(Nov. 6, 2012)  Yup… my anxiety is up as the results start to come in.  This happens every 4 year to my brain.  I had a session scheduled for tomorrow morning, and just like 4 years ago, I had to move it.  I should have realized when I made it, that I will be up too late.

Today, I am feeling more relaxed.  I know the right-wing hysteria will continue, and I will have to keep trying to avoid it.  I just can not handle their views.  There is no logic to them, and they have a hard time with the truth.  But that is a topic for my other Blog.

There was a time in my life when I was happy to argue about politics… that time is long gone.  Now it raises my anxiety so much, so fast, I crash out.  I have even unfriended a few people on Facebook because of it.  I don’t want to argue.

I have learned to fight where I need to, and back off when I can.  But  I can not handle argument much anymore.  I worry about the future of the world as well as our country, and it matters to me how we move forward.  It matters a lot.

The greater the importance of the issue, the greater the potential anxiety in dealing with people who don’t get it.  I can not, and will not deal with those people.  Some people will not learn… I can not stop that.

So now that the election is over, I can relax a bit.  I do not need to worry so much about getting into an argument about politics.  There will be less to avoid.  I am happier today.