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LisaM

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9. Yes, and I feel much lonelier.

Reply to luvMIdog (Original post)

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 02:46 PM

Apr 2017

I can't express how much this election hurt me to many fellow progressives for fear they'll start scolding me to be more introspective and to stop caring about the things I identify with. It's got me really closed up.

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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