Are you still grieving? You are not alone.

[paulpablo]

Almost every morning since the election I wake up feeling so strange.  Depressed, angry, more depressed, anxious, etc. Yes it's getting a bit better, but coming up on the electoral college vote the stress is starting to make it worse again.  I am having actual nightmares, and even when not election themed, my sleep has been much more disturbed, and my waking hours I feel constantly distracted and tired.  I cry over literally nothing.  In the shower, while playing video games, while driving to the store. My thoughts wander in mid sentence, I keep catching myself just staring off into space. 

My method of coping has been to detach. I don't look at the news websites any more and don't discuss anything remotely like politics with anyone. I try hard to avoid learning the political opinions of co-workers and neighbors because I know if I learn they supported Trump, they will be vermin in my eyes. I don't see Trump supporters as people with different opinions but as enemies of humanity. They are defective units to me, cancer cells. The only way to avoid constant feelings of disgust and anger for me is to just detach from anything political. It might work for you as well.

I think it's crazy how so many left wingers I know have real trouble with diversity yet claim to be the most for diversity.

In a normal working place it's something you have to deal with, people of different cultures and political opinions.

I work with people from every part of the globe of different sexualities and religions and they all talk about hatred of one another but they all have to unite under capitalism to earn money.

I think it's also crazy how a lot of left wingers didn't think like this before they lost with Brexit and Trump.

Like I had a scottish friend who knew my political views, knew I was voting for Brexit and she would just giggle at me and say in her very upper class posh voice how I was silly and so on.
Soon as Brexit is voted for I get a message how she can no longer talk to me as I make her feel sick and she's blocking me on everything.

It reminds me of this......