Does anyone else feel this is affecting their mental health but also feel that it’s too important to walk away from?

[Destinysdaughter]

I do. I’m on MN and Twitter every day and I feel so enraged and powerless by it all. It’s so fucking ridiculous and bullshit and gaslighting ( today I listened to a interview on Kent radio with ‘ Dr Rachel’ and I felt so angry I just wanted to chuck my phone across the room. ) I’m 54 and I cannot believe it’s come to this. The good Dr is saying, with a straight face, that there are no biological advantages between men and women? Even a child knows there are massive differences, why are we even debating this shit???

So I feel v conflicted between wanting to just walk away from this bollocks as it’s constant, but also feeling like I HAVE to know what’s going on, as it’s such a massive fight which we CANNOT lose.

I don’t want to live in this state of constantly feeling enraged. And I know there’s been a few small wins, but why, in 2019 are we having to fight for the literal definition for what the word woman means...???

I am your age op, i have young daughters (11 and 14) and i can’t believe how quickly all this has happened. It does make me extremely stressed and angry. It definitely has had an impact on my happiness and stress levels.

There’s a radfem resurgence silver lining to all this, though. In the end, we’ll be stronger for it.

True, hipsterfun

Have people seen this thread about a conference being held in September? Could be a good place to meet people irl if you're interested in this sort of thing. Or could submit something about what is getting to you most about all this.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3537674-Submit-a-paper-for-Radical-Feminist-Theory-Conference-21-22-September-in-London

I will post these recommendations on another thread at some point, however I feel they are highly relevant here

firstly a clip a trailer if you like, from the Adam Curtis documentary HyperNormalisation

the entire documentary can be viewed here

If you are feeling that the world has gone mad, this documentary may help to explain why you are feeling this way - you are not going mad - insane things are happening

best wishes to all who have posted here and who have not but are feeling distressed and exhausted by recent events