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reihanfeoruI want to stay away from political discussion. My life has enough negativity and hell as it is, what with nearly three solid months of anxiety issues, an injured arm, getting only 3-4 hours of sleep each "night" for the last week or so, and my complete inability to work due to distractions and such in meatspace. Losing one of the birds and literally having everything I enjoy turn into stress triggers hasn't helped, either.
I don't like white supremacists, and being in Arkansas, I've had to deal with living among them for a LONG time. I'm also not a fan of the current US president (not by a long shot). However, the sheer toxicity and calls for violence from both sides has worn me down to the point that my nerves and mental health just can't take it anymore.
I can't go on Twitter or Facebook without seeing "punch a Nazi" or hate for either side, or people "signal boosting" political action and news even on their AD accounts. I can't enjoy artwork on various sites without coming across someone bringing up politics, and the line "All works are political, whether or intentionally or not" hasn't left my mind since seeing it used by a popular fur against a popular artist, making it harder for me to work on anything. Hell, I can't even go to a chatroom without something blowing up or turning political in a heartbeat, raising the tension from just trying to talk to people.
I've been trying to stay off of social media as a result, and I'm becoming more and more hesitant to stay on on any sort of chat service that uses multiuser chats/channels (Discord, Telegram, IRC). And with my nerves hitting their breaking point so easily, I usually don't have any energy to socialize anyway. The one recent RP I had left me in anxiety hell afterward, because even though I enjoyed it, I couldn't keep myself from going into a constant panic attack.
So if I suddenly disappear from view, don't worry. I'm just burying myself under my blankets in a last-ditch effort to try and salvage what mental health I have left.
I don't like white supremacists, and being in Arkansas, I've had to deal with living among them for a LONG time. I'm also not a fan of the current US president (not by a long shot). However, the sheer toxicity and calls for violence from both sides has worn me down to the point that my nerves and mental health just can't take it anymore.
I can't go on Twitter or Facebook without seeing "punch a Nazi" or hate for either side, or people "signal boosting" political action and news even on their AD accounts. I can't enjoy artwork on various sites without coming across someone bringing up politics, and the line "All works are political, whether or intentionally or not" hasn't left my mind since seeing it used by a popular fur against a popular artist, making it harder for me to work on anything. Hell, I can't even go to a chatroom without something blowing up or turning political in a heartbeat, raising the tension from just trying to talk to people.
I've been trying to stay off of social media as a result, and I'm becoming more and more hesitant to stay on on any sort of chat service that uses multiuser chats/channels (Discord, Telegram, IRC). And with my nerves hitting their breaking point so easily, I usually don't have any energy to socialize anyway. The one recent RP I had left me in anxiety hell afterward, because even though I enjoyed it, I couldn't keep myself from going into a constant panic attack.
So if I suddenly disappear from view, don't worry. I'm just burying myself under my blankets in a last-ditch effort to try and salvage what mental health I have left.