it's been rough for me for the past year with the new 'president' we have in the u.s., and it's caused so much harm. im struggling with my mental health more than ever.
because of the 'president's' actions, me and my family members in the apartment we live in are going to lose our section 8 by march 1st this year since it no longer receives funding and as a result, we have to move out since the apartment we live in will become too expensive. while we did manage to find a place cheap enough, i am not happy about having to pack up all my stuff and see my room become barren and dull.
the new place is about 30 some minutes away from where we live now.
in other news, ive experienced some nasty trauma recently, having witnessed one of my mom's family members suffer an overdose (survived it). not the best thing to witness naturally.
sigh.. now with the threat of a world war being closer than ever because of our stupid 'president' wanting greenland and other countries, i am becoming more and more stressed, which is causing me to eat more and gain more weight when all i want to do is eat less and lose the weight so i can be healthy again. all this stress and weight gain has caused my depression to worsen, and i doubt an increase in my meds will do anything.
smoking pot seems to be the best i can do to ease my stress and depression at least, and i am very glad its legal here. it's saved me from committing suicide many times.
also, why is nostalgia painful sometimes? i yearn for my childhood again so much it makes me cry, and even the days back in the 2010s makes my heart ache for the happier times.
i miss it all. i miss the 2010s aesthetic especially. the galaxy print, the chevron patterns, mustaches and "keep calm" posters. the owl necklace. the rise of slenderman and creepypastas. justin bieber was big for me in my early teens holy shit.
fnaf, undertale, and minecraft blowing up. youtubers rising. slime videos. fidget spinners, pokemon go.
i grew up with deviantart back then when their membership was called premium, not core. the classic green layout instead of this new, buggy eclipse layout. NO AI ARTWORK OR AI ANYTHING there or anywhere.
so much stuff. like so much from back then when i was a teen. i miss it so much. i would give anything to relive this again.
there is two positive things that has happened for me however.
one, i am now an auntcle (im bigender so my cousin came up with the term auntcle since i dont like being called an uncle, but dont mind aunt). i have a nephew which is insane to experience.
and i am going to see Ghost in feburary. ive been dying to see them for years now and i finally have this chance.
i want to be happy again. but how can that happen when so much bad stuff is happening and overrides the good things that do happen? how can i enjoy life when even when i limit my news consumption to very little when i still know that things are getting worse.