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Therapist asked me how I organize my life and it's really messing me up how almost every major personal tragedy of my life is rooted in how evil, racist, classist, sexist, and fascist AmeriKKKa is, and the one exception I can think of is still heavily tied to it. I feel almost insane typing that out (and I mean that in a literal sense, not an ableist sense). I second-guess myself -- how can that be true? Isn't that too reductive? Doesn't that eschew personal responsibility? Isn't that an exaggeration? It's not like my family got bombed by America. I can already imagine white friends — well, former friends — downplaying it if I said this. I've said things like this before and it seemed they didn't understand, but to make it make sense I'd have to outline a ton of horrible things that happened. I've even tried to explain this to my parents, citing things they told me in childhood, and they quibble too.
But I see it. There is a chain of events which follow one from the other and lead to disaster after disaster. It makes me feel like there's no point trying to rebuild my life again, because there is no escaping fascism. I've already rebuilt twice and both times, everything fell apart because I built a life with someone else who was also broken from fascism. What's the point of trying again? I'm drowning in grief.
None of this should have happened. People's lives shouldn't have to be this way. We live lives of misery and pain due to problems that should be avoidable if we weren't subject to fascism. At this point I'm just waiting for something to put me out of my misery.
We live in a sick society so I'm glad to label myself a failure. I've been trying to come up with my own definition of success and while at first it was easy rejecting the patriarchal and capitalist ideals having to define my own was difficult but and foremost was to live. Taking care of yourself is a form of rebellion. When your feeling better try reading some Fanon it's helped me reframe some things
Sorry comrade, I'm glad you made it through and stopped drinking.
I don't think I judge myself on the sick standards society defines, but I'm sad that all the people I love the most have been brutalized and so severely severely damaged by fascism that they're broken. Can't have healthy relationships with each other. Often antagonistic because they won't face the real problem, fascism, and take it out on me instead. That's where the sense of futility comes from
I see sadly the whole victims of fascism tend to lash out at each other, it may not mean much but being able to say fuck this country is a good step. I know my sibling has had the brunt of misdirected anger faced towards them in my family so I do my best to be gentle with them. I hope some gentle words come your way and kinder attitudes, you don't deserve to be a punching bag.
Thank you <3. I wish you good luck and kindness as well.
I get this, too. Colonialism and crimes against humanity left my grandparents fucked up. They in turn had fucked up kids because their dad was an alcoholic and their mother had problems with commitment/attachment/guilt/shame/whatever else. Then one of those fucked up kids had me and created another broken person because he didn't know how (or didn't want) to be a parent due to having traumatized parents himself.
So here I am, stuck living with depression and anxiety (along with a possible personality disorder), with permanent injuries and disabilities from a botched suicide attempt. It sometimes feels like my life was over before it even started all because some fascists started a war they couldn't win but went unpunished for anyway. On top of that, I'm stuck living in a racist, settlers-colonialist, reactionary state surrounded by crackers oblivious to the harm their words and actions have on others around them.
When our day comes, there will be no quarter for the fascists or the liberals who protect them. The amount of damage they've caused on this world is unforgivable. They will experience only a fraction of the trauma inflicted on minorities and the proletariat, and those few moments will be enough to make them terrified.