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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYesterday's events have left me feeling physically (and mentally) sick. Anyone else?
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)I am starting to feel that nothing is going to be done, and that makes my blood run cold.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)bullimiami
(13,113 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)blm
(113,131 posts)rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)and an 18.5" barrel I bought for deer hunting. I have regretted that many times. This is another.
NotASurfer
(2,157 posts)Supposed to be working but hard to hold a thought.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)MythosMaster
(445 posts)I took a break from radio and news for a few weeks. I checked in on the election results and holy cow.
hlthe2b
(102,509 posts)Uggh. I can't get comfortable and literally crawled upstairs to try to find some long-expired muscle relaxants and a heating pad.
All from the mental anguish of the past two days, I'd bet.
SallyHemmings
(1,823 posts)I am over trump and everything he represents.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,116 posts)Yesterday's events were horrific. Those terrorists INSIDE the Capital were unacceptable. I am, however, just as disturbed, if not more so, by the lack of policing AND the lack of arrest that have been made so far.
It's 3 pm Eastern time while I type this and less than 65 people have been arrested for their participation in the malicious attempted take-over of our government. And, afaik, NONE of the ringleaders, or the main culprits have been detained or arrested. Instead, they were allowed to waltz out of there heads held high, laughing and cavorting with their antics.
Am I disturbed? More so than I have been in a long, long time. And still, the Main Ringleader is in the WH with the nuclear football at his disposal, and all his powers. Yes, I am sick today.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)Amishman
(5,559 posts)Yesterday finished driving an irreparable wedge between the conventional republicans and the Trump zealots.
Republicans will have to move center to make up for the votes they won't be able to get anymore from the lunatic fringe.
Whoever rigged the building security to be completely inadequate did us a huge favor, as traumatic as it was to watch.
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)Speechless
nuxvomica
(12,465 posts)Nothing clears the head like pushing some iron. I mentioned it to a co-worker and he was going to do the same. Vigorous exercise can help with the rage we feel. Otherwise it can be directed inwardly, which is not good; it can make you physically ill.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)nuxvomica
(12,465 posts)But I also have a fairly cheap pull-up bar that hangs without screws on the door jam and I do pushups on the carpet. It's actually pretty easy to put together a good workout with hardly any equipment. I've worked out more since the pandemic because I got tired of looking at screens all day between work and entertainment. And it helps with the anxiety about, well, everything.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)and it made for a nice distraction.
nuxvomica
(12,465 posts)He doesn't drive and lives with my sister, spending most of his time in his room since COVID. When I bought him the exercycle, everyone thought I was nuts, that he wouldn't use it. He uses it every day and loves it. It's been a real blessing for him the past year.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)I managed to sleep OK, though not as long as I should. But then I spent most of the morning fighting off a massive panic attack. I'm mostly just numb and emotionally exhausted now.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can't seem to calm down. I'm not even caffeinated, yet I feel like I have had about 5 cups of coffee. And I don't even drink coffee anymore. I hate this feeling. I feel racy and nervous. Part of it is that I have not slept well all week.
I just want him gone. I don't think I will really be at peace until he is.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)Knew about this for weeks. WTF happened?
58Sunliner
(4,431 posts)Like a PTSD flare-up. I had to rest today as I did not sleep well last night It's like we all witnessed a trauma that has made me feel less safe. I can't wait till Biden is in charge. No one is in charge right now and a mad man could violate us/our country, again.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,493 posts)just a splitting headache. Fine today, but still both angry and heartbroken.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)stress related to the days events.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)ancianita
(36,216 posts)finding the agents and executors of these events. It keeps me sane because I refuse to feel weak about it, because that's how one dies.
Very sorry you felt that way, and I'd make some lame joke about your living up to your name.
But I won't. Because I understand. I just deal with these "events" differently.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)And he's not done. My rage has been strong since 1980, but increased after 2000. It has cost me, and scares me at times. And I am not happy about that either. I sometimes wish I could ignore all the injustice, racism, corruption, destruction. Those that can are more at peace. But I can't.
ancianita
(36,216 posts)for solutions. I doubt I'll ever be in peace. Like that of our opponents, my tension is what holds me together.
Unlike my opponents, I love good trouble. I support those who make it.
Then I also realize my age, realize my capacities might be diminishing, and then think, NAH. F THAT.
You picked your name for a reason. I love your name. And I'm proud of you for not being able to ignore the bad trouble.
Every now and then we just need somewhere to grieve. I see that around here and it's a good thing.
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)ancianita
(36,216 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 8, 2021, 05:30 AM - Edit history (1)
and Trump has finally been exposed as a terrorist who tried to wipe out Congressional leadership.
Down he goes
Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)Looks like loads of lumpen, idiots, criminals and clowns. Watch the video with Elizabeth who was crying while saying we were storming the capitol; this is a revolution. I got 'maced'. Watch the fools giving up their identities to gloat while saying it wasn't them. Which revolutionary invades Congress to steal computers, podiums and smoke weed?
They didn't even realize he did accompany them as promised.