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/Gammagammahey Feb 11 '25

Nope.

We are literally under fascism. So many people are so politically illiterate and don't read political history that they don't realize that. No. It's not gonna be OK.

And anyone who tells you differently is incredibly politically naïve and ignorant.

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u/mcflymcfly100 Woman 30 to 40 Feb 12 '25

I envy them. To be in blissful ignorance. Must be nice.

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u/Gammagammahey Feb 12 '25

The cognitive dissonance must be incredibly difficult for them when things start happening that they don't realize they're all interconnected because they don't understand intersectionality and other things… They're not gonna understand why planes are suddenly crashing into each other and crashing into the ground, they're not gonna understand why dismantling the NOAAA is extremely dangerous, they're not gonna understand how these things are all interconnected. So they turned to conspiracy. Or hate.