u/anxietyfae
Please try to have a plan, currently this only seems to affect medication for kids but that tends to just be a way to get things going before going after adult meds:
iii) assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs;
Before the election I was already strugglung mentally. I am neurodivergent and have been struggling to succeed in a world meant for the neurotypical people.
My suicidal ideation has only gotten worse.
I had some hope before, hope that if kamala won that there would be help for people like me. That people that are different would be appreciated. That I could have accomodations and live in a place with a healthy social net and support. that I would have a future.
But that future has dissapeared. My boyfriend is in the same boat, though likely worse and it's very difficult for him to find the energy to fight just to continue daily life. He already fled a country once and he does not want t
I don't know how to handle that all my plans and hopes for my future have pretty much banished. Even if Trump doesn't become a dictator, will we ever go back? This seems like something that cannot be undone. It's so much easier to destroy than it is to rebuild.
I have struggled so much, my family has struggled so much, my friends have struggled so much all to get to where we were and move towards a better future, and now it's gone.
I can't process that.
I am making an emergency plan and as this all happened so quickly I am struggling to leave an entire life I build behind me, including being in a PhD program, I am tempted to wait. To see where things go. Maybe it won't be so bad.. Stay long enough to get my degree.
But I am terrified that again from one day to the next all flights leaving the US will be cancelled, other points of exit will close and we will be stuck here, only to be sent to work camps for not being maga just because I wanted to wait.
I don't know what to do. I know I'm not over reacting, but it's incredibly difficult for me to think that all the people in the US will roll over and accept their circumstances or be detaine
This is a little shameful to admit but one of my main worries about the Current Troubled Times is that the stress of it will accelerate aging.
As a graduate student (started at 27) with very strong mental health problems, I worry about it even in the best of times.
So I have been trying to implement relaxation techniques, including meditating and taking walks.
Do you have the same worry? What do you to do keep the stress under control?
I fully expect women's BC will not be available so I got an IUD. My health plan does not cover sterilization. I'm pretty paranoid so I like to use condoms along the IUD for an extra layer of protection, considering pregnancy with IUD is quite dangerous and I expect a lack of healthcare.
But condoms are men's BC and I doubt they will try to limit men's freedom as they do ours. Would it be worthwhile to stock up on condoms or should we be using that money on other necessies?
An alternative is stop all sex altogether, which may be what I end up doing anyway but I have never believed relying on "abstinence" is effective.
I fully expect women's BC will not be available so I got an IUD. My health plan does not cover sterilization. I'm pretty paranoid so I like to use condoms along the IUD for an extra layer of protection, considering pregnancy with IUD is quite dangerous and I expect a lack of healthcare.
But condoms are men's BC and I doubt they will try to limit men's freedom as they do ours. Would it be worthwhile to stock up on condoms or should we be using that money on other necessies?
An alternative is stop all sex altogether, which may be what I end up doing anyway but I have never believed relying on "abstinence" is effective.
My boyfriend was threatened and almost assaulted in DC yesterday and today. He has long hair so he looks 'gay' so he got implicitly threatened.
Has anyone noticed an uptick in violence in DC? I am afraid for him but I don't know what he can do to protect and defend himself.
I am overwhelmed. I have all my important documents organized and together, 10yr IUD, small amount in savings..
What else should I be preparing while we still have rights?
Hello, world is burning etc etc but I still need to do work if I don't want to end up homeless. I keep feeling like I'm going to get fired anyway, so why try, but thene that's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Anyway. I need help. What are your strageagies to be able to focus while ignoring all the noise from stuff you can't do anything about?
Such a large portion of the church was pro trump when I left back in 2019. It didn't make sense to me considering the US is supposed to be the beast and the separation of church and state is so integral to sda.
I don't have any contact with church people anymore and I wonder how they're doing. Still pro trump? Do they see him as the Antichrist? Are they uncharacteristically taking no sides?
I just wonder.
I am afraid. I don't want to exist. Will I lose my life this way? Have I already lost it?
How can I have hope, h a can I dream when knowing society just sees me as some exotic bang-maid baby machine.
Is it so silly to want to die?