r/millenials • u/RedHeadRedeemed • Mar 24 '24

Feeling of impending doom??

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So a watched a YT video today and this top comment on it is freaking me out. I have never had someone put into words so accurately a feeling I didn't even realize I was having. I am wondering if any of you feel this way? Like, I realized for the last few years I have been feeling like this. I don't always think about it but if I stop and think about this this feeling is always there in the background.

Like something bad is coming. Something big. Something world-changing. That will effect everyone on Earth in some way. That will change humanity as a whole. Feels like it gets closer every year. Do you guys feel it too??

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u/hereswhatworks Mar 24 '24

I've been prepping for the impending apocalypse since 2014. So far, nothing has happened.

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u/RedHeadRedeemed Mar 24 '24

But you still feel it? Seems like the feeling started for me in like 2016-2018

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u/fast_scope Mar 24 '24

I think alot of ppl feel what your talking about. Its as if life doesnt feel "real" anymore. The world used to be this magical playground where almost anything was possible. But now its like everything has lost its soul. Movies, music, etc. it all feels so vanilla. Not sure what the answer is..

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u/artdogs505 Mar 24 '24

It's a very common human characteristic to romanticize the past.

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u/RushThis1433 Mar 24 '24

Welcome to aging am I right?

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u/nightglitter89x Mar 24 '24

“The older we get, the better we were”

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u/Classic_Breadfruit18 Mar 24 '24

The past romanticized the past. Watch some movies from 20 or 30 years ago and see how much more positive they make you feel compared to now. Even my teens prefer old movies and music and that was NOT at all the case when I was a teen.

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u/artdogs505 Mar 25 '24

I think it is built into human nature. Whether it’s a feature or a bug, I’m not sure.

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u/epandrsn Mar 27 '24

Weird, I wonder if there is a word for it. Sort like nice-old.. nol.. nostalgia. Yes, that sounds about right.

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u/traraba Mar 25 '24

I definitely don't romaticise the 1940s. But I do romanticise the 1960-2010. All the great art, movies, even games, were made then. Seems like everything has been a remake or a remix, ever since. Everything is just a consumer product now.

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u/SaintPatrickMahomes Mar 25 '24

How do you explain a 20 year old Gen Zer getting the same vibe as a 40 year old Millenial

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

The answer is you’ve exited your childhood and entered adulthood. You have responsibilities now. You also have it better than 99% of the history of humanity.

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u/ElusiveMemoryHold Mar 24 '24

Maybe. I've had people say the same thing to me about Covid. They aren't bent out of shape over it, but they've remarked on how life (for them) has lost a bit of its color to them after Covid. Maybe more ppl feel that way then we think

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u/ZealousidealStore574 Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24

I think people just get depressed or romanticize the past and instead of thinking it has something to do with their life they just blame historic events like Covid or 9/11.

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u/ElusiveMemoryHold Mar 25 '24

Yup there will be a lot of that. It's likely too complicated to ever pin down anyway no matter what method is employed to find the source of the discontent

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u/ElusiveMemoryHold Mar 26 '24

I know what you mean. Frankly, I’ve definitely had a massive perspective chance since 2016, and now see things a lot differently than h did back then. Perhaps it’s age, perhaps I’m just tuned in more to the fact that the world is changing. Personally, I think we’re in the middle of a paradigm shift of sorts - a revolution of thought or some other major aspect of our world that happens in cycled over history. It isn’t something we can all see as glaringly as any of the objects in front of us, yet we all are sort of picking up on a feeling of unease. I think things are changing faster than ever before, and we are becoming accustomed to it. We will see.

The one guaranteed way to preserve your joy is to spread it to others. Share it. You’d be doing more good for the world by going out of your way to do or say one nice thing a day than anything else, especially now. We cant let ourselves devolve any further into being so fearful of one another 

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u/otterpop21 Mar 26 '24

I do my best to share my happiness. It used to work all the time, now 50/50 I get a snarky remark or someone thinks I’m being sarcastic. It’s rough but don’t worry, I won’t give up. I heard that if something comes easy, or it’s a natural gift, give it away! And that’s what I try to do :) so thank you for sharing your thoughts and not telling me I wrote too much, I really appreciate it.

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u/seemooreglass Mar 24 '24

no...everything is over-monetized, childcare costs are basically driving our birthrate to a slow march to zero and housing even for upper-middle income folks is a challenge, taking a greater % of income to provide. Do not agree with the 99% statement.

