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To be so badly affected by Trump

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moonriverandyou · 04/02/2017 19:06

I know he worries a lot of people but most people i presume manage to shove him out of their minds, at least some of the time. But i can't. Since he became president i feel like i'm living in a bad dream. I have a permanent feeling of unease. doom I feel like i can't plan for he future, is he going to get us all blown up? Will we be here this time next year? Please calm me down good mumsnetters if you can.

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Branleuse · 04/02/2017 19:50

its shit isnt it. Between trump and brexit, I feel like the world I knew and trusted has gone. Youre not the only one OP x

AshesandDust · 04/02/2017 19:54

Best advice is don't watch the news OP
The media are having a field day ramping the rhetoric up to ever higher ott levels.

Expellibramus · 04/02/2017 19:55

There really are some unmitigated bitches on here recently.

It's totally normal to feel anxious about this, but if you felt that the anxiety was impacting your ability to function on a daily basis then a kind suggestion to discuss with a GP or counsellor, or other constructive options for managing anxiety, would have been appropriate. Not snide, smug suggestions to 'see your GP' or 'get a grip'.

The people that jump immediately in to make those comments are probably the biggest, repressed, cowards in real life, too scared to say boo to a mum at the school gate ghost.

The man shows every sign of being a dictator, but one in charge of the most powerful country on earth. It's more surprising that some people are not concerned.

F1GI · 04/02/2017 19:56

Try not to worry OP. You do the best you can and don't think about trump. You can't influence the situation and we have our own government.

Saucery · 04/02/2017 20:00

Get over yourself, Expellibramus. 'See your GP' was not snide or smug. It used fewer words to say the same as you did, so jog the fuck on with your own unmitigated bitchiness.

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 04/02/2017 20:02

How can see your GP be smug or snide?.

pipsqueak25 · 04/02/2017 20:03

you have to get on with life the best you can and enjoy it as much as you can, having lived through the 70's there have always been terrorists / nuclear war threat but we cannot let it dictate how we live.
you do sound like you could do with some mental health support though.
it just isn't possible 'to pull yourself together and get a grip' in these matters. people who say this stuff obviously do not have a clue about how you are feeling.please be kind to yourself op.

AtrociousCircumstance · 04/02/2017 20:04

Branleuse I feel the same way. The world has changed forever in a way, and I feel I have been changed too.

booklooker · 04/02/2017 20:08

To you or I he may appear to be a barking mad idiot.

But he is a democratically elected leader, and should be respected as such.

Expellibramus · 04/02/2017 20:08

How can see your GP be smug or snide?confused.

When it's the only thing that's said.

Expellibramus · 04/02/2017 20:11

Get over yourself, Expellibramus. 'See your GP' was not snide or smug. It used fewer words to say the same as you did, so jog the fuck on with your own unmitigated bitchiness.

Sure Saucery, I'd be delighted. I totally misunderstood your generous nature and genuine need to help an upset poster, your response has illustrated that perfectly.

Expellibramus · 04/02/2017 20:12

My original response was actually not aimed at you, but, looks like it wasn't far off.

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 04/02/2017 20:13

It's succinct Expell

Expellibramus · 04/02/2017 20:13

Example - You should see a GP if you're unable to get a grip.

Deadsouls · 04/02/2017 20:14

I don't think the OP is overeactting or needs to 'get a grip', or that the anxiety is disproportionate. The unease and anxiety is in the collective consciousness so you are not the only one. I feel that the world, in the larger sense, has changed for the worse (at least that's how I'm seeing it now). I too feel in disbelief that DT is 'happening'. He is after all a narcissist/psychopath on the world stage and mostly makes no sense, (talks in typical narc speak - word salad). He is traumatising the America and by ripple effect the world, apart from those who support him of course.

So I don't have any answers because I'm still finding my way. I'm not on social media but am considering not listening to news, or reading it for a while. I keep grounded in my own life, take care the best I can of myself and loved ones. I do things that create peace and not anxiety in my life. So staying away from stressful situations. I listen to a Buddhist teacher called Tara brach on podcast who has things to say about staying with love and not fear.
Try to keep looking after yourself.

TheDowagerCuntess · 04/02/2017 20:15

But he is a democratically elected leader, and should be respected as such.

Nobody deserves respect, based on fuck all.

And besides, the electoral system in the US may mean he's president - but it still doesn't follow that the majority voted for, not want him as their leader - as inconvenient as that may be for some.

So even less reason to 'respect' him.

Expellibramus · 04/02/2017 20:15

It's succinct Expell

There is that

annandale · 04/02/2017 20:16

I would avoid newspapers and news websites and Mumsnet/Facebook and read books instead. You'll still be an informed person but will have a longer perspective, and will be happier.

I'm a news junkie so definitely not practising what I preach, but I can't forget that every news story I have actually known anything about personally has been hugely exaggerated in the media.

If there is one system that is set up to control and tame tyrants, it is the government of the USA.

Deadsouls · 04/02/2017 20:16

booklooker
No I don't agree with your statement. It doesn't necessarily follow that because he was democratically elected he has to be respected. You don't demand respect because of your office, you earn respect. He'll never have my respect and I don't think I'm alone in that. How did you arrive at that conclusion anyway?

Deadsouls · 04/02/2017 20:18

Oh OP...I forgot. What's been helping is humour and satire. I've been watching comedy on YouTube: the daily show, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon. Although if you want a DT detox then avoid those too. But yes humour helps me.

megletthesecond · 04/02/2017 20:18

Sympathy from me.

I'm a lp with horrific anxiety and not doing well at the moment .

lljkk · 04/02/2017 20:18

Trump lunacy is kind of constant on the news. Anyone vulnerable to anxiety might find it too much.

FuckOffDailyMailQuitQuotingMN · 04/02/2017 20:19

He will never have an ounce of respect from me. He doesn't deserve it, he deserves every bit of push back / fight against him that he gets. Respect is earned and he hasn't earned any at all.

Deadsouls · 04/02/2017 20:20

But he is a democratically elected leader, and should be respected as such.

This is so ridiculous, I know I'm hammering home the point, but where did this rule come from? Have you not heard of the great tradition in this country of SATIRE?

TheDowagerCuntess · 04/02/2017 20:25

Humour and satire absolutely helps.

Liking Andy Borowitz on FB is an utter salve.

If you want to see someone disrespect the ('democratically elected' ) eejit in a laugh-out-loud way, he's your man.

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