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If you're in the US, how are you preparing for the election and dealing with the stress? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’ve already mailed in my ballot, and I volunteered to be a poll worker (though they haven’t gotten in touch). With a week (maybe two) to go before we get the result, I feel caught in a limbo. It feels more important to me to be copying my important documents and organizing go-bags to be ready for a crisis than it does to do anything at work. I also recognize that that is probably a reaction to stress and anxiety and isn’t helping me. That said, I’m part of many groups that the right-wing hates and is openly threatening, so feeling unsafe doesn’t feel unreasonable either.

How are you all holding up out there? And tips for me to deal with this better?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’ve made my peace with either result. If Harris wins, I’ll assume it’ll be relative status quo and a continuation of the last four years, a slow-motion decline. If Trump wins, our deaths are assured and everything falls to shit that much sooner. There may be some personal benefits and opportunities I can try to take advantage of before we all die, but none of it will really matter in the end. My personal romantic life is in such a shitty spot right now that I honestly don’t really care anymore.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

I think this is the key right here. The election is important, but most of us have far more immediate concerns.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Stay busy. Get your to-do list done. Take overtime shifts. Spend the angsty energy so it doesn’t turn inward and render your gut into sieve.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

STOP

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Daydreaming about getting out of here and moving to like laos and farming or some shit

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