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How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« on: January 28, 2017, 02:03:39 PM »
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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:26 AM

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How is everybody coping so far?
Trump has officially been POTUS for a week now and it's as bad as we all imagined (if not worse) but my blood pressure spikes and my heart hurts for the people he and his Trumpublican Party have hurt, are hurting, and will hurt before this nightmare is all over. I just don't know how I'm going to last for 4 more days, let alone 4 more YEARS of this. How is everybody else managing?

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:27 AM

Star Member La Lioness Priyanka (52,535 posts)
1. very ****ing poorly

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Star Member cilla4progress (6,331 posts)
3. I have been in a negative funk all week

I see everything in a negative light. I'm paranoid. One night I took 1/2 xanax after a beer. I yelled at my husband and lost patience with my pets. I walk around with a lump in my throat. Hard to focus on work.

The march last Saturday was thrilling. Other than that I just wanna be out of here.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:40 AM

Star Member Lunabell (942 posts)
4. I am still in shock

A mild case of PTSD. I am a lesbian and the future 4 years looks exceptionally bleak.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:44 AM

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9. Trans AND Gay here

Things don't look that good for me either.....and I'm pretty much getting started. Nervous about how many roadblocks will be put up towards transitioning? And I already live in a blood red state (Indiana). *ugh*

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:41 AM

Star Member sarcasmo (15,272 posts)
6. Drinking to sleep. 3 years and 51 weeks to go.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:41 AM

Star Member Tom Rinaldo (16,958 posts)
7. Not well

Despair, fact finding, activism, escapism. I cycle through those spaces, being unable or unwilling to occupy any one of them for sustained periods of time. It's still early to work through a shock as massive and menacing as this.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 11:44 AM

GliderGuider (20,048 posts)
10. Major anxiety attacks and depression.

I'm having major anxiety attacks, and have been on anti-depressants since the inauguration. Even though I'm Canadian.

This is a classic effect of 4th Generation Warfare. The psychological assaults disrupt your perception of reality. They instill uncertainty, bewilderment, confusion, fear, a loss of trust and even despair. Sound familiar?

We've been bombarded with what amount to "reality bombs".

These feelings are not accidental - they're choreographed.

Who are they being choreographed by, and why?
The who is the FSB, acting through Bannon and Trump.
For the why, please please please Google "Alexander Dugin".

This is what WWIII feels like in the 21st century.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 12:13 PM

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12. Cussing like a ****ing sailor.

Screaming at all the liars on TV.

Not sleeping.

Cut all ties with my sister, BIL, niece and her husband.

I have nothing in common with Republicans or Trump.

They are EVIL.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 02:12 PM

Star Member Freedomofspeech (969 posts)
14. On the verge of a breakdown.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 02:30 PM

Runningdawg (850 posts)
19. Every time I take my medicine

I wonder....how much longer do I have? My husband thinks I am spring cleaning. What I am really doing is getting rid of as much of my stuff as I can so he won't have to do it after I die. I stay busy getting ready to go, thats how I cope.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 02:47 PM

Star Member manicraven (357 posts)
28. Upset that my hair has been falling out due to the stress and wickedness of the GOP/tRump.

Having an extremely tough time focusing on work and having nightmares. Really not sure how to handle all of this.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 02:49 PM

Star Member smirkymonkey (20,334 posts)
31. I have a cold that I can't seem to get rid of.

I am pretty sure it is due to "Trump stress" and not being able to sleep. Even when I do sleep, my dreams are filled with anxiety and fear so that it feels like I hadn't slept at all. Bottom line: not well.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 02:53 PM

Star Member LeftInTX (4,486 posts)
37. I'm on my phone now

Computer froze up this AM, so I turned it off. I think being off the computer is helping today. Less obsessed.

I've been obsessed, anxious, overwhelmed. I don't mind writing/calling congress critters over single issues, but I feel there is an avalanche of issues. From Trump's trashy nominees, trashing of agencies, Breitbart in the Oval Office, Russia connections.

If a normal R had won, I would be focusing Obamacare etc. Instead I'm contacting congress critters to help control a crazy in WH.

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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 02:54 PM

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40. I think we are going to see a major spike in the divorce rate.

My temper is on a hair trigger. Everything pisses me off-no patience whatsoever.

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Star Member Generic Brad (9,069 posts)
41. I'm waiting for his order to kill select Americans

You all can sense it coming. The guy is shaping up to be the dictator I 100% expected him to be. Murder of perceived enemies comes next after jailing does not silence his opposition.

