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In reply to the discussion: You just don't realize the stress until you can't deny it. [View all]slightlv
(7,751 posts)I say this, even tho I'm at the end of my rope, too. Frustration and feelings of impotence rage inside me. It's so overwhelming and always there, I have to fight myself hard not to take it out on other people. And I find myself finding agreement with lines in shows I'm watching... like Picard saying the dreams are lovely, but he's beginning to resent waking up. That's EXACTLY where I am now. Oh, it's not just trump and the shitshow that's america right now... like you said, it's all that on top of the everyday stuff... and especially now that the everyday stuff includes my husband... my best friend... being lost to me due to dementia. Some days, I have no idea how I'll get through to the escape of night and sleep.
But, as hard as stuff is right now (including a court date for hubby on the 26th), I am planning on being in KcK for the No Kings II march... and I'll be bringing a bunch of signs I printed up, for anyone to use who couldn't make one. If I'm lucky, my friends will be with me this time, too. We had so much fun together at the last march. It seems, that's what hope looks like for me these days.