You don’t snap out of out. You either try your best to avoid thinking about it or you sit with it and all the emotions that come with it.

I read your last post and it hit pretty close to home for me. In 2024, my partner had two strokes. Since then, a few friends and family members have passed away unexpectedly.

To top it all off, a family friend just found out she had brain cancer. The dr said she had 6 weeks to live, unless she did chemo every day for at least 30 days, which would give her another 12-14 months.

I’m leaving my stable job of 22 years (which has slowly been sucking the soul out of me) on Friday and I can’t wait to start a new chapter in my life.

It’s sounds cliche, but life is short. If you’re unhappy you need to make change.

E: words are hard

If you want a compassionate grounding in living life without society-provided anchors, I can’t think of nobody better to guide you that Britt Hartley of the No Nonsense Spirituality Channel on YouTube. Though she’s primarily about religious deconstruction, she’s aware that humans survive by creating ANCHORS. “This thing is true and I can build my life around it.” Religion is one of our biggest anchors, but it can be anything–love of a child (who might have died), belief that work is the most important part of your life (but it might make you miserable), etc.

From your other post, it might be that one of your anchors, work, is actually making you quite unhappy but you’re having trouble letting go of it? This is the sort of thing that therapy would be great for therapy theoretically, but either you find the right one or become your own therapist. “It is easier to become a good therapist than to find one.”"-- Daniel Mackler

I haven’t. Looking into therapy

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