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luvMIdog

(2,533 posts) Tue Apr 18, 2017, 01:51 PM Apr 2017

something in me died on election day [View all]

I used to write at least one poem every single day. I have not written a poem since election day and I'm all dried up inside. I've completely stopped doing anything artistic. Everything has been sucked right out of me. I'm full of feelings of anxiety and doom. Has anyone else been affected like this?

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something in me died on election day [View all] luvMIdog Apr 2017 OP

Me too. nt jrthin Apr 2017 #1

"I'm full of feelings of anxiety and doom." NCTraveler Apr 2017 #2

Yes DK504 Apr 2017 #3

Yes. sinkingfeeling Apr 2017 #4

Put it to work safeinOhio Apr 2017 #5

Excerpt: The Faithful Gardener, Epilogue, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Donkees Apr 2017 #6

Might be a good idea to get off the intertubes for a while and watch some movies snooper2 Apr 2017 #7

hugs and kisses to all of you who answered me luvMIdog Apr 2017 #8

Yes, and I feel much lonelier. LisaM Apr 2017 #9

That is a very difficult aspect of this and many of us have to deal with it. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #11

I feel that I often have to conceal my thoughts INSIDE of DU LisaM Apr 2017 #12

I expect it here. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #14

I'm sorry. I feel that in a larger sense this has been going on since 2000. LisaM Apr 2017 #16

Hang in there Lotusflower70 Apr 2017 #10

If you can't write actual poems right now, maybe you can jot down lines and impressions LisaM Apr 2017 #13

You are not alone. emulatorloo Apr 2017 #15

You are not alone. Dem_4_Life Apr 2017 #17

I'm having trouble concentrating... LeftInTX Apr 2017 #18

I'm just very angry. triron Apr 2017 #19

Interesting. reflection Apr 2017 #20