What do you feel powerless against these days?

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1. My mind

2. The 40 hours workweek, it’s very oppresive

3. Society

4. Luck
   Edit: the lack of it, actually.

5. my weight

6. The spiral into dystopia that the US is going into

7. Misogyny.

8. patriarchy. Capitalism. White supremacy. Sexual Violence. War and conflict.

9. The government

10. My heart

11. The NHS. I’ve been trying to get a diagnosis for 10 months and counting, as my body inexplicably fails around me. I have a theory. It’s a logical theory. But no one dare acknowledge it. Suffice to say, that before a certain, well-known, new medication was administered to me last year, I was 100% healthy. Now I can barely walk and have no quality of life to speak of. I have to turn to the very system that potentially did this to me, to beg for their help to save me. And it’s a hamster wheel of bureaucracy, red tape and gagging orders. I’m terrified.

12. My mental health and frequent nightmares.

13. My abuser won’t give up

14. My mental health and my weight.

    I can’t stop thinking about how I want to kill myself, but I don’t really want to.

    But then I think “what if I accidentally kill myself??” Like I go crazy and do it.

    I even dream that I tell family so they can help but they don’t care.

    I found who I want my dog to live with and I really want to tell people “if I kill myself don’t ever feel guilty, you were wonderful.”

    I talk to my psychiatrist almost every week and do what he says, and see my therapist regularly. I also tell my friends what’s in my mind so they know when to seek help.

    So, I’m trying 🤷‍♀️

15. Rising cost of EVERYTHING.

16. Other peoples decisions. Too many mass shootings it’s unfair to feel unsafe outside because of other horrible people.

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18. *gestures vaguely at everything*

19. my future

20. Gun violence. It’s heartbreaking and I can’t do anything about it. Why do so many people have guns, let alone use them to kill innocent people???! Makes me sick.