All this guy does is post mental wellness bangers
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I finally figured out what and how Iām feeling. Itās like living in one of those alien horror movies where I look at strangers and even some I already know and wonder if theyāre among the infected. Are they still normal sane rational thinking people? Or have they been gotten to and turned into a brainwashed Trump zombie?
Itās a pretty weird way to look at the world, but I canāt help it
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Getting ANGRY. Which I actually think is progress.
I havenāt reached anger yet. Still bargaining.
I think I still havenāt had any particular emotional response and I wonder if something is wrong with me.
Iāve come to realize I canāt obsess over what other people believe politically and why they believe it and what kind of idiot/asshole they must be, etc., and have any normal relationships.
Like, Iām an only child and my family is pretty liberal but very small (and I donāt see em much other than my parents that wonāt be around all that much longer), while my wifeās family is huge and and has all the beloved nieces and nephews that grew up around us and weāre way closer with themā¦and theyāre 95% Trumpers.
Like just for example, my wife was bitching and moaning the other day about our favorite nephew posting a FB pic with his infant daughter and her brand-new Trump onesie. But hereās the thing, we love the guy, he makes a point of coming to visit every time heās in the area, calls us on holidays, I helped him pass all his math classes in HS and still jump on Discord to help tutor him now that heās going for his degree after leaving the military.
In most respects, he is undoubtedly a good dude. He no doubt has some really shitty beliefs but the fact is, I just donāt want to know. Absolutely no good could ever come of us sharing what we believe and getting into an argument about it. Probably the best influence I could have on him or my other niblings is just for me to be a good dude that they think of fondly but also know that Iām liberal, and maybe think to themselves oh I guess theyāre not all elitist weirdos and heās a pretty smart guy so maybe he knows something we donāt, or whatever.
We had a family wedding (my niece) two days after the election that the wife and I were dreading because we thought there might be a lot of loud discussion/gloating about the result, and we couldnāt keep all that low of a profile because we were both in the wedding (I actually officiated it). But you know what? We didnāt hear a word about it, and thatās fucking awesome. I feel like we need to go back to the old thing of politics/religion (maybe not so much sex these days) being the third rail that just should never be touched in conversation.
Basically I have few enough good connections with people at this point in my life after many old friends have drifted away, some are no longer even with us, etc. I have no desire to lose the people I have left in my life because I build up seething resentment in my head for what they believe.
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My problem is imagining all the ways this could go horribly, horribly wrong, like end of democracy/US stasi state/WW-III, etc.
Weāre almost at the end of truth state that Russia has been in forever. People live in completely different realities and no one trusts anything, which means anything can be true, and all the warnings in the world can be easily ignored. Even the most low-info normie saw Jan 6th and then said āYes, more of that please.ā
Do I think the worst case scenario is likely? No. But just the fact that I can see a clear path to end-of-the-Roman-Republic-type stuff is terrifying. Iām not ready for the age of Caesar.
I canāt stop my mind from constantly playing all this shit out. It just goes around and around and around. My only solution is to completely tune out and try to distract myself.
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Anger is supposed to come before bargaining.
No itās not.
(denial joke btw)
Itās amazing what getting 9.5 hours of sleep will do for your mood.
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Whatās that like?
nah, same. I think itās because I accepted this outcome about a year ago.
25% of the company laid off this morning, dodged the bullet, Iām sure this will nestle in with the rest of the shit and be fineā¦
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