anyone else feel like we’re sliding toward another Great Depression?

Numbers-wise things look okay—stock market up, unemployment low-ish, no headline crash. But day to day it feels like something’s off. Everything costs more. Groceries, rent, going out with friends—all of it adds up faster than it used to. It’s not just prices either. Life feels more mundane. Less spontaneity, less room to just do things because they’re fun. Everything gets weighed against a budget now.

It just feels like we work harder and the payoff takes longer to show up, if it shows up at all. Maybe it’s just me being in a rut, but I keep seeing this sentiment echoed by other people too. Anyone else feel this?