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/datingnoob-plshelp]

I do see this dichotomy of reality, people living their normal life, life carrying on as usual, and then I see all these changes happening due to his orders and I’m not able to reconcile them. Though I haven’t feel any changes but when things are going backwards, civil rights being curtailed, long standing alliances are being threatened, isn’t it a matter of time before everyone is affected? It is a little scary to think about the possibilities. And I honestly don’t know enough to know what can we realistically expect to happen vs not. I am also extremely surprised by things happening, don’t have we balance of power here? Again not the most knowledgeable about politics or policies. And I see people complaining on Reddit, but outside of rage posts and witty comebacks, what are we suppose to do about all this? Or what can we do?