Elmo’s wellness check uncovers existential dread and despair on social media, nobody's ok right now

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Elmo’s wellness check uncovers existential dread and despair on social media
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Let’s see, I’m a month away from being $500 short on rent. Me and my wife separated this year after 3 years. I’m a single parent of a two year old. I was diagnosed with autism and panic disorder last august at the age of 35. My mom died of a fentanyl overdose in 2021, two weeks before my son was born. I’ve been dealing with work burnout after working in food/retail management during Covid, the lockdown, and customers cussing me out over Covid policies and being disgusting in general. I changed jobs, hate the current job, still burnt out. And I’ve had Covid 3 times and my lungs haven’t been the same since the first time.

I’m honestly doing OK. I’ve found my passion for my hobbies again and am feeling confident I can weather this

Sorry to dump all that on you . It’s like therapy.

Seems like you're focusing the good, more power to ya. I'd say it gets better, but that's a crapshoot, you can however learn to cope better, be well.