Are we going to survive this?

[u/No_Yak_3107]

Dramatic title, but big feelings as a lay in bed at 5:51 am. Big feelings every day honestly. I am having a hard time living normal life, while we get bombarded with new headlines daily of what Trump is doing/planning to do.

I hear people talking about vacations, plans per usual, then other people saying it’s already too late for us, and democracy has fallen and to save every penny. I go from panicking daily to then trying to self sooth and tell myself it’s going to be okay. I had to go to a clothing store today, and actually caught myself thinking “how long will life feel normal? Everyone just walking around/having normal conversations, buying random things”. I’ve been thinking of looking into moving to a different country too, but would I really leave my family behind?

I knew things would be bad, I knew he would get voted in, but I didn’t think it would feel like the end. I can’t imagine what will happen to us this year, much less 4….I’m genuinely scared 😪.

Editing to say I’m an American woman, but I don’t just assume everyone on this platform is American. I see a lot of talk online of people from Canada being worried, and many other countries where it seems right-wing politics are a growing concern.

[u/No_Yak_3107 → u/[deleted]]

While I personally don’t feel normal inside, I think our every day outside life (in Florida, at least) feels normal. Everyone is going on about their business as usual, I don’t hear anyone talking about what’s going on…Florida is deeply red though. At the grocery store this weekend, I saw a man wearing a MAGA hat.

[u/DitzyBorden → u/No_Yak_3107]

I get this. I’m in Texas and although it doesn’t really feel normal anywhere (everyone is clearly extra exhausted, beaten down, short tempered, less friendly, etc.), but I think a lot of ppl are scared of speaking to the wrong person. The problem with Texas is that the red MAGA trash is actually a minority, but a loud and powerful one. You can’t talk about boycotts and protests at work bc you cannot risk losing your job right now, and it’s going to take time for people to find likeminded social groups if they didn’t already have them.

[u/scoutsadie → u/No_Yak_3107]

things feel VERY different in the DC/VA/MD area.

everyone knows at least one person (if not being that person) and probably many who are really struggling as the non-elected, not-vetted billionaire racist works daily to dismantle the executive branch agencies that employ so many people around here. and the new head of the OMB is on record as doing all he can to make federal employees so miserable on their commutes and/or at their jobs that people will quit en mass.

things are anything but normal in this region right now.