Uh, who wouldn't want to work 3 months a year and make $90k? I'm assuming he has some major mental problems otherwise he's completely delusional.

Am I the only one that gets anxious and depressed and then can't handle even fun, good things? Like, I'm going to finally see my daughter after a couple months, my granddaughter is coming to visit (my son's daughter) and also my in-laws are coming. This should be a celebration but I am so monumentally stressed out I can't even figure out what to do or where to start and I want everyone to feel welcome and have fun but how can I convey that when I'm in this state?

If you "appear normal" but struggle to function, you really are totally fucked. My brother was in a car crash and has been left with severe pain and mobility issues, but because he's not wheelchair bound (yet) he is still expected to be out there working himself to the bone...he does manual work too. I have multiple mental disorders and autism and I struggle to talk to cashiers in a shop for two minutes or drive 10 minutes from my home, let alone work full time. Both of us are in this awkward position where we can technically work full-time but doing so is causing us so much pain. It's not like I want to sit on my ass for the rest of my life, but I need a flexible schedule and a breather to figure out a way to support myself that doesn't ruin me. There has to be a better way to structure society, because this is totally inhumane. It seems like regular healthy people are cracking under the strain, and many of us are not healthy for one reason or another.

PSA: Your kid is not the only kid. Other people also have kids. Kids with leukemia, kids with mental health disorders who have been struggling more than normal because of Covidiots dragging this out longer than it needed to be, kids with immune function issues. Also, where is the evidence of "so many kids having issues" with the vaccine?

No one knows the long term effects of the covid shot. I think it's selfish to force people to risk their lives because of your fear. The people who cause this round of Covid are the vaccinated. Once people got vaccinated, they stopped wearing their masks so they started spreading it around. There are vaxxed people saying "I took the shot to protect others" then in the same breath "I hope the unvaxxed die". They sound so stupid contradicting themselves. You either care about people or you don't. That's like saying you're pro life but want people who get abortions to die. Well then you're not pro life. So full of hate and anger. Sounds more like mental problems.

How are you all coping? Because i can decidedly say i am not doing well at all. I can't mentally take anymore of this. I'm so tired. Mentally and physically. I don't think i can go through any more pandemic related things and come out sane. I probably need a therapist at this point.

3 weeks later we're still texting. One of many learnings from him, is that I'm learning how to co-regulate with a man which is starting to help to heal my distrust of men. I'll call him "M" says I keep surprising and delighting him. I don't think it's like a crush now, but friendship or mentorship which feels much less pressure. Just deeply this guy's company and our unexpected online connection. When I stayed for his Live music session, it was when I was leaving my job which really cleared up my mental energy. I had even saw his Lives even before that, but didn't stick around because it felt too chaotic/anxiety and already felt too much IRL, I guess. Even since I left my job, I've been having unexpected connections with strangers.

My H just told me he believes there's something wrong with our relationship because I'm no longer picking up his vague cues and running with them. I'm burnt out. I've been the sole mental load carrier and provider of entertainment, organization, education, transportation, nutrition, everything since the pandemic started. I am physically and mentally exhausted. And he says I don't have any reason to be tired. Like, I get you work all the time, but I am the reason that you can! I am your mental support system, I carry every single thing you don't feel like doing. And if I get a little testy about being fondled while I'm trying to serve dinner it's all "Oh well I guess I'll never touch you again!" FINE. Don't. I don't really care.

I'm 49 and at the age where a lot of my friends are getting divorced since kids are older. With the exception of one, all of their marriages ended because women were tired of carrying all of the load, especially the mental load. And in just about every case, their husbands were shocked, SHOCKED, that their wives were that unhappy or that there was a problem. They're all like, "Why didn't you say something?" Seriously? They've been saying something for the past 20 years. They got tired of saying something and they shouldn't even have to. It's not like you didn't see laundry, grocery shopping, and making dinner getting done. And emptying the dishwasher twice a week is not exactly equal to her doing it every other f-in time along with everything else. Yeah, I'd think everything was fine too if someone did everything but wipe my ass for me too. But that's not a partnership.

I regret not quitting sooner and staying in 1-2 years of indecisiveness when I know work was declining my mental health. The same for a relationship I knew would not work out. It was all tolerable, but still stressful as heck. I wish I trusted my gut. Now that I've put in my notice I'm happier than ever and new ideas are coming quickly.