I want to make a variant for myself with questions/suggestions about dealing with the stresses of daily fascism-survival stuff (racism, transphobia, classism, capitalism/poverty/ableism) - I try to acknoweldge those influences to myself personally so that the massive increase in life-difficulty caused by oppressive systems/social structures don’t go submerged and unaddressed

I like GiveDirectly. It gives people resources in the most flexible possible form (cash) so that they can attend to their needs more efficiently than if they had to deal with contributions in more rigid forms. One downside is that this doesn’t directly address the oppressive institutions/policies that reproduce precarity and suffering, but it does give people a tiny bit more power within their lives while surviving under oppression

I feel you. My job is also preventing me from putting my limited energy into things I think are way more important, and I’m not sure about what to do about that.

With burnout, it’s helped me to focus on the things that have gotten a lot better without denying the things that are absolutely unacceptable. Straddling past successes and present problems helps me deal with stress, because I know the past successes I live within included lots of the little failures, false starts, and periodic feelings of impotence that I’m experiencing now

Learning about the internal lives of anti-oppressive people from the past also helped me because this feeling of burnout is totally normal in people who were successful in winning liberation, throughout history and across various movements

A new thing I’m trying to do is focus on feelings of care/respect for people who are the most precarious more than I focus on the enormity of harmful systems or hostility for people perpetuating the harmful systems. I find I can maintain more energy when I focus on feeling excitement for how someone’s life (and our lives collectively) might improve if I work to end various oppressive influences rather than if I focus on grief/stress about how folks needlessly suffer (though all these feelings are important). Letting all of the feelings exist has been good instead of focusing exclusively on the lack-oriented ones

Holy crap thank you, I’ve been having the most confounding muscle tightness ever since my dose was raised and I never figured out why. I’ll look into those magnesium supplements and let my doc know too, thanks for the tip

Thanks very much for sharing!

I’ve had a ton of trouble getting my meds too 😩 though in my case it was because the US DEA (cops 🙄) are ableist in addition their infamous racism/classism and wilfully refused to increase restrictions on manufacturing limits in time to allow companies to keep up with demand. People should have access to it to function, party, or function then party if they want imho, but that’s just me

Can I ask what you did with your diet and vitamins that helped your meds function as they ought? I experience big swings from day-to-day in how well my meds work and I’ve noticed eating breakfast affects it but I haven’t figured out anything more specific. I know mileage may vary but I’m curious what helped for you

I know that I did a good job of things this week more than I feel I did a good job of things this week, if that makes sense 😅 I can always envision more getting done better than I’ve done it, but given my abilities and level of support I did very well. I’m recovering from work and looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow

Deeply relate to how they were so dazed that they abandoned the scooter 🤣

I’m glad you’ve inquired about how this might work, and I’m also interested. I felt similar hesitance to post sensitive discussions on a platform controlled by a tech company and especially one with a not-exactly-liberatory ethos 😓