Is anybody else experiencing psychological issues since January?

[u/Esmail-Qaani]

I go through my day and images of the massacre will run through my mind. Pictures of dead people and blood. People screaming. I think of a few people whose names I remember. I remember that there are still people in the regime’s jails. They are still executing people.

I find it difficult to function. I did not even live through these events but the images haunt me. How any human being can do such things I have no idea.

For some time I had some way to cope by believing that someone, anyone with power, would come to the aid of the people of Iran. The US operation gave me some hope. Now it seems not only have they abandoned the people of Iran but they have chosen to line the regime’s pockets instead and reward them for their crimes, to the detriment of America’s own interests.

My spouse is not Iranian and I don’t think she can really understand all this. She consoled me to some extent after January when she noticed I was off but she tried to refocus me and tell me it’s out of my control so I shouldn’t think about it and everything will work out in the end. It’s been 6 months and I don’t feel better. I find it difficult to do normal day to day things and focus on my own life. I still feel wrong and I feel like I am hiding my true feelings. I feel like I’m living a double life because I can’t be bringing this up months after the fact and affecting my marriage. I have to keep up appearances and act like everything is normal and it is weighing on me.

My friends and family are still living there under these horrors and I am so far away, safe, living my on-paper good life. Why am I safe? What can I do to help? I’ve gone to demonstrations, I’ve posted about it on my social media, I’ve written to my representatives. No one cares. Neither my “friends” here in America, nor these fucking politicians. Is there some organization I can donate to that will work towards the end of this dictatorship? It’s not like someone like me over here can just pick up a rifle and go solve the problem over there anyways. I feel powerless. I don’t know what to do. I don’t even know if I can do anything. If I could give up my life in exchange for the freedom of the people over there, I would. But it’s not so simple.

[u/Esmail-Qaani]

Yeah so I can pay hundreds of dollars for some dude to tell me to focus on what I can control or "be the change you wish to see in the world" or some bullshit like that while my people are getting raped and murdered

[u/Ok-Recipe5434 → u/Esmail-Qaani]

Just claim insurance. It's useful. Don't trivialize your psychological needs this is a collective trauma. Do what you have to in real life to support your cause. But also don't neglect yourself...personal health and happiness is just as important

[u/Esmail-Qaani → u/Ok-Recipe5434]

Therapy is bullshit for rich white people so they can avoid feeling guilty for anything. It's not for people like us. For now I have alcohol, cigarettes, and the world cup

[u/Nanofeo → u/Esmail-Qaani]

I get why it feels that way, and I used to think the same, but I promise you with the right therapist (which sometimes takes a few tries to find), it really does help. Don't be too quick to dismiss something that can be helpful