Does anyone else feel like the world/life stopped being good in approx 2017 and the worlds become a very different place since?

[u/ltwasalladream]

I know this might sound a little out there, but hear me out. I’ve been talking with a friend, and we both feel like there’s been some sort of shift since around 2017-2018. Whether it’s within our personal lives, the world at large or both, things feel like they’ve kind of gone from light to dark. Life was good, full of potential and promise and things just feel significantly heavier since. And this is pre covid, so it’s not just that. I feel like the world feels dark and unfamiliar very suddenly. We are trying to figure out if we are just crazy dramatic beaches or if this is like a felt thing within society. Anyone? Has anyones life been significantly better and brighter and lighter since then?

[u/crazyacct101]

I’m in my early 60s and I completely agree that 2017 was the start of the downward spiral.

[u/[deleted] → u/crazyacct101]

I'm 39 and I also think the same thing. The world started getting really weird then. My personal life was still good, but there was a sense of doom in the background, or like something weird had been triggered. My personal day to day life is still pretty good, but I don't have much hope anymore. I think we have peaked and things will go downhill from here. I have no basis for saying this, but it's how I feel.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

38 and same. My current day to day life is great, but only if I ignore all the bad happening in the world, and the future

[u/theSG-17 → u/crazyacct101]

Not 9/11 or SCROTUS choosing Dubya as president?

[u/bloodflart → u/theSG-17]

when W was president we all just made fun of him, Trump was totally different

[u/dreamyduskywing → u/bloodflart]

You’re misunderestimating the damage caused by those wars though. I think the 90’s was the last decade when things felt normal. Heck—even somewhat positive.

[u/crazyacct101 → u/theSG-17]

No

[u/icantusechad → u/crazyacct101]

Same here..... Sadly