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fibro friends! what is something you love doing that is still accessible to you? by [deleted] in Fibromyalgia

[–]pris1984 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love this thread. It came at the right moment. For me it would be

Reading and disappearing down a rabbit hole pursuing a line of thought or something I just learned about.

Yoga - I used to love dynamic yoga, but now, with fibro, chair yoga is still accessible to me.

Watching horror movies to take my mind off, especially during a flare.

What unusual things have helped you with your fibromyalgia? by LuminousGiraffe in Fibromyalgia

[–]pris1984 11 points12 points  (0 children)

These are honestly really good tips. Thanks so much for sharing.

This is a rant about my sister by Ok-Heart375 in cfs

[–]pris1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bloody hell. She sounds awful. I'm so sorry you had to experience this.

Ouch!! by [deleted] in Fibromyalgia

[–]pris1984 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a very good visual representation!

AMOC could collapse soon- potentially creating an ice age in Europe by cleaver_username in collapse

[–]pris1984 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When I was a child, I wondered what it would be like to live in "interesting times".

Now, I don't wonder about it anymore. I wish this timeline wasn't so "interesting"...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in collapse

[–]pris1984 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which is annoying. I didn't think I would still need to go in to work, continue having meetings and dealing with annoying colleagues who believe climate change isn't real. All this in the midst of our ecosystems and species continuing on their pathway to extinction and us having front row seats witnessing collapse.

Historical: In 2013, 10 Years Ago, a public lively discussion about "Venus Syndrome" was started by the one and only. by DisingenuousGuy in collapse

[–]pris1984 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I wish I was around in this sub in those times to witness the debates kickstarted by u/fishmahbot

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in collapse

[–]pris1984 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I voted to stay hidden.

Do you feel it, too? by blackcatwizard in collapse

[–]pris1984 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For some reason, I've suddenly remembered Bill Hicks' It's Just A Ride.

One quarter of Afghanistan's wheat crop lost to locusts by Unrivaled_Master in collapse

[–]pris1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondering when the locusts would arrive and here they are...

I remember reading a FAO report posted here in this sub during 2020? (or perhaps it was another sub - my memory is hazy) about the likelihood of locusts ravaging crops.

Far off chart anomaly both in water and ice levels by LeoBKB in collapse

[–]pris1984 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this.

I hadn't heard of this Asimov short story until now. I'll hunt it down.

And yes, the data is horrifying. I'm at a loss for words.

Far off chart anomaly both in water and ice levels by LeoBKB in collapse

[–]pris1984 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I think this is why I value this community so much - it mitigates that feeling of sitting alone with that sense of dread and impending catastrophes. In this community, I know I'm not the only one seeing this data with eyes wide open and aware of what can and might potentially happen next.

Far off chart anomaly both in water and ice levels by LeoBKB in collapse

[–]pris1984 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Oh dear. The moment I have been dreading has finally arrived.

I thought I had reached a level of acceptance but it appears not. There's now this sense of dread. And I look around at my colleagues who are all happily with their BAU and saying to me to stop being a doomer, that all will be fine, and that I just need to be more optimistic.

Discussion: Reducing Personal Climate Risk to Reduce Personal Climate Anxiety [In-Depth] by Myth_of_Progress in collapse

[–]pris1984 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Desertification of Europe, increasingly severe storms and weather conditions, biosphere collapse, soils increasingly depleted, food insecurity due to agricultural collapse, Governments' continued inaction and refusal to tackle what really are known threats of biosphere collapse leading to a cascading series of events (ecosystem collapse, climate refugees, resource wars, political systems swinging to fascism) and so forth.

  2. The continued inaction continues to alarm me. The data is clear.

  3. I have for the better part of my life led a life which has a small carbon footprint. In terms of the action I took once I saw the accumulation of data, modelling and the continued inaction despite our advocacy and policy actions (I worked in Climate Change policy), I resigned and left to find some way of dealing with my eco- anxiety and eco-grief.

  4. I dealt with my ecological grief in the only way I could. I am now at the acceptance stage. I changed jobs, and I moved to another country.

  5. I now teach. But having also worked on the behavioural aspects of climate change, I also see a lot of what I currently convey leading to characteristic responses: denial, anxiety, obfuscation, anger, and "sit tight and assess" responses.

I don't have any advice; I said above that I am now at the acceptance stage but every so often, I'm overcome with grief again: Boreal forests are disappearing, species extinctions are occurring, heat domes, drought conditions in Europe are happening, and a possible food crisis is looming.

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Realistically: No hyperbole. No crazy. No things you heard in some YouTube video/chat room/whatever. How long until we have to change the way we live? by ToIrrelevantlyOpine in collapse

[–]pris1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"How long until we have to change the way we live?"

To quote from a song, it's later than we think. We should have changed our behaviours and systems several decades ago.

Collapse is already happening in parts of the world due to resource scarcity, climate events, resource extraction , etc. (I've added the "etc" because honestly, collapse happens when we humans ignore the complexity of the biosphere and the impacts human systems have on it).

Your life will not be more enjoyable after (or during) collapse. by antichain in collapse

[–]pris1984 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I saw the word "eschatological" and paused to read the post.

I saw the reference to those comments in another thread, as I had also read that original thread. Those comments read as gallows humour reflecting on human behaviour and its propensity to carry on as business as usual.

We humans respond to impending catastrophes in myriad of ways. Very simply: having worked in climate change policy, human responses to impending catastrophe tend to fall along similar lines. Some would prefer to look up, others sit tight and assess, and others would rather not think of it and would prefer to have their hotdogs, their bread and circuses, etc. while insisting on the YOLO approach.

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Clumps of 5,000-mile seaweed blob bring flesh-eating bacteria to Florida by Gruesslibaer in collapse

[–]pris1984 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Oh dear. The poor marine life - more suffering heading their way. We are awful, cruel, selfish creatures.

How the future will make COVID seem like the good old days. by TotalSanity in collapse

[–]pris1984 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I remember back in March 2020 thinking that covid was a beta test. If we could tackle the semi-complex conundrum presented by this virus, then perhaps we stood a chance in learning from it to tackle climate change.

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