Does anyone else just randomly break down and cry since Trump was inaugurated?

[BadgerMom]

36. Yes

Every so often I've cried. For instance, two weeks ago as the first TROs were issued but people still were not released and members of Congress were dismissed, I cried. This week, with the judicial victory, I've been better. When the punches come hard and fast I'm vulnerable, though.

But I've also had moments of rage. Most recently I was apoplectic over the treatment of Senator Warren by the dismissive old white Southern men of the Senate. What a bunch of… I won't go there because Elizabeth Warren didn't. She held it together and read Mrs. King's letter outside the chamber. Misogyny engenders feelings of powerlessness and extreme anger in me. I'm still trying to learn not to react with rage and frustration. I know I must persist.

I do find myself hypnotized by breaking news. It feels as if so much occurs so frequently I can't take my eyes from my phone for 10 minutes without missing something important. For my well-being I'm forcing some breaks from it.

This week has had a few brighter moments, although I know we have a long struggle ahead. I feel I've sensed the darkness gathering for a while now. It's here. The rest of my life I must work, resist and shine light. I should have been doing more of that my entire life. That is the silver lining now. So many of us are energized. We have to hold each other up and fight on. Your daughter won't face a world that bleak. We will resist.