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@lovelyritametermaid said
I was worried that because of quarantine, I wouldn’t be able to have the appointment with my clinic’s psychiatric PA about medication options, but luckily that’s all been sorted out and next week I’ll be able to talk to her via video call. The only thing that’s stressing me out about this is that I won’t have any privacy during the virtual appointment due to me being in a small house with my family, but I’m trying to assuage that fear by just focusing on the positive fact that at least I’ll have an appointment in the first place.

  

Do you have a backyard? You could sit outside & wear earbuds. That’s what I do during Google Meet calls.

Edit: my @tt failed, @lovelyritametermaid 

Beatlebug said

@Starr Shine? said

Beatlebug, he did say not to call Michigan

 [Trump: governors ‘should be appreciative’ of medical help – MSNBC {also he said to VP Mike Pence not to bother with phone calls to certain governors he felt were unappreciative and therefore not worth bothering with, but Pence ignored his advice and went ahead and phoned them up because apparently Pence is a bit more optimistic/diplomatic/nice or something????}]

…So?

Why is this newsworthy?

And please don’t say for someone to ‘see someone’. That’s kinda rude and offensive.

Oh, okay, noted. In future, I’ll just tell people “You’re absolutely barmy if you’re having such a visceral freakout over something as insubstantial as a politician’s claim” and I won’t even bother to suggest they try to find some way of bettering their mental health (whether through official therapy, a religious/spiritual figure, God , or just talking it out with someone you know who might be able to help you put things in perspective).

Sure you may disagree but there is no reason to go to that level.

I had this conversation with someone from Michigan who was Trump voting conservative. They argued about governors stock piling supplies then blaming the government for the shortages. I may not agree with their arguments but they were respectfully given and didn’t downplay my emotions on the issue.  

If you think this is about a political disagreement, you’re not reading my post. I never downplayed anyone’s emotions or accused anyone of being crazy because I disagree with them. I simply thought ExTex’s reaction to the news was disproportionate to the actual story, which I understand to be a “he said, she said” type of situation, and it prompted my concern for his mental health because I understand that these are difficult, stressful, scary, lonely times for many people and it behooves us all to be checking up on the people we care about.

@Expert Textpert said

Likewise I’m also concerned for you that sick people without access to medical supplies because a vengeful narcissist is withholding them is not a source of anxiety for you. Maybe life will make you more compassionate someday.

  

I am not sure where you got the impression that I believe that and don’t care. I simply don’t think that Trump is a vengeful narcissist or is withholding medical supplies from sick people. To the best of my knowledge, President Trump merely said that he wanted governors to try and get supplies themselves if they could, and that he’d back them up if he couldn’t. The Fed can only do so much, you know. I didn’t think that sounded unreasonable in and of itself — what actions are actually taken remains to be seen, and I’ll be optimistic until I see evidence sufficient to convince me I should be otherwise. One has to be, in these times, to avoid despair altogether.

Anyway, there’s only so much caring a person can do, and it’s hardly unreasonable to want to concentrate on expending it primarily on people within one’s circle of family, friends, and fellow Forumpudlians. My understanding is that humans evolved knowing only about a few hundred people at any given point in their lives. Seeing as this whole mess started with my attempt (apparently botched) to express concern for your mental state, not to mention that just today I was silently crying over a story in the Wall Street Journal (which followed several people’s experiences, ranging from fairly positive to downright tragic to terribly uncertain, with COVID-19*), I don’t think I’m particularly lacking in compassion, but I don’t want to waste it, either, because I get very invested and would feel quite betrayed if I had cared so deeply for no reason or invalid reasons. I was being facetious when I said “maybe I’m apathetic.”

I would have hoped that maybe life would have made you more rational and given you some perspective by now…

*

Reveal Spoiler

It was a well-written article. A young Iranian woman, a photojournalist, spent 5 days in the ICU (described as nightmarish, watching people disappear from neighboring beds) before coming out and saying “I saw the sky with new perspective.” For some reason, after the emotional stress of reading about the Italian man and the Filipino woman who had been laid to rest by their partner and daughter, respectively, it was that phrase, imagining myself in her shoes being so thankful to be alive and recovered, that pushed me over the edge.

  

Bye!

Why I’m leaving the forum—

I owe those who are actually my friends an explanation as to why I’m leaving the forum.

Please stay in touch via email or Facebook. I won’t be returning until such time Beatlebug is no longer a moderator.

She’s cold and unsympathetic and her judgment is clouded by pro-Trump propaganda, which makes her unfit to arbitrate in a fair manner.

She dismissed my feelings as invalid and suggested I should see a mental health professional because she is in denial of the sick people in Michigan lacking medical supplies because of her precious President. The governor of Michigan has been unable to procure medical supplies because vendors were told to ignore her. I have a friend in Michigan who verified this.

Her use of the shrug emoji is also offensive. I am also not the only person on the forum to be offended by her behavior. Is this a pro-Trump forum? I would think a moderator should be more fair and balanced in what she says instead of calling members mentally unstable because they disagree politically. 

That’s why I’m out of here. Let me know when the waters are safe again.