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The Presidential Debate and Anxiety

koolman
koolman

Did everyone's anxiety, anger and depression go up after watching that embarrassing travesty?  Mine sure did.  Couple elderly boys in expensive suits yelling over each other, grappling in a sandbox for supremacy, like 5-year-olds.  With this kind of bipartisan mud-slinging and personal insults, I'm ashamed and afraid for the future of America.

Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer
I was anxious
Italianmomma4ever
Italianmomma4ever
It was like watching a circus.
theatrediva
theatrediva
I couldn't even watch it and im glad I didn't. IT stresses me out too much.
hyperpgal
hyperpgal
I can't watch it---it makes me crazy---more crazy than normal...
arfie
arfie
Bi-partisan? We have a one party system with two names. I can't tell a Republicrat from a Demican.

I haven't been able to watch a political debate since the 80's when I started taking my psychotherapy seriously. They trigger me into Lala Land. I do my own research, thank you. Voting records, etc.
malibumark
malibumark
I couldn't watch it, the last time I watched the news last week, I felt like I was having a heart attack...can't do it anymore!
veggiequeen
veggiequeen
I lasted til 10:15. That was way too long.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
It was really sad.... I'm Canadian and I was talking to a friend who watched it as well

I think this is one of the first time that I have been really worried about America in my lifetime

We're joined at the hip so I care a great deal about my US friends

We have more than 2 parties and my friend believes that a third party might be a balancer ... some of both parties as it were... middle of the road

Maybe??

It was disturbing for sure... Hugs to all of my US buddies... I hope that all will end peacefully... You are in my prayers... .xo
Bobby5000
Bobby5000
Why not look at the upside. Some people here have been down on themselves, insecure, maybe I'm not as good as other people. Guess what, the two most prominent people in the country, our president, and the nominee, they make mistakes, sometimes not particularly well-spoken, a little temper, they get annoyed, forget, not particularly well-prepared. .
Broken_Bridges72
Broken_Bridges72
I turned it off after the first ten minutes. My gym has a Fox news cardio room and so I get my daily dose of the news every morning, but, beyond that-I try not to get caught up in the who said/did what mess. I even wish the libraries would reopen here so I can get my head back into real books. I think most know who they are voting for anyway. Three choices-vote Blue or Vote Red or not at all.
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