When the media called the "election" for tRump I described my experience

[AmericanActivist]

like being beaten, kicked repeatedly in the gut, badly beaten and then there's a knock at the door and it's the authorities coming to notify me of the unexpected, sudden death of a loved one, in this case, the loved one is my country, America, and all that I knew and loved about America. Then to add insult to injury, nobody will investigate the murder.

This is how I have described my experience after 11/9. Normally I am an articulate person but the shock of this travesty has left me in a place where I struggle to find my words. For at least 3 weeks and even now there is a pain in my solar plexus area like I was brutally beaten. Literally, this has been my gut reaction.

Anyone else? Anyone relate?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. My reaction was more like my reaction to 9/11:

It was basically, WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED? I couldn't quite process either thing for days.

[pangaia]

3. To me this is worse than 9/11. Much worse because this is like a poison inside the body.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I agree. 9/11 was a swift kick in the head; this is more like

having eaten a toadstool sandwich. But my initial WTF?? reaction to both events was similar.

[AmericanActivist]

9. I agree with you that these events are similar or that my reactions to them are similar.

I am still not processing at par. It's hard to wrap my mind around what has taken place in the USA. The shock, confusion, fear, anger, uncertainty, disgust, feeling unsafe and like I don't belong in the country I was born and raised in, worried about my fellow citizens especially the vulnerable, and more...

[AmericanActivist]

11. Yes it is more difficult because it is "poison" from within It is

much harder to fathom this

[eleny]

2. Yes, I can relate. But it's time for me to buck up and not let these feelings keep me frozen

I won't let myself be overwhelmed by fear and loathing. So I'm past what you experienced. I'm moving on guided by my strength of will.

[radical noodle]

5. I felt like that for a some time

Like I was in a daze. Now I'm just mad as hell.

[Initech]

6. First upset, then anger, then vomit.

[Phoenix61]

7. Exactly!

and the sad realization that America ain't exactly what I thought it was. But... that doesn't mean it can't be. Two steps forward, one step back. We WILL get there.

[golfguru]

8. Giving in to fear never helps

We survived Reagan & 2 Bushes. Bush43 gave us Obama.
Trump will give us another Obama like president.
In the meanwhile, do the best you can and take good care.

[MFM008]

10. my guts reaction?

a nasty little stomach ulcer.
keeps you nauseous. Like the election results.....