So, I'm trying to figure out how to get through election night without drinking, get at least SOME sleep, and generally not become a total basket case.

I guess I am going to have to do one of my mega walks the evening before, listening to NPR, or on the treadmill, watching tv. I'm not really sure that either approach will burn off the stress sufficiently...

Oh, my...

funny, tho, I've been so positive before about this election but as it draws nearer I'm having problems...

Hang in there.

That's the most important thing, first and foremost. And trust that the campaign knows what they're doing. If you can GOTV, that's helped me as well. Peace. 😊

active with the local Dem party...

Deep breathes, we are almost through this. 😎

to help works for me. So does turning off the TV, closing the laptop, and going out to trim shrubs and trees so they're be in good shape for their spring growth, which is what I did today.

Take care, CT.

Many of us are feeling anxiety that this demagogue has even the slightest chance to win, but he won't!

I've been chanting for months that Hillary will get exactly what she needs to win. I feel very confident about Tuesday night!

DUer's will really need each other after Tuesday; that's when the real lunacy begins. These vermin on the right are like a famished T-Rex.

believe me, stress enhances pain.

Not as bad as you, but my stomach is in knots and I have a persistent low-intensity migraine. I have tried other activities, but I keep coming back to the computer and TV like an addict.

Try to do something to take your mind elsewhere. This election is a nightmare. I wish I could help you...but I'm with you.

while I read the papers...and I can play some wonderful CDs in the car...

EVERYTHING is getting to me. I've basically stopped watching election coverage on television and started watching forensic and true crime programs on Netflix. Imagine, having to watch murder and mayhem TO FEEL BETTER. LOL.

where is my "hair on fire" smilie?

And it's toxic. I completely understand, my resting BP is 170/100, way high and near-dangerous.

Get away from the TV and computer as if they were poison. Go for a walk or a drive, anything to mix things up in a pleasant way. Hang in there!!

I went on Buspar a month ago, and hope to stop taking it Wednesday. This election feels like it has gone on for decades.

Hope you are feeling better soon.

this too shall pass

I am doing canvassing, etc, just to take my mind off of the anxiety. Only thing that is going to touch the anxiety for me at this point in the game is GOTV. I have basically lost my appetite too I haven't felt this sick about a presidential election since 2004. I do think we are going to win this one, but Trump is so unbelievably bad. I feel like we are having a weird, funhouse election in another dimension. At any moment, I expect to hear the Twilight Zone theme. At least with Romney and McCain, they seemed sane.

Kerry was going to win. What a shock it was...

I kinda knew we were losing but didn't have the sophistication to understand polling and trends yet so I told myself lies to feel better. I learned a lot from that election. The hard way

This one is objectively better from a polling standpoint. It is just the complete dreadfulness of Trump that is making me sick.

"Don't go!"

The Benny Hill theme song on a 10 HOUR loop

I'm feeling all these things at the prospect of Trump winning the election. My son and I shared a moment of fear when we talked about how things can change so quickly -- from stability to Nazi Germany within a decade.

My back has been hurting for 2 weeks...I'm having trouble sleeping...I'm overeating...headachy...more arthritis than usual...and yesterday, I had fever for no reason.

I cannot wait til it's over!!

had overused it picking something up I shouldn't have...

It may not be long til I begin holding my breath! LOL

Try to take care of yourself.

Signed, a big DU fan of CTyankee.
Have two glasses.....

ACK!

I hope we get control of the Senate to get our Supremes in OK. But the bile
stirred up, exposed in it's ugliness by the Trump campaign, will remain. The
obstruction that Obama experienced will continue. There will be no real rest
from the struggle against the idiots. But we will have our first woman POTUS.
And we will have shelved Trump into a footnote of obscurity.

Horrible, raging anxiety. Couldn't eat either.

I ended up laying flat on my back in silence for an hour. Then I mustered up strength to do phone banking. I hate talking to strangers, so that is hard for me anyway.

Now I've got anxiety and a headache again. Two of my girlfriends also reported similar issues today. One lives in blue Illinois, another in red Indiana. We all need this to be over ASAP on Tuesday night night. Waiting for returns will be brutal.

I'm desperately trying to keep a lid on the suicidal thoughts and desire for self-harm with Netflix and the latest xpac for The Sims 4.

Lots of cuddles and walks. She's very cute and funny, so she really helps with the anxiety. Try to find some animals to hang out with!

used to do...

The last of these is an everpresent background burden I feel that is probably the straw on the camels back.

you have acute leukemia and need to enter the hospital the next day, sorry, just need to put things into context.

IMHO we always need to think a little further as to what others are/might be experiencing.

Have a nice cup of tea. Watch "Love Actually". Take some L-theanine or some Xanax if you have it.

Take a few drops of Rescue Remedy or Rock Rose.

Drink a nice glass of wine - but not too much or you won't rest well, and you'll feel awful the next day.

I don't want any of you coming down with Shingles or some other stress-related disease.

Believe me, you don't want a case of shingles.

He was very stressed about the election. He's going to be ok.

Turn off the tv.

Probably best to log out of DU if you're that overwrought. Lots of pessimism here lately.

Most importantly, remember that worry never ever helped anything, and it never will.