When despite the isolation and difficulties and people being terribly ill and dying, there was this feeling of something good might come out of this great reset of society?
That feels very distant now.
When despite the isolation and difficulties and people being terribly ill and dying, there was this feeling of something good might come out of this great reset of society?
That feels very distant now.
It could be a common coping mechanism, where human brains make old memories of bad times feel slightly better and forget the worst parts sooner.
nah, i talked about it a lot at the time about how i was feeling hopeful and like everyone was in it together
Well that is one patronising way to respond I guess.
I didn’t mean it that way. I just meant to remind you, that our brains do this, that’s why I wrote “could”.
For example, I was in the military many years ago. Now when I look back, I immediately remember all the fun we had doing exercizes in the forest, marching in lockstep, helping each other, good food from the military cooks, my seargent walking around laughing and wielding two machine guns, etc… But when it was so nice, why did I quit? I have to concentrate hard to remember that is was actually one of the worst times I had in my life. No privacy, bad bunk beds, constantly exhausted, drinking alcohol to be able to sleep when deployed to noisy environments, everything was dangerous all the time, always being ready to kill randos, just because their boss sent them to war, etc… It wasn’t fun overall, but it’s getting harder to remember every year.