Emily, anxiety seems like the normal response to our current situation, even if the actual changes to your life are not big. It's a scary time!

I don't know how to lessen the anxiety, except, you know, breathe. And if screaming or crying or whatever seems like it might be something you want to do, that is okay.

I mean, I'm literally staying in bed and hiding under my comforter today. It's allowed.

Oh ND. So tough.

Emily I hear ya—anxiety isn't my usual thing either but definitely feeling it lately!!

I think someone said this before, but I think it might be a little better for actually anxious people in these situations. Like- I always feel like this, but this is at least real and I feel validated. Plus a lot of my coping mechanisms are actually assets.

Yeah, maybe the fact that I didn't have anxiety before is my problem! Fortunately I did have depression, so I don't feel particularly hopeless or numb about this. Not more than I did already, anyway. We're like unhealthy reaction preppers!

That hasn't really been true for me Sophia, maybe because my coping mechanisms involve having quiet time at home while ltc is at school or out to get myself a little treat, neither of which are happening right now except for the quiet time on the weekend. Although, I do feel validated about how freaked out I have been about the current President, that validation is also not making me any calmer.

Oh Drew, I know how hard this is for you. I'm so sorry.

Emily, I never am anxious, but the situation calls for it now. The head of government is dangerously incompetent and I have no option but anxiety.

Negative wishes for JZ.

ND that sucks for everyone involved. So sorry.

anxiety isn't my usual thing either but definitely feeling it lately

I was discussing similar with one of my students over e-mail. We are both people who tend to be socially distant even before all this started. I mean, really, this is the lifestyle I was born for, but circumstances are ruining it for me.

I just uploaded my first lecture. Now to check to see if I actually sound coherent.

Same here with feeling like depression and anxiety have actually done a great job of preparing me for this!

The conference I was at was actually a week and a half ago, but still it wasn't just surgeons--clinical cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and NPs and PAs across multiple divisions. If my symptoms hadn't shown up when they did,

Thanks folks. I'm pretty much a mess today. I have called each of my employees to let them know what is happening and that the official letter is coming through docusign on Monday. Thankfully I only really completely broke down on the phone once.

I've been building this company for more than a decade, actually almost two decades if you go back to my first origins freelancing after leaving Imagineering. I'm literally watching what I've done with my life crumble around me.

Dammit, the board keeps eating my post.