# Updates on your physical and mental health since the election **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557 "2016-11-12T00:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/21 "2016-11-12T11:21:06Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > 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. > > Happy days are here again. Suck it, bitches. > [@Fleetwood](#): > > Got a spring in my step, sleeping like a log and can’t wipe the mile-wide smile off my face. Just wait until buyer’s remorse sets in. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/22 "2016-11-12T12:02:36Z")
I’m… pretty calm, after the initial day of bewildered disbelief- the election results are very unlikely to change much of anything in our day to day life, and, to put it bluntly, there’s plenty of other things I can worry about that I -can- change. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/23 "2016-11-12T12:43:46Z")
**Warning issued** There is nothing wrong with expressing your personal happiness at the outcome of this election in this thread. However “suck it, bitches” crosses a clear line. Warning issued for being a jerk. > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > 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. > > Happy days are here again. Suck it, bitches. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/24 "2016-11-12T14:18:16Z")
Eh, doing fine, in general. My own line of work being politically involved I unfortunately cannot tune out, so I may be suffering more from sheer overload. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > 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. Actually a little more than a quarter, if you base yourself on eligible population. And I’ve always been suspicious of the people around me, what, this is the first time you’ve noticed they’re up to no good? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/25 "2016-11-12T15:28:20Z")
1. I did not vote for Trump. 2. I feel perfectly fine. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/26 "2016-11-12T15:34:52Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > **Warning issued** > > There is nothing wrong with expressing your personal happiness at the outcome of this election in this thread. However “suck it, bitches” crosses a clear line. Warning issued for being a jerk. My apologies to the board. I was trying to be flippant and amusing, and got carried away. It won’t happen again. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/27 "2016-11-12T16:50:33Z")
I’m avoiding most news for the time being. Images of Trump meeting with Obama at the White House make me physically ill. Inauguration Day will be difficult. No way will I watch that man taking the oath of office and parading through the streets of DC. I’ll be volunteering with a women’s health organization in my community. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/28 "2016-11-12T18:47:53Z")
Wednesday morning I went to the gym, paid my $100 bet, and then did 85’s on incline DB bench for the first time, so all that anger must be good for something. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/29 "2016-11-12T19:15:53Z")
I’m mostly over the feeling-beat-up part of it, and back to doing my normal stuff normally. I’ve had heartburn, though, which I hadn’t had for years. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/30 "2016-11-12T19:27:41Z")
[Don’t Panic.](http://www.cracked.com/blog/dont-panic/) ---
**Author:** ![bobo\_blesinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bobo\_blesinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobo_blesinger)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/31 "2016-11-12T20:03:11Z")
Goddamn what a bunch of hothouse flowers :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/32 "2016-11-12T20:21:08Z")
I’m not a bit worried. I’m a White male, USA-born, English-speaking, and can pretend to be Christian if I need to. “When they came for the (_**s), I was not a (**_), so I said nothing.” – Martin Niemöller ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/33 "2016-11-12T20:38:52Z")
Keep the not so thinly vieled insults to yourself. **Everyone** I thought I was clear: Express your opinions but no insults about how others are feeling or directed to anyone else. > [@bobo\_blesinger](#): > > Goddamn what a bunch of hothouse flowers :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/34 "2016-11-12T20:47:33Z")
I’m suicidally depressed. In a way I’m glad that there are posters who’ve come into this thread to point and laugh, because it means I’m right. This wasn’t just politics. ---
**Author:** ![ultimate11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/35 "2016-11-12T20:53:57Z")
> [@](#): > > _It’s the end of the world as we know it. > It’s the end of the world as we know it. > It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine._ > > R.E.M Really, I feel the same. Better so than previous since I just stopped looking for work…for the time being. The last week of December is when I start making progress again. ---
**Author:** ![bobo\_blesinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bobo\_blesinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobo_blesinger)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/36 "2016-11-12T23:51:03Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Keep the not so thinly vieled insults to yourself. > > **Everyone** I thought I was clear: Express your opinions but no insults about how others are feeling or directed to anyone else. Shit, I’m sorry. I forgot this was a safe space. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/37 "2016-11-13T00:18:57Z")
“So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause.” – Padme Amidala, Revenge Of The Sith ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/38 "2016-11-13T00:21:20Z")
Messsasss gonna cry! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/39 "2016-11-13T01:39:32Z")
Meh. The republicans survived Obama. The democrats will survive Trump. Each with their own chest beating histrionics and rhetoric. It’s the end of the world, the sky is falling. Lather-rinse-repeat in four years. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557/40 "2016-11-13T01:48:40Z")
I will not live long enough to see the coasts under water, so why should I care. I am not Hispanic, so why should I care. I am not Muslim, so why should I care. I am not a woman, so why should I care. I am not black, so why should I care. On the other hand, my children, all three of whom live in the US have been trying for a year or so to get my wife and me to move to the US and we have now decided not to, for the time being at least. Normally I turn out my light around 11 and fall asleep fairly quickly. Wednesday morning I turned in at 1:30 and didn’t fall asleep till 4. But my sleeping is back to normal now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updates-on-your-physical-and-mental-health-since-the-election/771557.md?page=3)