u/LaughDry8003

Hello, I’m a relatively new vegan (went vegan in June 2025), and I’ve been facing some problems lately that have only gotten worse with time. I’ve heard from older/more experienced vegans that newer ones tend to get more indignant more often, and I think that what’s been happening to me. I originally went vegetarian for the environment, but later discovering the atrocities and blatant animal abuse that goes on in farming I went fully vegan. At first, other people eating meat and stuff wasn’t a big issue for me, nor was other people talking about it either, but as time passed, I found myself becoming more and more frustrated with the world and what we’re so consciously doing to these innocent lives. I think maybe at the start, I simply assumed that everyone else was just misinformed and didn’t know any better, so I always tried to tell other people about it and inform them of the benefits of being vegan and the harms that omnivory bring, but no matter how much I talk or try, not a single person ever listens, and it’s frustrating. It’s frustrating because now I know it’s not because they are ill-informed, they just don’t give a damn. Fast forward to today, and I’m finding myself angry all times of the day, ruminating on the atrocities we commit. At work, during lectures, when driving, I’m just fuming all the time. It’s now gotten to the point where I can’t even sleep without a distraction because then I just get too angry to fall asleep. The truth is that I hate feeling angry all the time, because being angry hurts and is exhausting. But it’s so hard when not even my closest friends even consider my side even when they acknowledge I’m right. I know I can’t judge them though as I was the same at one point, probably even worse since I used to be on a carnivore diet. I just want to stop being angry I guess, and wanted some advice from more experienced vegans on how you guys deal with this frustration. Thank you.