Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 16:10     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP did your sister survive???


No. Hard to believe but it was 10 years ago now. Every so often the shock of when we learned still makes me reel. She survived 4 months. She'd been sick and looking for answers for 8 months before being diagnosed in the ER.

I'm involved in an indivisible group and UU church and I do actually also do some office admin stuff for a family member's business, but not like a job where I HAVE to do tasks at specific times. The doom scrolling also got my sleep times out of whack so I am working on correcting that because I have to get up early enough on Sunday to actually GO to a service. Plus it's February. Plus Im an introvert, the knd who does fine with people (it took me years to get there) but hard to push myself out the door. Plus, when I see disinformation on social media (mostly rw but sometimes lw) I am the kind of person who is compelled to correct them (politely). Yeah, I know, that doesn't change people's minds.


You need to get yourself off all social media right now. It's not healthy for you.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 16:09     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
I just stopped watching the news. I felt like this last year and realized there wasn’t much I could do anyways so it was useless to get all worked up and miserable.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 16:09     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Same here. I’ve been distraught at the state of our nation since T**** came back into office but I’ve been feeling especially low and on edge for the past few days. The news out of Minnesota is especially sickening. I’m also dealing with seasonal affective disorder and perimenopause on top of all this.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 16:09     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Anonymous wrote:I think the best thing is to volunteer in an area that is totally unrelated to the craziness. At a hospital or food bank or teach ESL or something.


Are you serious? All three of those places have been heavily impacted by what is going on.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 16:08     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Anonymous wrote:Like someone said above, just turn off the news. When you step outside and go to work or go shopping or whatever the "State of the US" is as normal as it could ever be. Everything is fine. I remember during Trump's first term people were saying the same thing. The world is ending, democracy is over, blah blah blah. They were wrong then and they are wrong now.


Tell that to all the people who got RIFed. Also, you think overturning Roe wasn't a huge deal? GMAFB.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 16:03     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
I'm here too. I'm just glad to know so many other people feel the same.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 15:29     Subject: Re:State of US is messing with my head
one of the biggest reliefs of 2020 was that the constant noise and chaos of trump 1 was finally quieted down. Yes, still a ton of toxic political discourse, but I simply cannot believe that people voted for more of the chaos, and its so much worse and louder this time. I mean, just every day is a total barrage of toxicity. I have to consciously block it out, do yoga, meditate, watch dumb tv to create some internal safe space. why anyone would want a return to the chaos of 2016-2020 is beyond me.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 15:17     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Anonymous wrote:WHY ARE PEOPLE USING FB or TT?!? Even the educated and those who w/are not ignorant. Choose GOOD over evil.



Those platforms (Facebook and especially TikTok), are specifically designed to manipulate people.

Are you being mentally manipulated?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 15:10     Subject: Re:State of US is messing with my head
I am celebrating Trump’s glorious Executive Order 14151 “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs.” The US is getting better and better.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 14:04     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Anonymous wrote:The fact that so many people think the problem goes away when you turn off the news should tell you that the situation isn’t anywhere near as bad as the news outlets are telling you it is.


The fact that so many people think this is actually proof that people don't have enough imagination or long-term vision to understand that what is happening now is architecting our economic and democratic decline.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 13:33     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Anonymous wrote:The fact that so many people think the problem goes away when you turn off the news should tell you that the situation isn’t anywhere near as bad as the news outlets are telling you it is.


Your comment makes no sense. Are you dense? OP says she's retired and has too much free time and spends too much time doom scrolling thus-turn off the news comments. Duh.

No one said anything about "problems going away" with the news being turned off but this is OP's issue is too much of it.

The fact that I had to articulate this to you is very concerning. Learn some reading comprehension.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 13:28     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Anonymous wrote:The fact that so many people think the problem goes away when you turn off the news should tell you that the situation isn’t anywhere near as bad as the news outlets are telling you it is.


Go talk to the people in Hungary about that.

Anyone who has the time, will, and energy should do some volunteering to push back against the Trump regime. Doom scrolling helps no one, but pushing back against their efforts to ruin our free and fair elections is totally worthwhile and very necessary right now. And, of course, engaging with others you love and your community to keep your sanity.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 13:23     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Anonymous wrote:OP did your sister survive???


No. Hard to believe but it was 10 years ago now. Every so often the shock of when we learned still makes me reel. She survived 4 months. She'd been sick and looking for answers for 8 months before being diagnosed in the ER.

I'm involved in an indivisible group and UU church and I do actually also do some office admin stuff for a family member's business, but not like a job where I HAVE to do tasks at specific times. The doom scrolling also got my sleep times out of whack so I am working on correcting that because I have to get up early enough on Sunday to actually GO to a service. Plus it's February. Plus Im an introvert, the knd who does fine with people (it took me years to get there) but hard to push myself out the door. Plus, when I see disinformation on social media (mostly rw but sometimes lw) I am the kind of person who is compelled to correct them (politely). Yeah, I know, that doesn't change people's minds.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 21:19     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
Exercise.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 14:57     Subject: State of US is messing with my head
WHY ARE PEOPLE USING FB or TT?!? Even the educated and those who w/are not ignorant. Choose GOOD over evil.