Feeling guilty about having fun

[vercetti2021]

At a movie currently. Given all the death and destruction overseas. Babies being beheaded. The fact the US is bordering on authoritarianism. I feel like shit even going to a movie because I can't even focus.

Seriously I feel like shit and guilty to enjoy life since it's all hell in the world now.

[BootinUp]

1. You might enjoy listening to the message

from the First Lady of Ukraine, I posted it yesterday. She talks about this issue.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218350849

[ggma]

2. Don't feel guilty, Sweetheart;

you're allowed to "step away". Sometimes you really need to. Hugs.

gg

[vercetti2021]

8. Sadly I did not

All I did was worry the whole movie

[multigraincracker]

3. Nothing wrong with seeking balance.

You are doing alright.

[elleng]

4. You're human.

Don't feel guilty about that; it's life.

[usonian]

5. Got to find balance. It's recommended.

https://psychcentral.com/depression/movies-to-uplift-you-from-depression

I don't know how authoritative psych central is!

But I will never forget one scene from "Sullivan's Travels" ... the protagonist laughing it up at a movie when all was falling apart.


Can't forget it!


Quote from Wikipedia:
⚠️SPOILER ALERT. THIS IS THE MOVIE'S ENDING⚠️

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan%27s_Travels

Sullivan decides to thank the homeless for the insights he has gained by handing out $5 bills. At a train yard, a man knocks Sullivan unconscious, steals his money and shoes, and dumps him in a departing boxcar. While escaping with Sullivan's money, the thief gets run over by another train. When the mangled body is found, the ID cards sewn into the stolen shoes identify the deceased as Sullivan.

Sullivan wakes up in another city, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. A yard bull finds him and accosts him for illegally entering the rail yard. In his dazed state, Sullivan hits the man with a rock, earning himself a six-year sentence of hard labor in a work camp. He gradually regains his memory. In the camp, he attends a showing of Walt Disney's 1934 Playful Pluto cartoon, a rare treat for the prisoners, and is surprised to find himself laughing along with them.

Unable to convince anybody either that he is Sullivan or communicate with the outside world, he comes up with a solution: after learning of his unsolved "killing" on the front page of an old newspaper, he confesses to being the murderer. When his picture makes the front page, he is recognized and released. His "widow" has married his business manager, meaning she will have to give him a divorce or be charged with bigamy. Sullivan's boss finally tells him he can make O Brother, Where Art Thou? Sullivan confesses he has changed his mind; he now wants to continue making comedies, having seen firsthand the joy they bring to the downtrodden.

As for me, I'd watch the original Blues Brothers (less the weaponry, thank you) for the great music. When you've got the blues, play the blues! That's why they invented ( along with rhythm)

[Irish_Dem]

6. If we don't take care of ourselves, we cannot help others.

[vercetti2021]

9. I'm trying

But every day is becoming harder to do that

[Irish_Dem]

10. One day at a time.

Sometimes it’s one hour at a time.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I know for a fact that, as far as my mental health goes,

if I don't watch light, classic comedies on TV I harm myself. My blood pressure is normally very low but I turn red when I allow horrible realities of human life into my emotions for too many hours at a time. I am a misanthrope and have no love or hope for humans. I must read funny books and watch funny movies and TV shows or I would have jumped off a bridge 30 years ago. For a long time I would only get my "news" from Jon Stewart/Daily Show since after watching the MSNBC/CNN news I would grow irate in a nanosecond. However, I must admit that Keith Olbermann's program "Countdown" did help me to blow off steam.

[Ziggysmom]

11. Sometimes you have got to absorb comedy to rest your mind. I absolutely cannot watch

news or movies with violence within a hour or so before going to bed. I will have horrible nightmares and wake up in terrors. I watch silly sitcoms or cartoons, often read some gardening or cooking magazines. You need to give your brain a break from all the horrors. NO need to feel guilty for taking care of yourself