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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 weeks 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] 31 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That actually sounds like you're not doing well at all.

[–] Lucidlethargy 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is what we do outside of election season as well. We, as a people, are not doing well... But at the same time, i think we're doing the best we can considering the state of things.

Our society is sick.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

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

Yes. Substance abuse is not healthy. Source: child of an alcoholic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There's abuse, and then there's taking the edge off

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Someone using substances to avoid reality is, by my definition, abusing them.

Source: child of an alcoholic.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I respect the struggle you went thru and your choices for yourself. As someone who dealt with alcoholism you were exposed to the worst of it. However, some of us like to enjoy life and get a buzz on without hurting anyone and I don't think that's abusive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, but we're not talking about taking the edge off, we're talking about substance abuse here…