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If you're in the US, how are you preparing for the election and dealing with the stress? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’ve already mailed in my ballot, and I volunteered to be a poll worker (though they haven’t gotten in touch). With a week (maybe two) to go before we get the result, I feel caught in a limbo. It feels more important to me to be copying my important documents and organizing go-bags to be ready for a crisis than it does to do anything at work. I also recognize that that is probably a reaction to stress and anxiety and isn’t helping me. That said, I’m part of many groups that the right-wing hates and is openly threatening, so feeling unsafe doesn’t feel unreasonable either.

How are you all holding up out there? And tips for me to deal with this better?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Doomscrolling, exercise, and looking up firing ranges near me. Been a few decades since last I went

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I don't need to look up the closest firing range because it was recently all over the news when one of the members went up on a roof and tried to shoot this guy who was running for President.

Not the most recent would be shooter, the one before that.

Hell of a fall for the leaves, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

That it is

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What exercise plan, if any, are you following? I let my fitness slip pretty hard during COVID, and haven’t had good luck getting back into the groove with anything I’ve tried so far

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Honestly, me too and I don't have much of a plan. I tried doing some pushups the other day and was shocked how much capacity I've lost. Following the wisdom that the hardest part of a run is lacing up your shoes, i'm just telling myself to do something every day. 3 sets of pushups. Squats during ad breaks. Walk to the store for a snack. That kind of thing A little bit of physical activity is a great distraction from the anxiety in my head