I only know a few uk members here, there may be more than I know of. I voted for the first time in the general election as last time I wasn’t of age. Local elections haven’t phased me (we have two elections local and general/national) but this was my first general, and I felt that my vote was so important, that it could possibly change the overall results and have found myself in such anxiety and watching the results even more so, I think it’s my god complex, thinking I’m more edcuated than these people who voted the conservatives in (right wing). It’s got me so wound up I’ve been vomiting slightly.
I feel very scared about my future I’ve always been more paranoid about right wing than left. Probably because they don’t care about the workers, disabled, elderly, basically all those who arent loaded or in business. I feel my future slipping away, my only income other than savings is my disabled benefit and I fear I may lose that as Im having to switch to a new version. But they’ve already said they’re going to target the welfare system, I’m not only on benefit for my Schiz but physical too, at present I can’t walk around the house without pain and in two weeks will be having to catheterise myself as I have quite serious urine retention, whether that’s due to meds or not (I’m having further tests done soon).
But I just feel I won’t be able to what keeps me safe and happy, I heard some of their (politicians) voices earlier linked with t he telepathy and I feel scared as hell. It could be I’m tired I haven’t slept well, so Im just being silly. It could be I’m zoning my past where I was obsessed by left wing historical figures, and spouted left wing views I’ve always voted them (not extreme just slightly left of the Middle) maybe I’m just off kilter. All I know is I keep panicking about what’s going to happen, I was too young to understand the impact last time but I’ve seen them do the damage they already have (this party has been in power with a social democrat party along side them probably keeping them at bay more than we can credit), what are they going to do with that suppressor?
I’m sorry this is long, I don’t know why I’m so scared. It could just be its the remainder of my relapse hanging over my head.
Anyone else from the uk also scared, or elsewhere in the world, how have you felt during elections? I feel silly for feeling like this.
There is a lot of energy in an election… you can feel it… it can get a bit over whelming… especially if it’s a big one like you guys have. It’s not silly to worry about the future…
I hope you can find a way to step back from all of it and decompress for a bit… elections are just amped up… the announcers are yelling… the news people are yelling… the finger pointing goes back and fourth… the news just bombards the senses all the time with the terrible news… (no matter who won)
I’m also VERY scared… when I see the nuts who are crawling out of the woodwork to be president of our nation… it scares me greatly… that separation of church and state is crumbling quickly. It has been scaring me… the climate change deniers… how upsetting…
I don’t care if its man made or nature made… California is still in a big drought… no matter what you blame…
Washington snow pack isn’t as much as it used to be… glaciers have been melting back… acid levels in the ocean have been rising… there have been more jelly fish in “colder” waters… I don’t care what people say the cause is… it’s still happening.
But yes… I’m also afraid… but I have to take a step back and look at what is still going OK and try to put my energy to that…
That does help me calm down.
It’s going to take some time to feel better after a shake up like that. But I can see all this activity being very triggering…
Please take care of yourself… find some quiet time… and be patient with yourself.
Im from Ireland republic. Trust me, the elections in the uk are worrying us over here. Cameron said hes going to have an election toleave the EU. That will destroy Ireland. Also, if you guys do leave the EU, we irish wont likely be able to go over to the uk to work anymore. That would be awful.
hi @Dante13, sorry you are feeling bad about the election,
i was also feeling really bad this morning bc i am worried about the future with all this changing to universal credit and stuff but i kind of hang onto what the advice bureau said to me which was that everything will stay the same only it will be all under the same name, so according to the citizens advice bureau nothing changes except they are bunching them together under this title called universal credit,
i do still worry though bc sometimes the bureau have made mistakes but they are the best people to ask about this bc they keep up to date with everything.
In Sweden not the left wing nor the right eing won the election. Sweden’s third largest party was Swedish Democrats. A bunch of nazies. Left and right need to cooperate to keep the nazies out. They SAY they aren’t nazies but still they keep kicking ppl out of the parlament and the party that say racist stuff. Those of them who can’t keep thir mouth shut will be kicked out. They try to be “clean”.
What will happen regarding disability is that the Tories will force everyone to be re-assessed under new rules. They won’t go for a frontal attack because of their pledge to protect disability payments. So, to get the bill down they will do it sneakily instead. Remember, all they are concerned about is getting numbers down on a balance sheet. They aren’t interested in the effects their policies have on people. I think we could be quite shocked at the scale of cuts they are planning.
What’s the worst that will happen? You lose your benefits and become homeless? Look at the bright side, atleast you wont have a lot of worry about if you’re homeless. You’ll just have to go to homeless shelters and soup kitchens but other than that you relax. I wouldn’t worry too much. I got screwed by the conservatives in the usa but the outcome wasn’t as bad as i originally feared.
I’m just pointing out that election results are never as bad as people seem to think they’ll be. Will people face hardship? Sure. People will find a way to get by someway though.
Atleast the climate in uk isnt too horrible. There’s quite a few homeless people in alaska which is a frozen wasteland. It’s very improbable that the homeless situation in the uk will turn as bad as it is in usa or russia.
Thank you James, you’re election is next year isn’t it? I hope you can get through the whole hype of it, and that in the end you have a decent president. I’m feeling calmer today but have slept a lot and just think I can’t do anything now it’s out of my hands. I still have moments of panic and nights are terrible. But I’m thinking it’s more just the relapse aftershock and fluctuation.
I hope you’re okay, I really appreciate you taking the time to reply when you’re not doing so well yourself.
Exactly my fear, I take it you’re uk too? They’re very clever and it shocks me how easily people fall for propaganda. I know there’s a trick to it, that there’s a little element of truth in it, but that it’s exacerbated to make it look like common occurrence. Just one day at a time, one day gone is ome day nearer to the next election!
Thank you for replying, I’m glad im not the only one seeing beyond the lies.
Meg
@Karl, I see what you mean, I’m hoping we don’t leave the eu too, I’ll be voting to stay in I’m just hoping people don’t fall too easily into immigrant fear trap as they have and see sense!
@asgoodasitgets, thank you for your reply! I’ll bear that all in mind in times to come, Im glad I’m not the only one scared over benefits! I hope things are sorted for you without any difficulty in times to come!
@Comatose, that sounds scary! I hope nothing comes of it, and that you can feel safe. I never feel I can truths any government, democracy is obviously best but sometimes there are obvious flaws and open to manipulation!
@Joker that’s such a shame! Easy fault to make though! Hopefully next elections your vote will have a say!