I just went through my twitter feed from election night four years ago.

[Drunken Irishman]

Goddammit that was a nightmare.

I need something good.

[cilla4progress]

1. We all do.

I basically had a panic attack and went to bed early, leaving guests downstairs watching it.

Do you remember the big concert for HRC the night before? I had a queasy feeling, but I was all in based on the polls.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Definitely felt like Hillary was just hanging on for dear life at that point...

...and trying to get through election day on two feet.

Different vibe this go around. More nervous about post-Tuesday than any Tuesday results.

I think Biden is going to win. Whether he wins by a lot or one state, though?

[cilla4progress]

5. Ahhh...

there's a lot of that anxiety going around.

[JHB]

2. Tullamore dew?

[dem4decades]

4. I was in Vegas, iit was the night from hell, tomorrow's the last chance to leave.

[Olafjoy]

6. Honest to God worst night of my life.

Sitting on the couch at 3:30 am by myself crying.

[Tom Rivers]

7. I knew looking at the NYT Upshot that HRC was doomed before the talking heads on the networks

I kept hoping it was just a bad dream. I didn't sleep from Election Night until that Friday.

Then I followed the Upshot again in 2018 and it did the same bottoming out I saw in 2016 and I got that horrible sinking feeling again.... then it rebounded and Dems took the house.

I definitely won't be following that if they do it this year. I will follow a few non-media people I like on twitter and will ignore the talking heads until it looks like we're about to get a 270 call for Biden. If it goes the other way I'll accept that I'll probably never get another good nights sleep for as long as I live.