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The 50+% depression rate is insane. What the heck is going on?

@tremain07 posted...

I know I've got it, I'm not only sad all the time, it's started to turn into lashing out and getting into stupid internet fights with fucking nobodies' over the smallest shit all because I'm stuck working a job that I hate can't even vent because nobody wants to hear it, can't escaped it because I need it to pay ills and get coverage and above all else said job not only demands a lot of your time they demand you be a perfect little robot capable of giving the same performance every day you're there with no errors, no problems and no flaws and get anal about you showing humanity even now the few free moments I have are rapidly disappearing

I had a job hated for 4 years but stuck around since it was basically funding my internet funny money portfolio. My contract ended and thankfully I told them a billion and 2 times I had zero intention of continuing the job, so I've been unemployed for almost a year. In that time, my cooking skills have gotten better, I exercise regularly to the point where I consistently get up before 5AM to do my exercises, and I'm wrapping up a little project so I can start applying to Web3 jobs by the end of next month, just in time for my savings to run out. I may be poorer than I was this time last year, but I'm happier, healthier, and optimistic of the future.

On top of that, I have a buddy who recently quit his job because he was burnt out and was tired of the stress. He stayed working for half a decade at jobs he hated because he needed health insurance but it got to the point where he couldn't take it anymore as it deteriorated his health even further. After quitting, within a month, he already found himself building skills in networking for another position he's thinking about applying and he's experimenting with solutions to get insurance (while also considering finding a networking position).

I know you have to pay bills, but at least entertain the idea of what would happen if you didn't have your job. It really feels like in our generation, unless we do things extraordinarily well, to get ahead you have to do things differently.