Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not alone.

What is happening in the US is scary as shit.

Take it one day at a time because it is about to get way worse.
Trump knows he can not leave office this is not going to end well for any American.

This. I'm starting to think the people who ignore it or brush over it are scary too. They are not MAGA but keep hoping that ignoring it will make it better.

These people are complicit. Like they are perfectly ok with wrongly detained people being flown from Minnesota to Texas and then days late being just thrown out on the street with no money, no phone, no assistance, in a random city thousands of miles from home, by our government. They just shrug and go back to watching football or whatever. They make me sick.

Anonymous wrote: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.

What a pathetic cop out.

Im really pissed off, because you aren’t really stuff. I trusted you, thats the thing. I could never let you really let you down. I kid you I am really disappointed in what you’ve done. Willy! I thought we had good connections after we had our review. I told you. How come you make me think, no, zero!!

It’s all about perspective. I don’t advocate for never reading the news or pretending everything is fine, but at some point you do need to focus on what you can control. On yourself and your family.
And also compare the situation to plenty of other times in history. In 2026 in the US, it’s reasonable to expect your children to survive to adulthood. This wasn’t true even 2-3 generations ago. We have antibiotics. Most of us are not starving to death. We don’t live in an active war zone (at present).

So I recommend staying informed, but limit time online, volunteer, count your blessings, and focus on other things, too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have been depressed mainly about how other people seem not depressed and unconcerned. But these Epstein files really shook me - all of these intellectuals and scientists and politicians were participating in this pedophile ring, and if they weren't participating they were socializing with a man that had already served time for molesting underage girls. My faith in humanity is so low. It is just vile.

ME TOO!

Same here! My friends are prattling about going to the gym, celebrity gossip, and Masked Singer. I just want to shake them and scream, “How can you care about shit like that when we are losing our country?!”

yup

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have been depressed mainly about how other people seem not depressed and unconcerned. But these Epstein files really shook me - all of these intellectuals and scientists and politicians were participating in this pedophile ring, and if they weren't participating they were socializing with a man that had already served time for molesting underage girls. My faith in humanity is so low. It is just vile.

ME TOO!

Same here! My friends are prattling about going to the gym, celebrity gossip, and Masked Singer. I just want to shake them and scream, “How can you care about shit like that when we are losing our country?!”

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.

Everything is not fine. You are either ignorant or disgusting.

Anonymous wrote:I have been depressed mainly about how other people seem not depressed and unconcerned. But these Epstein files really shook me - all of these intellectuals and scientists and politicians were participating in this pedophile ring, and if they weren't participating they were socializing with a man that had already served time for molesting underage girls. My faith in humanity is so low. It is just vile.

ME TOO!

Anonymous wrote:I have been depressed mainly about how other people seem not depressed and unconcerned. But these Epstein files really shook me - all of these intellectuals and scientists and politicians were participating in this pedophile ring, and if they weren't participating they were socializing with a man that had already served time for molesting underage girls. My faith in humanity is so low. It is just vile.

+1

Humans suck.

I have been depressed mainly about how other people seem not depressed and unconcerned. But these Epstein files really shook me - all of these intellectuals and scientists and politicians were participating in this pedophile ring, and if they weren't participating they were socializing with a man that had already served time for molesting underage girls. My faith in humanity is so low. It is just vile.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Turn off the news completely 100% no news. NONE. Get a therapist. Exercise. Read. In that order.

I think it’s too dangerous to go no news.

This

Anonymous wrote:You are not alone.

What is happening in the US is scary as shit.

Take it one day at a time because it is about to get way worse.
Trump knows he can not leave office this is not going to end well for any American.

This. I'm starting to think the people who ignore it or brush over it are scary too. They are not MAGA but keep hoping that ignoring it will make it better.

I’m feeling anxious, depressed and despondent for quite a while.

Not just because of what has been happening in this country politically, but MOSTLY because of the economy - it feels like EVERYTHING is more expensive but our (family) wage is not going up with it so we have been living paycheck to paycheck on a monthly basis, often having to dip into our savings for unexpected events (like car break down for example).

My oldest is a sophomore and college and it’s costs lines in the horizon.

Then, there is a more broad aspect of things. I feel like I can’t relax and I’m always waiting for what next this crazy administration is going to come up with. It feels like they are impending all the social, safety, and legal norms that we are used to and protect us.

Then, there are all the OTHER crappy news, like today I learned from NPR that there are these high definition cameras throughout some places that tracks people for just existing, without any apparent reason - just walking their dogs for instance. And they communicate through AI, etc.

I also learned today, through the WP, that there is something called administrative subpoena, without any judicial oversight, that can request banks, cc, Google, Facebook, VERIZON, etc, all your info. I was like, WTF??! Without a judge signing in??? Without any reason?

Anyway, everything is kind of lame right now.

I feel very sorry for my children.

I am right there with you, OP. Things are so, so grim. I remember when I was young, I thought - assumed - that of course, the adults, those running the show were smart and knew what they were doing. The joke sure was on me! Leaving aside the corruption - those in charge are for the most part incompetent (and craven, immoral) morons. It is all so very depressing. And it turns out the conspiracy theories were true - the rich men were all gallivanting around abusing and taking advantage of young women/girls for sport, or worse (everywhere! not just Epstein; Hollywood; music industry (P. Diddy - barf). So gross. Horrors everywhere I look - the poor, desperate immigrants just trying to scratch out a living, now being indiscriminately targeted. AI coming down to pipeline with doomsayers predicting our/most kids will never have meaningful employment. Right now I just want to get my kid into a lovely college in a cute small town to spend four years in idyllic bliss before the end times . . . hoping to get her in under the wire before all that evaporates as well . . .

My glass of wine is kicking in now, so feeling a teeny bit better, temporarily . . .

I am a foreigner waiting for a green card.

I've been in a heightened state of stress ever since the beginning of this irrational attack on foreigners.

I've talked to multiple immigration lawyers who say their clients are law-abiding citizens, with no criminal history and under no deportation orders. Some of them have been mistreated in detention.

It's like a nightmare.