For those that are paying attention to what’s going on in the US and the state of the WORLD…(Not enough people are)—How are you all coping?

I feel quite powerless so I do what I can. My family and I show up to protests, we vote, we’re community oriented. We try to work within our town to make sure that homeless people are fed and single parents have what they need to care for their kids.

I’m documenting news paper articles and headlines and journaling about events that are happening so that I feel like I am at least bearing witness to these events.

Maybe when my twins get older and they look back on these journals, it will help them to make more sense of the world?

I don’t have time to watch news with a baby but I try to stay informed when I can . Gas and groceries are become more expensive than before in Canada :(

Never watch the news and don’t do politics. I just focus on my family

I used to be the type to be constantly informed and up to date on politics, doing whatever I could to make changes and encouraging others to as well. When trump got reelected I didn’t even want to see his name so I just unfollowed all political social media. I put in so much work, so much advocacy and activism and i felt like it was all for nothing so I coped by shutting him out completely. Probably not the right response for the world, but I did it for my own sanity and tbh I’ve been much happier. I think there’s no shame in unplugging from it all if that’s what’s best for your mental health.

i’ve been getting a lot more active “just in case” and that helps my peace of mind a lot. also getting to know more people in my community and being more vocal about the worldly issues and making other people aware of them. and focusing on where i’m spending my money to make sure that i’m only supporting bad things against my will

Not everyone is American.

Focus on what I can control.

Focusing on things in my control for my little family. Watching the news pretty much feels like a movie at this point.

The only way I’m coping is taking small breaks from it. Like I’ll fully lock in, catch up on my informational podcasts and sources and become insufferable online posting about it, going to protests and engaging with my local mutual aid group and then I’ll spend the following few days trying to avoid political info and doing something outside with my kids. Honestly still not doing great though because things are progressively getting so much worse, it’s taken such a toll on my mental health and my familial relationships, I had already cut off my mom for her sh*tty morals and politics and a few months ago had a huge blow up with my dad about it and so he’s teetering the estrangement edge too lmao

My husband and I are not planning to stay in in the US. So, while we are surviving and currently in the US we are certainly planning an exit strategy