Being stressed out by the world is unhealthy. Withdrawing from reality to avoid that stress is also unhealthy. The fuck am I supposed to do move to another planet? In this economy?

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

"Avoid stress" is code for don't worry about things you have no control over.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Where to get my next meal, is something I don't always have control over. Unfortunately it's also not something I can stop worrying about.

Edit: made it clear that my situation is much better now, but it wasn't always.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Huh? Where and what you eat is absolutely something you have control over. A war in Iran raising prices on food is not something you have control over.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh yeah? I'm jealous you never had to worry about what job to do in the economy that will feed me. I had few months where I was going door to door, hoping someone wants their lawn mowed or windows washed so I can eat that night. And I'd say I'm privileged ones because I knew this kind man who was willing to lend me his tools to mow and to clean windows. I'm lucky because I got a scholarship for tuition for university and I don't have to worry about what to eat anymore.

But for the few months I relied only on window washing and lawn moving, I remember I at least had 4-5 days where despite going through 100s of houses, no one needing the services. But Please tell me how absolute of a control I had about what I eat with 0 earnings in that day and my networth being essentially 0. I guess absolute control I had was starve.

[–] OleFoFa@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I suppose drugs? The doctors have a lot of those. Though those drugs make the Sacklers a loooot of money and ruin people's lives. So I suppose one can choose artisinal life-wrecking (by a guy named Kevyn who made the drugs himself at home in his trailer, or the industrailzed version. But that's the US I suppose, not being from there I just take a stroll in the woods and feel fine