This is a fucking nightmare. Since last week I can't help but feel that a dark shadow has taken over this world and we are powerless to do anything about it. When will our liberal golden age ever come?
I have been in a black mood, too. Hard time sleeping, apocalyptic worries about the entire New Deal being undone and watching the country revert to the 20s, only with alt-right brownshirts and Fox/social networking and defunded schools keeping people under Pepe's boot forever. But lately I feel it'll be harder to undo the New Deal as much as they would like to.
But I think my real problem is that I no longer have certainty. Back when I thought Hillary would win, I felt the US was on a pretty set path, and that gave me a feeling of control. Now my anxiety comes from not having any idea of what's going to happen, and spinning elaborate scenarios, and just having to sit around and wait for months before Trump even does anything. Just under a constant feeling of wanting to escape my feelings. So, for the time being, I've found it helps to take control of the things in my life that are under my power, and try to at ignore politics a bit (relatively speaking) for a few weeks to cool off. Trying to be closer to my family, be less distracted at work. Just started a big novel that has nothing to do with modern America. And then next year, we throw ourselves back into it.
