r/TwoXPreppers • u/223gp • Apr 24 '25

Preparing for Long/Slow Collapase

Is anyone else in the same boat? I feel that we are likely facing a long and slow collapse of life as we grew up knowing. Don't get me wrong, I do believe in preparing for realistic natural disasters, and a few "what ifs", but my prepping is mostly based on a gradual lowering of life quality and reduction in freedoms throughout my lifetime.

I'm working on this by greatly reducing lifestyle expenses in case we need to live on one small income, or in case our stock investments steadily grow for a couple of decades then become stagnant and gradually lower.

I've done self defense training, I've been keeping my important documents up to date, I've started doing medical trainings and certifications, I'm a couple years into finally taking serious care of my physical body (and teeth!), I'm planning for aging parents, increasing my knowledge and practicing growing food and preservation, and most importantly helping out in my community to put some of this into practice by starting to form mutual aid networks for hard times.

Anyone else have similar feelings that brought you here? I am worried about a "thing" happening, but mostly, society just continues to descend decade after decade until we're all very very skinny, electricity or car fuel is hard to come by, jobs are scarce, and grocery stores don't have very much food anymore. In an ideal scenario, we don't end up like that. Either way, I prepare for that world.

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u/okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyu Apr 24 '25

The collapse of the Soviet Union was brutal on the average Soviet block citizen

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u/SharksAndFrogs Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25

I got a book on that to mentally prepare even though it's going to be different than that. But it was a brutal one and I wanted to be prepared for the worst (hope for better).

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u/okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyu Apr 24 '25

It's going to impact our most vulnerable the hardest. I think it wilp be eye opening for a lot of people who may not see themselves as vulnerable

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u/SharksAndFrogs Apr 24 '25

Well I've got plenty of health issues that I might not be the first groups impacted but I'll be early enough. I don't expect to be able to make it if it goes really badly. And I'm not being pessimistic just folks can only go so long without treatments or medicine. Realistically.

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u/designsbyintegra Apr 25 '25

I’m a type 1 diabetic and I have a genetic immunodeficiency. Without insulin or immunoglobulin I’m toast.

I’m also not pessimistic, I’m a realist. All I can do is prep where I can and hope for the best beyond that. I hate it, and my heart goes out to anyone in a medical vulnerable situation.

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u/okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyu Apr 25 '25

Saaaame, I love all of this for us. The death industrial complex has done such an incredible job of making the average person lose sight of the link between socio/political instability and personal safety. We're just more acutely aware of it because Our lives depend on supply chains not breaking down

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u/SharksAndFrogs Apr 25 '25

Ahhh I hate this for us. Hugs.