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Old Nov 07, 2012, 09:46 AM
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Yes, me too, I am glad it is over too. What bothers me is how "divided" it is and that so many people "do" get upset.

I really didn't have a "passion" for either candidate myself. As I mentioned, I just sat back and watched the process this time. And because I was so open minded, I saw "errors" and "even lies" in "both" candidates. I was also surprised at how "low minded" the interactions got as well.

I said to my therapist yesterday, "We do not want our children to bully each other, but we teach them how to do it, and that it is "accepted". And, we are permitting this behavior with candidates that will "run our country"." I found it "very" triggering tbh.
As I mentioned, I endured so much for many years on a school bus, watching my brother really be "hammered" with "verbal lies and abuse" every day.

I was even "triggered" in a thread and it was hard because even though I talked about being "respectful" for those that are for Romney, it was "ignored". And that is not just here, but it is in many places. I talked about this with my T yesterday too.
I felt that in a mental health support site, it should "not be allowed".

I also talked to my T about the fact that I chose to "put myself out there" anyway and talk about "how it made me feel" because I wanted to show "others" that may not have been able to "express" their "unconfortable" feelings, to maybe "search themselves" as to why, and to just know "they are not alone".

At the "risk" of being "unpopular" on some level for some, I will say my honest opinion this morning.

I did not "appreciate" the "low angry level" this election process expressed. I do not feel that "voting" is about "revenge" in any way. I feel this election served to "divide" this country even more, and has only served to "fuel anger and resentment". I feel that this "tone" will "impede" what we "really need" as well. What we really need is the people we elect to "work together" on getting our country "united" and back on track where instead of being devided, we are really all "working together". I honestly feel that looking "forward" or even "moving forward" will now be very difficult because of how much this election fueled and showed "the strong devide" going on in this country. And nothing has changed in the House and the Senate either, so "progress" along with "a throught of revenge" is not a good recipe for "actual growth and united effort" to really work "together" towards "growth and repair".

Well, some may not want to "hear" what I just said, but as a person who just sat back and thought about what is "a really productive mindset and attitude", I do not see "A United States" or "Government" right now. And to me "that is sad" because we all go out and vote for "productive leadership" in these people that need to "work together" and not have some kind of "mental block for revenge or anger and resentment".

Well, that is my overall feeling this morning. And it isn't to "burst any bubbles" either, it is just how I feel as a person who prefers productive "postive thoughts, verses harbored anger and resentments".

Open Eyes
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