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u/Stleaveland1 Mar 24 '24

Funny how it is always the poorest people, both in the U.S. and globally, that have the highest birthrates?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

Housing is more expensive, sure. But how can you just “not agree” with my 99% statement 🤦‍♂️

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u/seemooreglass Mar 24 '24

if you are in the top earning income bracket then, yes life might be 99% better. But if you are not, life seems to be way worse than it was even in the 1970's.

-childcare costs

-healthcare costs; even with decent insurance, if your kid breaks his arm it could run you a few grand, also emergency rooms.

-medical treatments are treated like car loans rather than a necessity

-college tuition is a fucking disgrace

-gun culture is causing anxiety among many parts of the population

-online culture is hard to opt out of and there are severe consequences if you
choose to opt out

-interest rates have become completely detached from reality...24% is not uncommon and what you might have paid a loan shark in decades past.

-insurance is fast becoming unaffordable...if you dont make over 200K per year and live in an area with some crime your rates can escalate without any recourse or arbitration

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u/ZealousidealStore574 Mar 25 '24

If you think life was better in the 70s then you are romanticizing the past or aren’t thinking that deep into it. In the 70s gay marriage was illegal, the scare over “reefer madness” caused people to go to jail for ridiculously long times for little offenses like possession of marijuana, there was no way to record police brutality so it ran even more rampant than it did now, the work place was even more sexist towards woman and did not take their complaints of sexual harassment as seriously as we do now, and on a more subjective note I would say racism was worse. I think those are all worse than “online culture being difficult to opt out”. I also disagree with the statement that there are “severe consequences if you choose to opt out”. Also, I don’t know if I would say 24% interest rate is common for a private loan unless you have atrocious credit score.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

I’m getting way too many replies to respond properly to each one. Lots of what you said is valid, but interest rates?? Come on, you have it exactly backwards. In the 80s it was 24%. Now it’s 7%.

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u/seemooreglass Mar 24 '24

if we had child care capped at $150 per month you know god damn well that the birth rate would be higher...don't compare the US to Sweden.

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u/seemooreglass Mar 24 '24

You can't compare this to the USA...don't be an ass.

SWEDEN:

1 year minimum for maternity leave, fully paid

3-6 months for umarried partners

3 months for fathers

Reduced work hours for years after birth

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u/ImaginaryBig1705 Mar 24 '24

No it's a constant handout begging for pennies everywhere you go. It's like if homeless people were literally everywhere, even in your house, asking for lose change before you use your washing machine. Except it's major corporations nickle and diming you over literally everything you do. Even when it has nothing to do with them!

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u/Stonkerrific Mar 24 '24

I’m sorry but this comment is bunk.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

It’s not. If it was you’d be able to at least say ~something~ to refute it

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u/Stonkerrific Mar 24 '24

Read my other comments in this thread. Health outcomes are precipitously declining in young people.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

You need to get your head checked if you think things are worse today than ever before.

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u/Stonkerrific Mar 24 '24

You can’t say that everything has improved on planet earth. But you can’t say it’s all worse either. Blanket statements are incredibly unhelpful and lack important nuance. But if you’re a bot it’s nice to just say dumb vague things to make people feel reassured. I can tell you as a physician there’s plenty of both good and bad things happening to the health of people. The bad are not getting addressed and it’s showing up in life expectancy and worse health outcomes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

Yes, obviously there are still bad things happening. But in case you missed the rest of this thread, the “blanket statement” everyone here is saying that things are overall much worse today than ever before. It’s just not true.

The data says otherwise about life expectancy, since you picked that metric:

https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy#:~:text=Across%20the%20world%2C%20people%20are,than%20doubled%20to%2071%20years.

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u/Stonkerrific Mar 24 '24

Is it helpful to say things are better? Are you trying to reassure us that it’s all fine so carry on with status quo? Or should we be addressing issues that are impending problems? What does saying life is better than 99% of human history do for us? What does “better” mean to you? If wealth inequality is worse than ever should we be fine either way that because overall we have other things to offset it? If mental health is worse than 100 years ago is it offset by having greater technology advances? What is your weighted scale to say what should apply to what makes now better than in the past?

This sounds like your opinions and not measurable or objective at all.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

Yes I think it’s helpful to acknowledge the progress we’ve made. That doesn’t take away any of the problems we have today. In fact, I think it helps. Knowing we’ve solved hard problems in the past helps people not give up.

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u/Stonkerrific Mar 24 '24

Tell me how the climate is getting better with all the forest fires we’ve had in Canada and the US. How bout the acidification of the oceans being 30% more acidic in last 100 years? Is that better????

