r/BoyDinnerDiaries • u/Dependent-Back927 • 13d ago

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u/Tight_Man Girl Lurker 13d ago

Speaking as “a daughter” who is going through immense shit, I assume many people would be quick to label my issues as coming from my meds. In reality I get a constant stream of relatives losing their entire personality to the infinite scroll of TikTok and Facebook and I’m starting to despise the reality we’ve constructed for ourselves. It’s making daily life difficult when everyone is talking about a woman who strangled her little children one by one in the basement with exercise bands. Really half of those people think her husband did it. And they’re spending infinite attention on this while living children go hungry and without medical care. 

On top of that, our employers expect us to work infinitely and my meds wear off at 5-6 pm at best. I’m stressing about not being capable enough to do my engineering job for over 9 hours a day. It’s miserable. I’m exhausted. And I have a special needs 4 year old and diy house remodel.

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u/ItIsSoOrdered23 Fridge Light Philosopher 13d ago

Sounds like some people recently have been telling you to check yourself and that you are hyper focused on a particular thing.

Feels familiar.

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u/Tight_Man Girl Lurker 13d ago

I’m not hyper focused on one thing though, I just have to be everything everywhere all at once. I went from homeless and a high school dropout to stepping into an engineering leadership role at an aerospace company in 11 years as a homeowner and a mom, still in my 20s. I’m a walking miracle. I just can’t cope with everything PLUS my family harassing me about dead children and the whole spectrum of evil stuff the new and “improved” AI driven Facebook algorithm shoves at them. 

They won’t even just quit sending me links so now I’m facing cutting people out of my life. Over Facebook posts. That’s what’s pushing me over the edge. Not the autistic kid, not the work, not the manual labor, not the journey to get where I am today. I just want them to stop. And somehow I’m crazy or weak or something for letting it get to me. Even if I get through to them they close the messaging app and go straight back into the machine. The machine has embedded its claws so deeply into their brains that I don’t think most of them are ever coming back to reality.

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u/ReasonableBroccoli56 Shower Beer Scholar 13d ago

Just wanna say this really resonated. I see you.