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[-] Egg_Egg@lemm.ee 11 points 5 hours ago

There are many reasons we are screwed as a species. There's pretty much nothing I can do about it, unfortunately.

[-] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 2 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 52 minutes ago)

Rather than take a defeatist veiw from this line if thinking, it will do well for your mental health to first spend more time, energy and thoughts on things you can control. Not just things related to environmentalism, but broadly reduce energy, engagement and focus from the things you don't have significant control over and direct them to those things you do have control. It's good to get a broad picture and observe the world around you outside of your control in small doses, but it's easy to over indulge in an unfocused survey of problems in the world, especially on social media. (I include Lemmy communities in the social media category).

Furthermore, when you do engage with these problems, do so with more narrow focus and in more depth with an eye towards understanding the level of impact the problem has and what organizations or policy positions you can support to amplify your limited influence over the issues that causee the problem. In this way you can mitigate the feelings of helplessness and sense of there being many existential and imminent problems you need to contend with but cannot remedy. You can turn seemingly untouchable solutions into real possibilities without overwhelming your emotional capacity by working with others.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

I'll go jerk off for a bit, maybe it'll be better by the time I m done

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

take your time with it. make that shit special.

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 hours ago

Not much is going to get better in 12 seconds.

[-] Zozano@lemy.lol 9 points 3 hours ago

It's my fourth time today, it's gonna be a bit...

[-] Egg_Egg@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago

Now you're speaking my language, come and shake my hand... actually, nevermind.

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