Has anyone else here been having feelings of complete dread lately?

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118. Are we reaching the fifth stage of grief?

Acceptance.
Acceptance that this virus will never go away and the only viable hope for living with it - massive participation in vaccines - is probably unattainable in this country.
Acceptance that our justice system is irreversibly broken.
Acceptance that at least 30% of our fellow Americans are hopelessly deluded with hatred and lies.
Acceptance that our best efforts at a Blue Wave have been just a little short.
Acceptance that our political system, also broken, is actually a pendulum swinging between the sane and the insane and not a reliable vehicle for governing the country.
Acceptance that our biological world, our planet, is also in a seemingly irreversible decline.

That's the thing with grief isn't it? You have to go through the stages, but what we lost never comes back.