I woke up with Anxiety Attack! Join me and hold hands if you felt the same.

[hertopos]

So, I started meditation with my App.
My app chooses an appropriate guided meditation depending on how I feel.

Yesterday, I chose 'OK'
Today, I chose 'Not good'

While mediating, I started crying and understand where my anxiety came from.

I am so afraid of repeating the nightmare two years ago.
I had a hard time coping with the reality for at least a few months.

Today here we are.
So this is our Judgment day.

I turned on MSNBC and I polling guy pointed out.
According to him, current polling assumption is set the certain demographic of Democrat supporter much lower than 2016. Because
the current polling people's conclusion is to be that they overestimated Democrat's turn out.

Well, we will know the whole truth very soon.

I cannot Vote. I am originally from Japan and I decided postponing 'naturalization' after holding Green card for 10 years.

It was right after Japan's earthquake in 2011. So, I will keep my status till 2021 again.

I have not decided what I would do since this country is very different from what I found when I came in 1984.

However, after living in U.S. for more than my life in Japan, this is also my country.

I became a member of DU when it was founded right after the Republican stole the election from Gore.

Interestingly, I never have seen DU so unified as it is today.

'May the force be with us'

Hertopos

[Cary]

1. Pace yourself please

No matter what, live to fight another day. We need you.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. "What About Bob" Hilarious on a day like today.

Tried to find what he says when he's having a panic attack but couldnt locate one very fast.
Something like..."Things are good, things are fine, things are wonderful" Repeat.

[YessirAtsaFact]

3. I woke up relieved

Glad it's finally here

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

4. Kinda had a little anxiety yesterday...

but today the good feeling is back.

DU is not indicative of how the vote will go but as you pointed out DU is very united in this election more than I’ve ever seen it before a vote. In 2016 there was plenty of splits, this one that one, the conversations were heated...as it was with the rest of the populace in the country. Kind of a mirror.
If that same mirror holds true today, the blue wave will be awesome.

[Tavarious Jackson]

5. My heart feels like it's skipping beats.

I'm pissed off abut Detroit and scared to death due to the heavy gerrymandering

[at140]

6. No need to get anxiety attacks from politics

At the end of day you will have to take of yourself no matter who gets elected.
I have lived through democratic and republican majorities. Guess what, no one
ever sent me flowers when I was sick.

[Neema]

10. No, but this one feels like our last chance before the whole thing

goes off the rails. If we don't get this right, America may never see anything remotely resembling a fair election again. As much as I loathed (and still loathe) Dubya, and feel like his election was totally rigged, I never before felt like it would get to the point of being unfixable.

I still believe it's fixable, but only just. Give the GOP any more time and unchecked power to stack courts, gerrymander, buy patents on voting machines (as Ivanka did yesterday, I believe), stoke their racist base, destroy our economy, gut our health care, cozy up to foreign dictators, and ignore the basic fundamentals of decency, and this could be all over.

[at140]

12. I have seen it all since arriving in this country in 1960

And my conclusion is the pendulum always swings, never stay fixed. Seeds of destruction of Trumpism are already being sown by Trump himself. The only issue which really worries me is environment. Trump has obliterated Environmental Protection Agency. I am not all that worried about losing abortion rights for women. At best Row Vs Wade stays as is, at worst it will cease to be a federal law and states will take over. No way in hell the blue states will restrict Abortions.

The economy is doing OK, no worries there. N Korea is unlikely to start a nuclear war. But republicans will gut health benefits to lower middle class and below. That needs to be fought furiously by democrats in congress.

[Neema]

16. The environment is the biggest issue in my mind, because nothing else matters if we lose our planet.

And the longer we give 45 free reign to making things exponentially worse, the closer we careen towards the point of no return.

[at140]

20. I am hoping planet earth is stronger than Trump

I hope I am right. Because as you said, what is more important than clean air,
clean water and long term health of the only planet we will ever have.

[riverwalker]

7. My guilty pleasure

when anxiety is beyond control, is to watch the psychics and tarot card readers on You Tube who say Trump and Co. is utterly, totally and completely screwed. It comforts and calms me better than Xanax. Don’t tell me it’s silly, blah blah I know all that.

[salin]

15. What search terms would help me find those?

I was a wake at least 1 x an hour (some times 2x) between 1 am and 6 am when I had to get up. I am tired.

Viewing folks "predicting" Trump co demise, might have provided enough distraction to then go back and sleep better.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

8. Go easy on the coffee.

keep your powder dry. We are going to be ok. VA Day today. Currahee!

[irisblue]

9. For you and me and all of us with bees in our stomach today

"Mad Cat" Cattis (@GeneralCattis) Tweeted:
Does everyone around you want to talk about the election, but you just want to look at cute cat pics? Then come hang out with us! We’re gonna have your stress-free cat pic (or anything else that amuses us) hookup running for the next couple of days...Stop by!
#ElectionEve https://t.co/uIcotyNQZN

Link to tweet

[Neema]

11. I tend to have a strange reaction to extreme anxiety. I fall asleep. My body just

shuts down. Which I really can't afford to have happen today because I have a lot of work to get done and I'm not currently doing it. But then again, maybe going to sleep and waking up tomorrow to get the news in one fell swoop instead of a trickle will be better for me.

[MountCleaners]

13. I took some Xanax this morning

Thank god for my prescription - I normally only take it when I get panic attacks, but I've been taking it every day this past week. Otherwise, I'd be nuts by now. I really, really need Trump and the GOP to get their comeuppance.

On the other hand, this is the first election since, like, I was a kid and Carter won that I've felt good. Even when Obama won, I wasn't sure until the results started coming in.

2016 was pretty bad, but I myself was psychologically prepared for it, since I campaigned heavily for Clinton and against Trump. The absolute worst for my nerves was 2000. But this time, I feel pretty good for some reason. Not that this means anything.

[at140]

14. This should help you relax and dump the anxiety

https://nypost.com/2018/11/06/catfight-breaks-out-at-miss-bumbum-contest-over-fake-butt-accusation/

[hertopos]

17. I watched MSNBC at 6 and that was a bad idea.

I am back to in front of PC.

I just cannot stand seeing red!!

Just remind me of how I felt exactly 2 years ago.

This time is different .
This time is different.
This time is different.

Hertopos

Ｐ．S．I think I am going to watch some Anime.

[Baltimike]

18. even if we lose, we will still fight. nt

[Wounded Bear]

19. Here you go, use generously...