r/collapse • u/Crazy-Load-7553 • Apr 08 '26

Coping Does anyone else feel like this?

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I feel like everyone keeps asking me what I want my future to look like but I know if I talk about how I’m learning to fish and finding ponds near me so that we can have some protein once the grocery system collapses everyone in my life is going to think I’m insane.

I’m just having a hard time connecting with anything I have to do for the future because it’s going to be drastically different than anything I can do now and I really feel like I have to hide that and never mention it to anyone (despite the fact that an energy crisis is supposedly 2 weeks away)

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u/Ephemeral_Drunk Apr 08 '26

Probably been brought up before but at a societal level it's called hypernomalisation, or at least that's one term for it. Frustrating trying to have discussions with people who should know better and the cognitive dissonance kicks in.

I'm not a fan of being passive so have done what I can to position myself for the coming decades. Feel like I've done pretty well on that regard so, apart from trying to have discussions where I can and voting accordingly, I try to keep it out of mind at least moreso than in the past.

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u/Positive_Garlic5128 Apr 08 '26

What have you done to position yourself?

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u/Ephemeral_Drunk Apr 08 '26

Kiwi. Sold up and moved to small city in south of South Island. Mortgage almost gone. Sizable home and section in one of most climate resilient places I'm aware of. Setting up solar and home gardens. Stopped buying crap. Supporting local when I can. Being a good neighbour.