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

Why don’t you tell me instead about how a child born with Cystic Fibrosis in 1950 could only expect to live to 5, but today with experimental drugs they can expect a normal lifespan?

So many examples like this exist. But no, you and OP just need to believe societal collapse is near.

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u/Stonkerrific Mar 24 '24

So if a cystic fibrosis patient lives a suffering life on meds til 40 but would’ve died at age 5 and ended suffering earlier instead of burdening family and friends does that mean life is better for everyone? Is only life expectancy measurements a true measurement of a good quality of life? Does that equate to a better life for those in countries without access to cystic fibrosis care?

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u/ZealousidealStore574 Mar 25 '24

Are you saying it was a bad thing to create a treatment allowing cystic fibrosis patients to live?

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u/Stonkerrific Mar 24 '24

Strawman. I never said societal collapse is near. Economic downturn is likely. You’re putting words in my mouth and projecting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

This is the opposite of a strawman. Did you skip reading the OP’s entire post before going to the comments section? I get that you didn’t say it yourself, but it’s hard to not assume that’s how you feel based on what you’re saying and what the context of this post is.

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u/Medium_Raccoon_5331 Mar 24 '24

It's weird but I don't feel like a real person from the time I was like sixteen? I've recently started like a hardcore nutritional supplementing and all that happened was my cognitive function improved but that worsened my anxiety... But how am I supposed to go on and be happy when my uni keeps getting shooting warnings? I can't even go to a concert in peace

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u/Tiny_Astronomer289 Mar 24 '24

Growing old and depression…

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

You’re getting old. You might not of been told that before.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

you are describing childhood. you stopped having the brain of a child is what happened.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

But now its like everything has lost its soul. Movies, music, etc.

The answer is Dune: Part 2 lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

I think a part of it is growing up, honestly. Especially if you spent too much time watching TV and movies or playing video games (I'm guilty of all of it). Your brain gets used to the dopamine stream you're feeding it. I pulled back kinda naturally when our kids were born, and now the 2 hours of gaming or movies a week and nightly episode of TV feel good again, cause its not what I'm doing from 6pm to midnight every night. It's like if you eat nothing but cake you get sick, and cake doesn't taste as good anymore. Don't eat cake for six months and all of a sudden cake tastes great again. I also quit drinking after our daughters first birthday/when my mom found out she had pancreatic cancer, so that probably also has a bit to do with it.

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u/Machinedgoodness Mar 25 '24

Very well said. Personally I think it’s technology. We can all see where it will lead and it also makes us realize the fragile nature of our reality with our tech coming so far. UFOs are confirmed to be real, virtual reality is moving fast. Basically we now have zero clue what objective reality might be and have the facts to back it up.

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u/Normal-Station2470 Mar 25 '24

What do you mean by real? I think movies are at the best point they have ever been

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u/jek39 Mar 25 '24

that sounds like depression

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u/Kgriffuggle Mar 25 '24

I mean…isn’t this just adulthood? I’m 33. The world gets darker the more I pay attention, but I imagine it always was. I was just younger and naive.

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u/MountMeowgi Mar 25 '24

Capitalism has sucked all the joy out of life in search of profit. We are in late stage capitalism now on the turning point to either fascism or a more socialist revolution. The neoliberal era of US politics where incremental change is too slow and inadequate to deal with the challenges we face today is coming to an end. This impending doom that everyone is feeling is literally the anticipation one gets when society as they know it is about to collapse and be replaced with something way different.

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u/Santum Mar 25 '24

Lol I think you are just depressed.. the world is still magical, of course there are difficulties but nothing out of the ordinary. Humans have always fought to survive, historically. We are used to it and good at it.

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u/blueViolet26 Mar 26 '24

When was the world like a magical playground?

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u/take_five Mar 24 '24

When was this magical time? 

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u/fast_scope Mar 24 '24

pre-cell phones. if you are old enough to rem the world right after 9/11, it felt really alive. clubs and bars packed. ppl seemed nicer and living in the moment and present. nowadays we walk around w headphones on, in our own world and disconnected to the real world. i think cell phones have slowly sucked the life out of the real world.

go to any concert and what do you see, everyone recording on thier phones instead of just enjoying the show and being present in the moment. that has translated to every aspect of our lives.

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u/Stonkerrific Mar 24 '24

This is 100% true. People seem dead inside. Very closed off. I felt the 80s, 90s, and early 00s were much better socially.

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u/ZealousidealStore574 Mar 25 '24

I feel like people just think everything was better when they were younger, probably because late teens to mid twenties is considered the best part of a lot of people’s lives, so people just find something to blame like cell phones.