It is so incredibly validating to read all of your posts! I echo everything I’ve read here!! I am also a mental health professional and truly feel like I’ve been swimming upstream this last year! Talk about powerlessness! So much of my childhood trauma is getting played out in terms of the state of our union. Growing up, I doubted my reality on a daily basis when my alcoholic parents pretended that the horrific events the night before never happened! That has been my experience day in and day out since the election last year. There are days that it feels like we are living in an alternate universe! Thank you all for your shares!