Suggestions. What do DUers do to stop the crap that's going on from churning in your brain [View all]

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when you are trying to get to sleep. It's like the ear-worm song you don't like but runs through your brain and when it finally finishes starts all over again. The worrying, "will I lose my SS?, will I get evicted if I can't pay my rent?, what to do?, what to do?"

I personally have found watching YouTube shorts helps. They're short and distracting--great ones about animals being saved or just cute, the same with kids and babies, inspiring shorts and soon I find I've forgotten about how crappy life is being. For awhile.

Then the worry returns: will I lose the place I've lived for 34 years? Most would see it as a dumpy old trailer but for me it's a memory palace, the place I watched my daughter grow up but can't see her now because she is in a mental institution suffering from schizoaffective disorder (that's schizophrenia and bipolar, a 2 for 1 affliction) and she is not allowed by her court appointed guardian to contact me and it's been 2 years now without seeing her. So I didn't need everything else on top of that. Or, if I become homeless could I live in my 21 year old van? What do I do with all the memory stuff I've accumulated for decades? I guess I didn't appreciate how simple my life was before even though I was poor, I had enough.

But I need some more tips and distractions because all of this Trump/Musk stuff has become overwhelming and I'm having a hard time finding hope. I've got to be honest here--I haven't been inspired by the actions of our Democratic leaders either.