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In reply to the discussion: Last thread I'll start today: I'll admit I'm scared. 2016 is still very fresh in my mind. [View all]Maru Kitteh
(29,514 posts)22. Anybody who isn't scared is delusional or just lying. It's what we do with our fear, right?
However we manage our fear, whatever we have to do, we do it. I know people who can't even really be around when it gets this intense so they go on a news strike so they can stay sane enough to function and face going to the polls. That's self care and I applaud them for it. The one thing we must never do is accept defeatism. We have to take that fear that we all share and collectively, keep moving forward. All of us at some time or another will need our friends to carry us, but together, we can do this. And we will.
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Last thread I'll start today: I'll admit I'm scared. 2016 is still very fresh in my mind. [View all]
Coventina
Oct 2024
OP
I'm not looking for my feelings to be validated. I'm expressing that being scared does not make me a troll.
Coventina
Oct 2024
#2
I hear ya. I have had an anxiety spike here & there. I expect there'll be an increase as each last week ticks off.
electric_blue68
Oct 2024
#19
I think it's fucking frightening that it would only take a minor media event
progressoid
Oct 2024
#21
Anybody who isn't scared is delusional or just lying. It's what we do with our fear, right?
Maru Kitteh
Oct 2024
#22