Quarantine of the Day
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I did pretty well with my anxiety for the past couple months, but after this past weekend, and Trump's outrageous speeches at Mt. Rushmore and in DC, I've really fallen back to the kind of anger and frustration that's making me waste time lashing out at people again - even an uncle of my wife's who I lost my cool at on Facebook. Stupid, I know... I'm dropping off of there for a while, limiting my time to once a week on Sunday to upload new pics of my kids and that's it.
The whole weekend I've had tightness in my chest and a headache and I don't doubt for a second it's from all this anger that's festering up inside of me and hard to control.
I've started to take on this stance that, as a parent, anyone who supports Trump and will vote for him again is an enemy to me, and I don't trust them, respect them, or need to waste any of my time on them. I keep telling myself that they're a direct threat to my children's future. I've talked about this with neighbors over the weekend who get where I'm coming from and understand that Trump isn't like past presidents. It isn't like a disagreement with someone over being for or against abortion, or economic models, or military spending. Trump is a fundamental threat to decency and the future of this country, and those that support him are complicit in creating a country in which my children will not experience the best that America has to offer.
It's gotten very, very frustrating. Two days after lashing out at her uncle, I'm feeling like I wish I'd just kept my mouth shut and blown it off. I just don't know what else to do. People like that - the sycophants and the complacent and the apathetic of this country have an impact on me and my kids when they vote for and support people who aim to mold this country in a way that is disastrously backwards and self-serving.
On top of that, I've had a few mild symptoms that I could attribute to anything that I'm worried are related to the virus. Nothing major, probably all a result of anxiety, not getting enough sleep, and not working out much for three months now, after being religiously dedicated to exercise.
I did so well with avoiding news and politics, work has been going well and we all busted some serious ass on a new business opportunity, felt great until Friday and then news and politics got the best of me again.
On the upside, we got a babysitter for our kids during the day, and they're having fun, playing with friends, enjoying the summer. Their daycare opened back up in June but we're just not ready for that yet.
- Hey man, try to not think at all of this at once, take steps to protect your mental health, it's the pain of being smart and figuring things out - anxietygrafician
- Try to go out and enjoy nature, it really does wonders!grafician
- If you need to talk vent we're heregrafician
- The thing that's hard is realizing I'm over that fine line of associating with people I consider a threat to my family. They're my wife's family,mg33
- but she lets me fight my battles and doesn't disagree with me. This virus is a strange thing in that it clearly prevents us from going and seeing any of hermg33
- family. I don't see some of them ever during the holidays; my inclination is to just say "screw it, if I stick to my guns these aren't people I want to bemg33
- around in any capacity."mg33
- If you feel that way then he succeeded, the polarization of the nation is exactly what they seek, same shit happened in my country with Chavezernexbcn
- I just hope another leader eventually rises that can reunite the broken nation we are seeing these daysernexbcn
- ill vote for him. not much better.deathboy
- Stay strong. You have a good heart and I'm sure you'll get through this just fine.dmay
- mate, don't get pissed with what you cant control. The world is full of idiots and stuff like this is always going to happen in one shape or another.dee-dubs
- focus on what you can control, earn money, be there for your kids, wife etc.. and be good persondee-dubs
- this is coming from someone living in UK who felt very similar when they voted to leave Europe.. just seem to be dragging country backwardsdee-dubs
- I've now kind of given up caring about the bigger picture and like you try to avoid reading about it as the world just seems to go from bad to worsedee-dubs
- mg33, dont ever go see what the conspiracy people are up too! You wont survive it. It's pure madness.Bennn
- It's important that you try to change people's minds, especially when it will effect your children. But also take care of yourself for the sake of your childrenmapleT
- Build a bigger fence around your property,Doris_McSquirter
- ok Karen.MrAbominable