Mental Health Group: Please try to have hope

[steve2470]

Hi all,

I return here 4 days after the horrible, almost unbelievable day that was the Presidential election. I know (since this is DU) all of you feel something similar. It was a really bad night for me and early morning. I went to bed at 3:30 AM more or less knowing the Fascist-in-Chief-to-be was going to be inaugurated in January 2025. I don't have to list all the obscene things he will try to do. We all know them.

Now, the good (maybe): For my own sanity, I still feel the American public do not want fascism or true authoritarianism, despite my own Governor DeSantis going full-on fascist about the abortion amendment. I have listened to many podcasts, so I know there is a range of opinions on why Ms. Harris lost. I feel "perceived economics" was the real factor, meaning the inflation over 5 years. Never mind that current inflation is about 2.5% and trending down. Gasoline and groceries and rent, etc. were all up over the last 5 years, with some of those items coming down in price. Yes yes, some voted out of pure racism, pure misogny, hatred for liberals, hatred for Democrats, pure xenophobia. The ghastly icing on the cake, to me, was the perceived "bad economy". Way too many Americans are ill-informed and misinformed about politics and government.

Please have hope, and don't succumb to despairing depression. Yes, I know, much easier said than done. I have chronic depression, so this is very personal to me. I just cannot succumb, or I will have to move out of the country.

Please forgive all the politics I inserted in here, and please try to have hope. All the best to everyone here with your mental health !

Steve

[Easterncedar]

1. Thanks, Steve.

Every bit helps. Someday we might feel strong enough to stand.

[viva la]

2. I had a minor nightmare that I was in a foreign country and lost my wallet.

I woke up and sighed with relief, because I was still home and still had my wallet.

Then I remembered... the evil won.

Major nightmare, only it was real.

I'm trying to avoid dwelling too much. I need to get past the rest of this month. (There's also a big doctor appointment/test in two weeks.) I think by the time December comes, we'll have more ideas about what we need to do in the future.

But this next couple weeks are going to be full of anxiety. I'm trying to find ways to distract myself, like decluttering my closets. I found a whole box of old CDs (remember them?) and decided to get a CD player and listen to them. The randomness of the music choosing -- just whatever CD is on top-- will be more calming that calling out commands to Alexa. I don't want to make choices now.

In a couple weeks or months, we'll have regained some strength. We have to take some time to recover from the trauma, no matter what form that takes.

[XanaDUer2]

3. I went to bed at 1030

And I knew that somehow, some way, that fucking criminal pos was going to win when I saw the states falling. Woke up Wed, knew he won, but didn't want to get out of bed to verify. I finally did, holding out hope she won the swing states. Anyway, turned on the tv for the inevitable.

I am crushed. I texted my cousin who know fears for my mental health. This was the capper on top of expensive dental issues, jaw shoved back into my ears now having problems, surgery, problems w relatives, and asshole partner.

[viva la]

4. I'm sorry-- same here-- health issues.

It just feels like the universe is piling on.

[XanaDUer2]

5. I don't really want to be here anymore

I'm just done. My life sucks and I'm wrrd ill be getting 32k dollar headaches the rest of my life. My partner has no sympathy, was yelling at me earlier, and i finally snapped and told him i hope he has virulent quickly-killing cancer. I can't take anymore

[viva la]

6. Come here and vent.

I wish we could all just sleep for a month, just to get through the worst of it.
Only the worst of it is going to be four years after January.

[XanaDUer2]

7. I start the crown prep wednes day I'm

Dreading it and praying i don't have pain and headaches the rest of my life. Its major work and its prepaid I've lost all confidence in the specialist who hurt me carelessly. I can't get a lawyer to even talk me about suing.

[viva la]

13. Sorry about that--

It's gotten very hard to get attorneys to take on medical malpractice suits. Too much work?
I hope this procedure helps at least.

[58Sunliner]

8. I drank a beer the last 3 days. For me that is a lot. I mean, I started that beer at 11 am.

It's the only thing that takes the worst of the anxiety away.

[XanaDUer2]

11. I'm chugging wine n Xanax

[58Sunliner]

14. I'd probably take Xanax if I had any.

[XanaDUer2]

9. I hope trumpers suffer

Hard. I'm reading 2 illegal immigrants gleeful Fuckstain won bc he's not communist.

If theyre packed off to a camp I'm not saying a word to help

[Lonestarblue]

10. Thank you. I take comfort from DU, but I have lost all hope f any better days ahead.

We are a very sick nation, and too many people have nothing but hate in their hearts for fellow citizens and believe that we have no rights to disagree with their hatred and indeed need to be destroyed. Yes, we will somehow get through the next four years, but the idea of waking up every day to the media praising whatever Trump has said or done is just more than I can stomach. The Post and NYT are already doing it, and he hasn’t even been inaugurated.

[LiberalLoner]

12. Thank you. I ordered some jumbo paper clips to wear to be part of the resistance

And I am saving the horror stories for the sake of history.

[Blue_Tires]

15. Thanks for this

[Schlocko]

16. The Disconnect

What I find most frustrating about this Trump-triggered depression (my own, not America’s) is there is no link between what I’m experiencing and what I’m feeling. Yesterday I spent the morning volunteering at an abortion clinic, and the evening watching movies with family. And today I’m obsessing over isolation and claustrophobia. Knowing the causes, internal and external, is moderately helpful. Wish it was a cure.