feels like it for me. My mood is oscillating way too frequently in a way that I can in my heart tie to what I see on social media. Want to know if anyone’s having a similar experience if you’re a resident of the sites or if I need to go talk to my psychiatrist.
Honestly you aren’t wrong. But it’s hard to know if it’s my algorithm or just the daily shifts in the news. I also watch Hasan stream most days (honestly a pretty distressing experience 90% of the time these days).
But I feel like I am on edge and stressed regardless. I can’t forget what is happening out there and that it is coming to my city soon. I might get the shit beat out of me which has never remotely happened to me, worst I’ve been is punched in the head one time.
Someone got taken near my house a few days ago, so something that helps me if I am feeling way to high strung is to do a small bike ride around the neighborhood while keeping my eyes out for suspicious vehicles.
The thing that feels the best is after the big marches PSL/DSA have been holding. Just being around like minded people and the feeling of safety and community there as well as just an outlet for the anxious energy.
Also you gotta really cherish the small wins I think. Which are somewhat starting to roll in, for example, a school district just today adopted an anti ice resolution that organizers had been fighting for almost a year.
Also, really shut off your phone at a certain point. I want to keep checking local organizers Instagram stories during the day, in case gestapo come near my hood, but after a certain point there’s nothing to do but doomscroll and you just gotta let yourself unwind without your phone.