Ever since the election I have been semi depressed. My own life has made leaps and bounds towards the positive but my mood has been suppressed from worrying what the government is going to do to us this next four years. My intention is to talk about my depression and wondering if it is a shared depression with other posters here on the board, not politics. Please refrain from talking about the president elect or what his intentions are for our country. It is too sensitive and I don’t want this thread locked.
To me, that doesn’t make sense. You say you are worried about the coming government and then you say your depression is not about politics. Which is it?
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I just wondered if there’s anybody out there that feels down after the election.
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I never really cared about who was elected, because I fail to see how politics affect my life. the only thing I’m worried about is getting drafted into war. I think that’s the worse thing that could happen.
SZ’s can’t get drafted into war 
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I’ve already stated my position on him a number of times on this board. I’m more curious on what will happen then worrying.
they’ll probably just send a doctor to diagnose me and say I’m not schizo anymore. or maybe I’m being paranoid now…
just seen a lot of war documentaries, I guess…
It would have to be a really bad war like a land war with china for stuff like that to happen.
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I think they’d be scared of us hallucinating on the battlefield and shooting our own people.
You also can’t join the military if you’ve done drugs too much, and I’ve done way too many drugs that unless I lied they couldn’t enlist me.
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or if the mideast got another WOMD
I guess Iran could because of the Iran Deal. We’ll see in the future if that deal will result in people dying or not.
Just try to keep away from popular media and its sensationalism, and if you have to read something about politics read a serious analysis from serious political analysist.
Right wing populism is getting more popular and spread in Europe as well. Its just what it is. It doesn’t mean the world will end, it is just the call of time.
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I fluctuate between being somewhat motivated for the future and being entirely apathetic to it. I don’t really see things greatly improving for me and I don’t really see a path where I end up actually enjoying life and feeling like I’m meant to be here. Thinking back on my life I have never been excited about the future. However as a child I didn’t have to think or worry about it. As I graduated hs and entered college and my future fell entirely into my own hands I couldn’t avoid this anymore and it really just added a lot of pain and bad to my plate. I want to go back to not worrying and not being responsible.
I have a lot of depression for my life separate from the election so I’m a little self absorbed right now. I do worry about my wife’s job which is in social services, I’m afraid they might slash the budget and we will lose that income.
Yes, I have been very depressed since the election and I’m not even American.
It’s a shock I’m finding hard to come to terms with so you’re not the only one 
I’m hoping the system of checks and balances will keep everybody in line. What scares me is the possibility of organized violence - like the potential for massacre, and whatnot. I imagine the free press will play a vital role in keeping things together.
This election has been a big disappointment for me…I feel like the bully has kicked me down with no prospect of help to get up. I really believed that the USA would stand up to the bully, but, just as true in life, the sheep follows the herd without much thought…sigh.
There really isn’t too much I could hope for after this.
Many people here have compared America’s election results and the whole campaign with the Yugoslavia in '89. I wouldn’t go into details so here’s a calming toast
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@Sarad, threading very close to a political discussion…
