Hey I just wanted to say that if your mental health has been all over the place since the inauguration, particularly if you’ve been thru an abusive relationship, you are *not* alone.

The parallels between fascism and abusive relationships are striking. If we have this experience in our reserves of trauma, inauguration may have been the first time in four years we felt safe to release the build-up of stress caused by triggers from the last admin

I spent inauguration weeping and didn’t stop for a week. I mourned what I felt I could not until then. I let go of what I felt I could not until then. My unhealthy coping impulses returned for a few day. I only now feel as though I am coming out of it.

My therapist reminded me that during the crisis, we often numb out to deal. After, that’s when the feelings come. And if you’ve been feeling all the feelings, trust me, again, you’re not alone.

Be so, so gentle w yourself. I have taken baths, journaled, let myself cry as much as I needed. I went under my weighted blanket and listened to rainstorm sounds for 30 min. I read. And then I started working again.