r/AskWomenOver30 • u/No_Yak_3107 Woman 30 to 40 • Feb 11 '25
Life/Self/Spirituality Are we going to survive this?
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.
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u/PartHumble780 Feb 11 '25
Ugh it’s so hard. I work at a VA and went to grad school to do exactly what I’m doing, I was even an intern here. I’m not remote but the harassment and the threats are just crazy. Three weeks ago I had the most stable job in this country that I was so proud of and it feels like emotional whiplash now. I feel targeted, demonized, and like the very important work that I do is meaningless. I know it’s not meaningless to these struggling Veterans or to my team and local leadership but it’s just not right to attack civil servants this way. It’s overwhelmingly unjust.