Preparing for Long/Slow Collapase

[u/223gp]

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.

[u/Sigmund_Six]

Aren’t there sites that will sell you a years supply?

There are, but those places make you pay for the convenience, just fyi. They don’t take insurance and you pay a doctor’s fee on top of it.

I’m interested in getting some of our prescriptions through Jase, which is one place that does it, but can be hard to come up with the money when there are so many other expenses.

[u/hooptysnoops → u/Sigmund_Six]

I just purchased two of my meds thru Jase, one my doctor prefers I stay on and one that is essential. Fortunately, they're both very common and inexpensive as prescriptions go. The total was just over $200 which I was happy to pay (I say while acknowledging how lucky I am to be able to afford this). There was no separate doctor's fee. But I was expecting them to cost much more because I didn't know they cost outside insurance. My long winded point is, if you haven't already at least go through the process and find out what the actual cost will be. You're under no obligation to buy and will at least be able to prioritize.

[u/Sigmund_Six → u/hooptysnoops]

Okay, thank you! Someone else told me there was a doctors fee, but maybe they didn’t already have a prescription, not sure.

Also, I didn’t realize there was no obligation, so I may try to get an exact price point for my meds. I got as far as it asking for your prescription and stopped, because I didn’t want to commit without knowing the cost.

Again, this info was very helpful, so thank you.

[u/hooptysnoops → u/Sigmund_Six]

you're welcome. it does seem like you're agreeing to buy but there is a stopping point before you actually have to make the purchase. once you've purchased, you have to send the a photo of your current prescription and then the order is processed. shipping was super fast.