bitches will be like "why cant i get anything done why do i feel like dogshit" and then willfully forget that we are living through a literal pandemic, the fascist collapse of a nation, and constant re-traumatizing thru social media. we're all the bitches in this scenario btw

it is really easy to forget that the constant barrage of global misery that we are constantly exposed to (and the new generation is exposed to from birth) is such a new phenomenon in its ptsd-related effects that it is a hot area of study for psychologists Right Now

we can trace specific parallels to earlier events in history by looking to previous pandemics and previous death throes of fascist nations (i'm sure i don't need to tell you which). but the way the internet affects these things makes this utterly uncharted territory

basically long story short we as a culture tend to shy away from loaded words like "trauma" despite the fact that all that misery ur feeling rn is literally a trauma response. it is difficult to understand mass trauma thru a western hyper-individualized lens.

ok, thats all. just needed to talk abt that for a second. the shit youre not getting done that you desperately want to get done? literally everyone else around you is on the same boat. my biggest victory today was doing ONE (1) load of laundry