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i was just in the shower, thinking the year ahead. trump’s 2016 “win” crushed me. i went from extreme anxiety to panic daily. i planned a move to uruguay that my husband wouldn’t consider. i tossed a couple of people out my life. then came covid & 3 family deaths (only 1 from covid) & coordinating
05:14 PM - Jan 13, 2024
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3 covid protocol funerals. then the full magatization of far too many americans. the j6. i can’t do this again. i’m 62 & cannot face that panic & anxiety for 4 more years. so i’m preparing myself mentally. i will shut down all my sm accounts. i will continue as a semi agoraphobe. i will not enter
05:18 PM - Jan 13, 2024
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stores again. if i can’t pick it up curbside or order it from amazon, i’ll do without it. i have a couple of projects going & will practice being laser focused. i stopped wearing my jewish star necklace in 2016. now i wear a silver mobius strip bangle on which is engraved a prayer which is
05:21 PM - Jan 13, 2024
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roughly the jewish equivalent of the lord’s prayer. that will retire to my jewelry box & we’ll remove the mezuzahs from outer door frames. sorry if i sound insane, but if i have a plan, hopefully the blind panic won’t occur.
05:23 PM - Jan 13, 2024
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