There's a backlog for appointments, big surprise.

my doc said she understood the fear, she said imagine how doctors feel, knowing that RFK Jr is considered to be a healthcare expert

NOW IT IS FASCISM WORLD

Having read both I can't disagree with your advice.

I would disconnect from all news and social media (even DU) for a period of time until you feel ready to get back in the thick of things. I’m planning to do that soon but my DU addiction is winning out lol.

DU is currently my only political refuge

being on DU forces you to dwell on our shitty situation. True, the people are like-minded, but still.

Besides, things get really bad when I'm just left alone with my thoughts...

read books, watch TV, play with my dog, clean my house, do crafts, anything but just doomsday scrolling. I guess I just falsely hope to read that there is aleady something being done to stop the madness before it starts, even though it likely will never happen.

But here I still am. I guess I shouldn't be surprised no on listens to me since I don't even listen to myself anymore.

No doubt many of us dream of a Rambo-like response that would rid us, and the free world, of the greatest threat to all that is worthy since at least WW II. But so far it appears the Biden Administration, and every other top Dem, is willing to stand aside and let this nation be taken apart by criminals, deviants, racists, and ignorant cultists. I keep hoping that below this facade of fealty lies a plan to confront Trump and his Russian-style dicatatorship. But I seriously doubt it.

And if there is no such plan, what the hell can we do? Trump runs everything. There are no checks. There are no balances. Freedom and sanity have until noon on Jan. 20 to do something big and dramatic. After that . . .

So I say Biden, as commander in chief, should call out the military and round up Trump and his minions as the domestic threats they are. Send them to Guantonamo with the rest of the terrorists and give them trials via military tribunal.

It's us or them. Either we meet these extraordinary circumstances with the appropriate response, or we are finished.

I actually called an Employee Assistance hotline Sunday. They listened well. I guess it helped to sound off.

Realize you're not alone. Realize that we are dealing with PTSD, grief, and so much more. You have many allies. Call them. Or call a crisis hotline. Talk. Talk. Talk. Vent.

We tend to be much more empathetic, informed, and rational than our detractors. Unfortunately, that combination impels us to actually FEEL and THINK ABOUT what is happening. It's a much different vantage.

I honestly don't know how I am going to cope with the emotional trauma of what awaits in 68 days. Seeing mass anguish and tragedy as these monsters unleash vindictive power upon the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free, the wretched refuse of teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. I am an ally of them all, and no longer feel American.

How to cope? My first instinct is to wrap my in family and friends and immerse myself in things I love or love to do. First is psycho-emotional survival...until I figure out how I can be an agent of positive change.

Message me any time, friend.