{"id":1256728,"date":"2025-07-06T10:51:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/we-must-live-on-or-we-will-slide-into-the-black-hole-of-despair\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T07:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T04:47:44","slug":"we-must-live-on-or-we-will-slide-into-the-black-hole-of-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/we-must-live-on-or-we-will-slide-into-the-black-hole-of-despair\/","title":{"rendered":"Living On: The Only Way to Escape the Black Hole of Despair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoyakazanzhy\/posts\/pfbid02cFTWuECypbyRNVamp8nTQ5hn4VvoMdsYJyS4buHg2X3bzb9uHe6edai8Es2zC5psl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sometimes you hold on and hold on \u2014 and then suddenly, you fall into a black hole. Sometimes the blow comes for no reason at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"344\">Just a photo. A person released from captivity kisses the ground after crossing the border. Or another, hearing on the phone: \u201cDear, you have a granddaughter. She\u2019s already three months old!\u201d \u2014 and the expression on his face at that moment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"693\">Or a post from an intellectual and wealthy person: <strong data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"450\">\u201cI have no people \u2014 either join my unit or help!\u201d<\/strong> He also writes: <strong data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"693\">\u201cWe urgently need six eco flows now. You won\u2019t be able to buy anything else. I\u2019m begging the Ministry of Defense for everything else, with tears. I\u2019m exhausted. Not only that, but I left in 2014, and I left again in 2022.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"899\">Or a message about yet another roundtable, a conference on recovery, another ambitious plan for a decisive victory. The country could certainly survive without 90 percent of these events, especially now.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"1039\">Then a DeepState report: minus 31.3 km\u00b2 per day. About 556 square kilometers were occupied in June 2025 \u2014 the highest monthly figure this year.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/how-to-survive-under-rubble-advice-from-hospitallers-and-the-state-emergency-service\/\">How to survive under rubble: advice from Hospitallers and the State Emergency Service<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"315\">And then you read, you see \u2014 and you realize: there are people all around you who are holding on, holding on, holding on. Every morning, despite insomnia and night terrors, they still get up and go to work.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"441\">There\u2019s the girl with red eyes, a little dazed, making your coffee and asking, <em data-start=\"396\" data-end=\"441\">\u201cNo sugar, not too strong? Still the same?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"652\">There\u2019s the tax office employee, to whom you give a broad, encouraging smile \u2014 and she suddenly says, <em data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"652\">\u201cI have no strength left. I didn\u2019t sleep at all last night. I was sitting in the basement with my child.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"816\">At the Nova Poshta branch, the girl pauses for a second, looks up, and apologizes to the line: <em data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"816\">\u201cI have a big shipment, but I\u2019ll be quick. I\u2019m alone here today.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"990\">A combine harvester is working the fields just ten kilometers from the front line. His partner films him and laughs off-camera: <em data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"990\">\u201cWhere else do you see people this crazy?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1208\"><em data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1113\">\u201cAs soon as it quiets down, I\u2019ll start working in the garden. The potatoes won\u2019t wait, and the tomatoes need watering,\u201d<\/em> says a woman in a TikTok video. Sumy region. Under heavy shelling. The tomatoes need watering\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1210\" data-end=\"1408\">And your black abyss grows smaller. It stretches out like a narrow path instead of a free fall. You\u2019re not falling anymore. Because you have to keep living. Because we\u2019re all still human. Still sane.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1530\">And at that moment, you just want to hug everyone who\u2019s here. Nearby. Who understands exactly what you\u2019re writing about?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1610\">When it feels like everything is going wrong \u2014 <strong data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1609\">look for the person nearby<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page Sometimes you hold on and hold on \u2014 and then suddenly, you fall into a black hole. Sometimes the blow comes for no reason at all. Just a photo. A person released from captivity kisses the ground after crossing the border. 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