I am just resigned to the fact that America as we knew it is over and not returning.

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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2017, 02:06:16 PM »
I have never read something so pathetic.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2017, 02:19:33 PM »
<<<coping pretty damned well.

In fact, I haven't managed to cope this well for more than eight years.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2017, 02:22:46 PM »
Schadenboner Status rising, their misery is pure comedy gold.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2017, 02:27:29 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on January 28, 2017, 02:22:46 PM
Schadenboner Status rising, their misery is pure comedy gold.

What's great about it is that all their wretchedness and misery is self-imposed.

I dunno what they have to be morose about, but it's all good.  And all their own fault.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2017, 02:38:28 PM »
Before the Holidays are too far off in the rear view mirror, I want you lurking i(D)iots to hear it all just one more time:

https://youtu.be/nWDSjcGLcj4

Your pain, your suffering, your deep depression, your constant thoughts of suicide make me so happy that I cannot possibly convey it to you in words.

I hope it not only continues, as I know it will, but gets infinitely worse.  Unbearable.

:bigbird:

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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2017, 03:04:29 PM »
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23. Other than the overwhelming joy inspired by the Women's March.

I heartily thank you all for that shaft of light in my otherwise dimming existence.   


My belief in Karma has totally evaporated... Leaving me without any sort of a spiritual guidepost.

And, well... Everything else is crap. Pretty much sums it up. Currently.

What a sad admission.  No spiritually besides a belief in leftist politics and hopes for political enemies to suffer.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2017, 03:08:32 PM »
I wake up every morning like a small child on Christmas and run to the computer and check out Drudge to see what presents Santa Trumpaus has brought me today.

I have not been disappointed at all. No sweaters or socks so far!
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2017, 03:14:02 PM »
Quote from: jukin on January 28, 2017, 03:08:32 PM
I wake up every morning like a small child on Christmas and run to the computer and check out Drudge to see what presents Santa Trumpaus has brought me today.

I have not been disappointed at all. No sweaters or socks so far!

Whoa, I do exactly the same thing, upon arising running to check to see what Drudge has left us. 

It's all been good, great, wonderful, so far, but one has to remember there's probably going to be speed-bumps down the road, and to not get too bothered by those.

But man, every single morning without exception since November 8, it's been an uninterrupted streak of nothing but good news, great news.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2017, 03:25:15 PM »
Ok, guilty admission here. Donald Trump wasn't my pick. That's not a surprise, I've mentioned it before.

Here's the surprise; I was going to vote for Hillary Clinton UNTIL, Donald Trump said that he was going to put a knife to the throat of all the gays, fags, trans, blacks, Mexicans, (anyone who doesn't look like me), people.

As soon as that happened, I was an instant Donald Trump fan. I couldn't believe I'd finally found a candidate who actually represented ME! 

God bless DT!!!

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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2017, 03:39:43 PM »
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I wake up every morning like a small child on Christmas and run to the computer and check out Drudge to see what presents Santa Trumpaus has brought me today.

I have not been disappointed at all. No sweaters or socks so far!

Quote from: franksolich on January 28, 2017, 03:14:02 PM
Whoa, I do exactly the same thing, upon arising running to check to see what Drudge has left us. 

It's all been good, great, wonderful, so far, but one has to remember there's probably going to be speed-bumps down the road, and to not get too bothered by those.

But man, every single morning without exception since November 8, it's been an uninterrupted streak of nothing but good news, great news.

  :thumbs:  So do I!!  It's  :yahoo:
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2017, 04:33:07 PM »
Sucks to be a DUmmy.

Let me ask you this, DUmmies. Were you any more happier during Obama years?
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2017, 07:08:46 PM »
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3. I have been in a negative funk all week

I see everything in a negative light. I'm paranoid. One night I took 1/2 xanax after a beer. I yelled at my husband and lost patience with my pets. I walk around with a lump in my throat. Hard to focus on work.

The march last Saturday was thrilling. Other than that I just wanna be out of here.

I feel sorry for your husband and pets.  I bet a divorce will be in your future.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2017, 07:21:49 PM »
If any of them are lucky enough to have a job, they're likely to lose it shortly.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2017, 07:40:39 PM »
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3. I have been in a negative funk all week

My strong points are math and physics. I know my grammer, spelling, and sentance stracure is lacking BUT doesn't "negative funk" mean schadenborneress?
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2017, 07:43:25 PM »
Quote from: jukin on January 28, 2017, 07:40:39 PM
My strong points are math and physics. I know my grammer, spelling, and sentance stracure is lacking BUT doesn't "negative funk" mean schadenborneress?

