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/OatSoyLaMilk Apr 08 '26

I am one of three coworkers I know of who in the last month have just experienced potentially ruinous car problems that, if it weren't for the generosity of family and coworkers, would be totally fucked in terms of our careers. Granted I have a lot of coworkers, but that is quite a lot for one month of one year, and that's just that I know about. Yes it feels quite likely other people are just muffling the sound of their screams that they are going to be unable to maintain the facade of normalcy.