cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3190048
I’ve been languishing in my comfort zone. Continuing to do so will have terrible effects for me. To quote Marx, I “[have] become a monster, a huge mass of flesh and fat, and [am] barely capable of walking any more.” Ever since the pandemic started I’ve become a terminally online antisocial weirdo who barely ever leaves my room, let alone the house.
Of course, in addition to the damage this does to my personal life, it also makes me non - potentially even counter - revolutionary. As someone who wants to be a communist instead of just some internet poisoned middle class dilettante, I don’t know how I can be expected to jeopardize the comfort of my parasitic labor aristocratic class position when I can’t even get out of my comfort zone enough to go outside, eat real food, and do even the barest minimum of light exercise.
If finding an actual therapist doesn’t work for you, you could try to set yourself a small goal, post about it here and see if any of our comrades’ can help give you some sort of psychological support.
Set a small goal, “Walk in the park for an hour” or “Just sit somewhere where people are like a Library or the Park and just let yourself ‘Be’”. From there, look around for signs advertising for things like reading groups or flower planting or something that are open to the public and make yourself attend. Think about some things to say when you’re asked to introduce yourself to others.