
With peace and love, if you want to feel better, actually go out and look for ways you can make a change. I am being so fucking for real with you because I was in a similar place you are and the only thing that makes it better is going out into the community and engaging with things that are closer to home that you can make more meaningful change. Sticking your head in the sand or just “looking and watching” is not helping you or anyone else.
There are so many different organizations in Chattanooga (and at UTC) that are great for doing this. I highly suggest you look in to any one of them and going to at least one meeting (and actually talk to any of the organizers at said meeting) and then decide what your capacity is and then go from there. You can start small but you have to start doing something.