Are You Better Off Today Than on Janruary 19, 2017??

[Angry Dragon]

[dhol82]

1. Well, my anxiety level has gone through the roof

Every morning I wake up worried that the moron has started WWIII.

My portfolio has increased but I worry that we will have an economic meltdown and it will be reduced to peanuts.

I would say that my life has not improved.

[Angry Dragon]

2. it seems that you have gained a great deal of anxiety..........

gains are good sometimes

[dhol82]

5. And some gains are not positive.

I see nothing beneficial in high levels of anxiety

[MontanaMama]

6. I would agree

that while I appreciate the gains I am seeing in my portfolio, it isn’t worth the daily stress of whatever Dotard is dishing out on an hourly basis. I wonder how much the stress has cost many of us? I was back in therapy the day after the election. I wouldn’t consider myself better off in terms of quality of life.

[onecaliberal]

3. My husband had a stroke. I partially blame the election for putting him over the edge.

[appleannie1943]

4. My BP has gone up. I worry constantly about our health insurance, medicare etc.

So NO.

[heaven05]

7. good question and

HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amishman]

8. I guess, I expected worse than this

Trump has proved to be more impotent than I expected. While a huge embarrassment, he hasn't actually ruined as much as I expected. I was resigned to full ACA repeal and more.

Personally I've gotten a nice raise, though that has nothing to do with the bigger picture.