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In reply to the discussion: Ok......I think i'm done coming here....I just can't take it. Seriously, I can't. [View all]prodigitalson
(3,193 posts)45. Go away
and come back
or don't
but change your routine and habits
Create new neuropathways in your mind, then reenforce them until they are part of your new thought/ behavior loop. Instead of what it is now.
You can totally do it. Start taking control of the settings on things like Google and you tube.
I personally am not keeping up with a lot of this because it is so triggering.
Be kind to yourself and know you are loved. I don't even know you but I want peace for you down to the molecular level of my being.
It's going to get better. And we can learn to make it through.
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Ok......I think i'm done coming here....I just can't take it. Seriously, I can't. [View all]
a kennedy
Feb 2025
OP
I don't think there is one of us here, that isn't feeling so much of what you are.
halobeam
Feb 2025
#10
Hope you stay with us, but understand your feelings. It's rough but we keep going.
allegorical oracle
Feb 2025
#13
All this rapid fire and daily news is meant to wear us down, give us whiplash and despair.
Deuxcents
Feb 2025
#17
I believe we'll get through this, with marches and loads of popular support
Alice Kramden
Feb 2025
#20
Totally understandable. I wish you would just take some time off then return. We need
LoisB
Feb 2025
#25
Nooo...we need all hands on deck. After we pull ourselves together, we can fight like hell in so many ways.
Jit423
Feb 2025
#26
''Still, you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant. So far away from home ... ''
Donkees
Feb 2025
#38