This election was different, it felt like as a nation we validated of the worst of humanity, and willingly gave a dangerous, unqualified protofascist control of the government. For a lot of people that has been a total slam in the gut. I never felt that way in any other election. Had Jeb Bush, Mike Pence, Rubio, even Cruz gotten elected as president I personally wouldn’t feel this way. I’d oppose their policies (plutocratic economics, curtailing women’s and LGBT rights, etc) but Trump feels different on a gut level.
I read these two articles and felt they did a good job of describing my feelings.
For me, I’ve been having trouble sleeping. Either I can’t fall asleep until 2-3am or I wake up at 6am. It has only been 3 days, and I’m hoping it goes away by next week. The insomnia is starting to get to me.
I did have a nightmare about Trump thursday night, I dreamt I was his personal assistant and he kept verbally, emotionally and physically attacking me. No nausea or vomiting, but I have been feeling kind of numb. I decided to treat myself by seeing Dr. Strange in 3D on thursday and thought it was a good movie.
To reiterate, before the conservatives come in and say ‘you’d react this way to any republican getting elected’. Again, no I wouldn’t. It is not the same. If you don’t understand that or can’t accept that, fine. If you think people like me are overreacting, again, fine. But Trump is something totally different. His election, aside from putting the nation in peril both domestically and internationally validates the mainstream popularity of the worst aspects this nation has to offer on every level.
Endless millions of us need time to adjust to the fact that this country has a different set of values than we used to think we had.
Dude that’s not healthy. You are catastrophizing. Trump will suck for this country and he has emboldened the worst sorts of people, but it doesn’t do any good to curl up in a ball and invent imaginary apocalypses. It’s OK to be upset, but not to the point where you’re damaging your life over things that haven’t happened yet. Go about your life, help people in trouble–like if you see a woman in a hijab being pestered by some asshole, intervene–and if you are up for it, donate to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and get involved in local politics.
I’m feeling a little better today than the last three days. I’ve had a headache and nausea ever since 3 a.m. Wednesday.
My office building just finished a sort of terrace garden, which replaces a never-used swimming pool that used to be there. I went out there after working out this morning. I was the only one there and I sat there a long time, trying to empty out my brain and just live in the moment. That helped a good bit.
Your movie idea is a good one. I might see that film this weekend. Anything to overwhelm the senses for awhile.
I feel like we’ve become a squabbling little third world country with a tinpot shitstain ruler and that this is the beginning of the end.
I work in an immigration law practice. Aside from how shitty I feel personally, I’ve spend half the week talking my clients and co-workers off of ledges. Our office also has a large and robust civil rights practice. There has been open crying in the office among the employees, let alone the clients. My concentration is also shot to hell.
On the bright side, at least it’s a supportive environment - I don’t think there was a single Trump voter in the office outside the commercial litigation group. There’s been lots of black humor and venting.
Well, I’m smack in the middle of PTSD season, so it’s hard to say how I’d be doing if this had happened in, say, March. I’m really distressed by the dismissal and apathy toward sexual assault survivors. I take it pretty personally that we elected a self-avowed sexual predator. I had a pretty extreme reaction the day after, now I feel better. Even with all this bullshit in holding it together better than I have in past Novembers. It’s all relative.
Give me another dose of Larry Borgia’s reply up there if you want, but I spent all day today looking at the people I saw with a rather jaundiced eye. That roughly a 3rd (if you count no-shows) voted for the bastard now makes me deeply suspicious of them and their motives.
Otherwise I am fine, focusing on the things which make me happy, as usual.
And am slowly becoming convinced that this is indeed all a sim, and now wonder just how many of my fellow “human beings” are just AI’s.
Thursday was my nadir. I was nauseated, and kept running obsessive thoughts through my head. Worst-case scenarios, involving the overturn of Roe, the overturn of Obergefell, etc.
Today was a lot better. I used zen techniques, like repeating a mantra (my mantra is “mantra,” which is sort of like using “Battle Cry!” as your battle cry) and visualization techniques. (“I am an empty envelope.”)
I had been feeling distraught. Nervous. Ill. Luckily I’m already on Buspar for anxiety, so that helped a bunch I think. I can not go on Facebook. I’m surrounded by trumpeters hailing the all mighty cheeto monkey so that’s new for me. Other than that, better.
For the first time in many decades I had a nightmare: Someone had broken into the house, and I was unable to yell or in any way scare him off. I was rendered mute and incapacitated.
I’m sleeping only about an hour at a time, a few times a day. Totally lethargic and depressed. No attention span. I don’t get much pleasure from reading or TV.
The only thing that comforts me is just lying in bed, holding my husband. He’s my rock. But he’s leaving on business today, for ten days. It’s gonna be rough.
I’ve had no trouble sleeping; however I’ve felt nauseous and very tense in the 3 times I’ve woken up since the result, a feeling that would probably persist throughout my waking hours if I hadn’t been numbing it with food and soda.
Dutch here. I still read articles, trying to make sense, but I can’t look at the guys picture anymore. I literally cover up parts of the screen with my finger, and parts of the paper with whatever is lying on the table.
I’m sleeping like a baby! I lived in fear that we would have to endure four more years of Obama in the guise of Hillary. But when I saw those sweet, sweet electoral votes for Trump on Fox News Tuesday night I knew that all was right with the world and that my countrymen had come to their senses at last.
