Trump and dementia - I'm lying awake at night worrying

Germanshepherdsmum

There is absolutely nothing to be gained by making yourself ill worrying about things which are totally outside your control beyond putting a cross on your voting slip. Worrying changes nothing.

Absolutely.

Do not worry about tomorrow.

In the last few weeks, I have had several family members who could have died, all in different circumstances.
They have been "real" "problems".

And what Fleur20 says.
Your worrying only harms yourself.
Putting yourself in a downward spiral is not good for you or anyone, and is a problem to you and those around you.

Having said all that, I am a Christian. Which means I can lean on God.
I am happy to pray for you or for anyone, if you want me to.

Please stop listening to the news, reading the papers etc.
Making yourself ill will not help the world or change anything.. only hurt you and your loved ones.

Germanshepherdsmum

There is absolutely nothing to be gained by making yourself ill worrying about things which are totally outside your control beyond putting a cross on your voting slip. Worrying changes nothing.

That's true, and all very well, but how many of us feel that to be the way to cope at 3am when worries are so much bigger than they are in the daytime? I have some things worrying me just now as well as the global issues you mention, sarahcyn, and they are very hard to deal with in the middle of the night, when rationalising doesn't work.

I hope you manage to work out a way to keep it all under control. You are not irrational, but as Germanshepherdsmum says, there is nothing we can do about some of it, especially in the middle of the night when we don't even have a vote in the American election.

Nothing like gransnet for delivering a short sharp "pull yourself together" style slap round the chops

greenlady102

oh cheer up, we might be hit by a meteorite next week then none of this will happen!

greenlady 😁

Don't meet trouble halfway, sarahcyn

There is absolutely nothing to be gained by making yourself ill worrying about things which are totally outside your control beyond putting a cross on your voting slip. Worrying changes nothing.

Sounds like you are catastrophising, it's a mental health term so you may like to research it (if you already haven't). I sank into catastrophising after a series of traumatic deaths, l found temporarily removing myself from life to an oasis of calm sorted it. There are also medication, therapies etc.

Choice between the devil and the deep blue sea, isn’t it ? Where have all the decent leaders gone? I think they are both vile and I would be ashamed to support either of them.

@maddyone if the Republicans had any sense they would be choosing Nikki Haley. She's a typical American conservative in some irritating ways but she does have experience and a grasp of geopolitics. But can you imagine them choosing a woman, and a woman who isn't 1000% white at that!

The outlook is dire whatever: Trump or Biden? What a choice!
Gaza/Israel, there’s nothing we can do.
Maybe seek some counselling to help you cope, you’re obviously struggling.

oh cheer up, we might be hit by a meteorite next week then none of this will happen!