I'm out. I cannot watch tomorrow's debate.

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172. Wow! I just want to say Thank You to everyone who shared. . .

. . . about their struggles with anxiety and depression. Same with me, and sometimes I feel so weak and useless because of the way that things affect me so deeply.

Just yesterday, I watched a clip of a WWII movie on Youtube. The scene was well acted and dramatic and nothing violent happened in it. But the comment section included mentions of awful things that happened nearly 80 years ago and I felt a tight, cold sickness in my body just reading comments, not actual accounts. "Man's Inhumanity to Man" can drain me of my will to go on; that's how messed up I am.

My strategy for the next few weeks will be to immerse myself in a highly inaccurate historical drama so I can get worked up over events that sort of resolved themselves 500 years ago and ignore current events over which I have no control. I will vent my mental outrage on Henry VIII because my anger at Trump is too raw to be felt fully without harming myself.

I'm afraid to hope that I will see a woman President of the United States in my lifetime, but I am determined to live long enough to watch the celebrations in the streets when Trump finally leaves this world.

Did you know that William the Conqueror exploded at his own funeral? Not saying that will happen to Trump, but the thought of all those lavishly dressed functionaries at William the Conqueror's funeral drenched with rancid remains will be the metaphor in my mind when convention requires the government to extend presidential honors to Trump's corpse. I have more respect for Robert E. Lee than I do for Donald J. Trump.

For those choosing to opt out of the debate-- the only unforgivable act would be to opt out on voting. That is all that I am going to be able to do before crawling under the covers. Sometimes, I really wish that I had a drinking problem or a drug habit to distract me.

And yes, that is a joke and no doubt one in poor taste. My apologies to all who struggle with those issues, as well. I have always said that Trump is the Anti-Mr. Rogers. He brings out the worst in everyone. I hate the way that he has coarsened even the most noble among us. Gandhi, Jesus and Buddha would be hard pressed not to act out by taking a swing against that guy.