and only ever based on an imagined future. This is where you are right now, imagining outcomes you have no way of knowing. Sadness (regret, self doubt, etc) is entirely focused on a remembered past. We all experience both.

Right now is all you really ever have. Learning to put (and keep) your attention there takes work, but it’s worth it!