It's actually redundant.

"Funk" and "negative" are both "feeling down."

Remember, the primitives aren't especially literate.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2017, 09:02:05 PM »
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9. Trans AND Gay here

Things don't look that good for me either.....and I'm pretty much getting started. Nervous about how many roadblocks will be put up towards transitioning? And I already live in a blood red state (Indiana). *ugh*


What does that even mean ? You had sex reassignment surgery so you could be gay ?
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2017, 09:11:28 PM »
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6. Drinking to sleep. 3 years and 51 weeks to go.

Better get your bed in the drunk tank line up now -- 15 years and 51 weeks to go.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2017, 09:51:46 PM »
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6. Drinking to sleep. 3 years and 51 weeks to go.

Poor, confused DUmmie misspoke. He really meant 7 years and 51 weeks to go until the first Pence inaugural.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #19 on: January 29, 2017, 05:51:30 AM »
"Trump has officially been POTUS for a week now and it's as bad as we all imagined (if not worse) but my blood pressure spikes and my heart hurts for the people he and his Trumpublican Party have hurt, are hurting, and will hurt before this nightmare is all over."
Funny you should mention that.
Just yesterday, I donated blood for the first time in a really long time (I often missed the drives they held in the past due to my schedule, and was occasionally turned down for minor health reasons, such as a low iron- count or a pulse that's too high).
When I donated yesterday, I was approved with everything normal. Upon personally looking at their recordings of my health stats, I found that my pulse (Which is often slightly higher than normal) was the lowest it had been in years, the first time I could remember it being below 90 bpms! My blood pressure and iron- count were perfectly normal, too.
Perhaps this election has actually been good for my health!
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3. I have been in a negative funk all week

I see everything in a negative light. I'm paranoid. One night I took 1/2 xanax after a beer. I yelled at my husband and lost patience with my pets. I walk around with a lump in my throat. Hard to focus on work."
Sounds like most of that is YOUR fault, DUmmy. I too pity your husband and pets.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2017, 07:55:16 AM »
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One night I took 1/2 xanax after a beer. I yelled at my husband and lost patience with my pets.

Keep that up and it'll be a race between your husband's divorce lawyer and the undertaker!

With any luck your dog will get his/her teeth into your ankles or your cats will shed a few claws, embedding them in your arms!
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2017, 09:42:46 AM »
Glider Guider says "We've been bombarded with what amount to "reality bombs"."  Hell, PRESIDENT Trump is carpet bombing your ass.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2017, 01:40:37 PM »
Sunday afternoon schadenboner booster:

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54. I'm back in therapy as of a month ago. It's helping a lot...

....and we have not even broached politics yet.

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55. Trying to do my resistance part by writing

So far I've written my senators about: Republicans killing folks with the repeal (and hokey "replace"; voting "no" on Betsy Devos (made 4 phone calls on that-two senators had 'full mailboxes') voting "no" on Scott Pruitt.

I already am a monthly donor to the ACLU. I have given donations to Planned Parenthood and a rare phone donation to "Progressive Priorities".

Both passports have been renewed and are right here. I have a small amount of cash on hand and a couple of plastic tubs in the basement to put stuff in if we have to leave fast. I have 2 cases (30 bottles each)of water.


I am not doing well, but trying to do what I can.


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56. Deep breathing

and chanting Peace, Love and Joy over and over and over again.

Chant the bad away!  Chant the bad away!!!1

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64. Trouble sleeping, feeling anxious.

I try to read the trash paper in OKC but I can't handle the Fox spin they put on everything or the crazy letters to the editor and the responses to sane people who post.

I have never felt this way before.
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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2017, 02:00:46 PM »
Aha.  A foresighted primitive, this:

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.....Both passports have been renewed and are right here. I have a small amount of cash on hand and a couple of plastic tubs in the basement to put stuff in if we have to leave fast.....

The primitive's obviously prepared for the imminent Reign of Terror.

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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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Re: How is everybody coping so far? [primitives after one week]
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2017, 04:25:15 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on January 29, 2017, 02:00:46 PM
Aha.  A foresighted primitive, this:

The primitive's obviously prepared for the imminent Reign of Terror.

Yeah, we've failed to lull him/her into an accurate sense of complacency.
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