The best my depression has ever got is just when I just accepted the rest of my life was going to be like this
this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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Don't talk like that.
Things are going to get much worse.
This is the sad reality.
My life is worse in a lot of ways but I got stronger and soberer and am fighting back more now, so it's actually better. 2017-2021 I just sort of rolled over and let life pound away at me.
Big fucking oof right there
The world was much better circa 2018, but my life was dog shit back then.
Yeah, going from £8k to £25k makes things a lot easier. I can just go out and buy something stupid like a new bike or a kayak and don't really need to check my bank account first.
Living on £25k in modern Britain? And you can buy a kayak or bike?
Pray tell how? I'm on £46k and can just about afford food 😭
Out of the city, no kids, family home, lower standards, minimalist lifestyle. Pick one, or two, or all. The more of these you pick, the less you need.
I am in a city but not London or any of the big ones. Rent in the suburbs doesn't seem much more or less expensive, especially because smaller units just don't exist in the countryside, similar to how there's not actually much rent difference between comparable places in Croydon and Westminster.
I Def don't have kids or a family, I wouldn't say I live minimalist, but Def not to a very high standard.
I'd say the number 1 thing is the fact you have housing covered from what I understand. Considering a fairly small 1-bed flat for rent at around £1100pcm, that's £13200 per year.
A salary of £46,500 is about £37k take home, minus the £13k for rent you end up with only £23,800, so it's no wonder you feel comfortable on £26k, that's decently more than what I get at close to double the actual salary, especially if you also don't pay bills.
I bet it's south vs north thing
I live on the south coast. There is more to the south than London.
What were people sad about
Well I don't see how
At least non-voters in the United States can bask in the essence of their our purity, intoxicated by the aroma of their own flatulences, just as long as they can avert their gaze from their own blood-stained hands. Mentally mediocre creatures that they are.
A prophet.
my personal life actually got better, just everything else not