Something happened to me over the course of the past few years.
I went from holding a deep sense of hope about the future and our ability to fundamentally change our material conditions through uniting, organizing, and supporting one another... to feeling utterly hopeless.
This transition has been eye opening in many ways. The human brain is tricky, and I've noticed how this hopelessness has changed the way I think, without me prompting it to.
Whereas the current events of the day and the general state of the world used to live in the forefront of my mind, they have since been buried somewhere I have to search to find. I feel so out of touch sometimes.
This may sound strange, but the more I speak with other people, the more I realize I'm not the only one experiencing this. I think many of us are in a state of dissociation, freeze, and numbness.
We are on autopilot.
Our minds are protecting us from the onslaught of negative, terrifying, horrible, unbelievable, and getting worse by the day news. One can only hold so much at once.
I believe this is part of the plan. When everyone is on autopilot, then no one can act. Or plan. Or be present. Or use their critical thinking skills all that well. It's like flipping a switch and turning millions of lights off at once.
But I don't want to exist in the dark. None of us do. And I don't have all of the answers on getting myself or anyone else back to a place of light and hope.
I think the first step is to talk about it. I know I'm not alone and you aren't either. Maybe if enough of us share these experiences with one another and admit where we are at, we can figure out how to move forward.
Based on multiple academic studies (e.g., Science 2021, Nature 2024, global surveys up to 2025), conservatives show higher susceptibility to political misinformation and lower accuracy in distinguishing facts from falsehoods compared to liberals. This asymmetry arises partly from exposure to claims favoring conservative views. However, both sides exhibit biases, and fact-checking can be politically skewedBased on multiple academic studies (e.g., Science 2021, Nature 2024, global surveys up to 2025), conservatives show higher susceptibility to political misinformation and lower accuracy in distinguishing facts from falsehoods compared to liberals. This asymmetry arises partly from exposure to claims favoring conservative views. However, both sides exhibit biases, and fact-checking can be politically skewed.
@JackQ68@grande_flagello Fammi solo sapere quando scade il mio vaccino e decide che devo morire delle duecento condizioni che è in grado di scatenare,poi per me voi NoVax potete continuare a pensare tutte le boiate che volete.
@Ca_ilmitico@grande_flagello Che università hai fatto? scommettiamo nessuna?e anzi a scuola facevi fatica. E ora ti informi tu telegram nei gruppi:"utile idiota" non cielo dicono ecc ecc
@Ca_ilmitico@grande_flagello E la miocardite secondo te è più facile la causi il COVID o il vaccino?io secondo il mio amico con il diploma pagato dalla madre dovevo morire. *Unica miocardite uno dei suoi 5 amici NoVax. Pensa le probabilità ahahahaha