As I find that I probably speak with all of you (albeit anonymously behind a keyboard) more than anyone else, I sort of consider you a quasi "support group". We all chat about the same things and wind up having many-a spirited debate. Lately, I'm having a bit of an issue and, given that we're all pretty open about personal experiences, I want to lay down a serious issue I'm having, and see if any of you have any advice.
With all this talk about the election and the candidates and the constant barrage of the 24 hour news cycle, I'm finding the whole thing troubling and am actually losing sleep over the whole thing. Granted, I have other stressors in my life, as we all do, those are in my hands and are things I have some degree of control over. However, the worry about the direction of our country and the two presumtuive individuals who may be the leader of it is troubling and causing me great worry. I'm not trying to come off like GG, who "can't sleep" nightly because of the fear that President Obama is going to come knocking at my door to confiscate my weapons and contents of my wallet. The thought of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton setting forth their ideas and views and running this country is causing my brain to overload. I fear that there are some very dark times ahead. Great unrest. Not much to look forward to. I don't know if this is even normal, or if any one else here in the forum has any kind of problem like this. I refuse to take any kind of sleep aid, and as far as I'm concerned, any form of narcotic is out of the question (I had a prescription for Xanax for anxiety a couple of years back...was NOT a fan and told my doctor as much). I don't expect everybody here to take this post seriously, and I'm sure there's going to be a couple of clowns that will make a joke out of it. And in order to avoid hearing about the election or the candidates themselves, I would really have to cut quite a bit out of my life...the news, in all forms (CNN, Fox, MSNBC, papers, WWJ, WJR, etc.), many social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. At work, the TV sets are always set on CNN or some news channel. I probably shouldn't visit the Pol Pot much either, but I consider you many of my cyber-buds (Bryce in general is someone I wouldn't mind having a beer with), so I like to pop in and see what's up. So, in essence, I'm not really sure what to do about this, there really isn't much I can do as the people have apparently spoken and it looks like those are the choices. I could really use a solid 6-7 straight hours of shut eye, before lack of sleep causes me to start making poor decisions or start screwing up at work. I can't afford to lose my job...Obama is almost out of office and I won't be able to get my free handouts much longer!
