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Written by Shantini on 2025-01-02 at 04:10

I have no idea what to do for friends who are spiraling with fear and self-hate, especially in anticipation of worse times ahead. Sometimes I’ve reached out and they are really defensive/angry and I feel like I’ve made it worse. Advice appreciated if you have any.

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Written by Becca Royal-Gordon on 2025-01-02 at 05:03

@shantini Struggling with this too right now. It’s especially difficult when they feel bitter because they don’t have as robust a support system as I have—like, this is me trying to lend it to you in the only way I really can.

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Written by Becca Royal-Gordon on 2025-01-02 at 05:05

@shantini Best tactic I’ve found is back off and try again when they might be calmer, but that didn’t work for me today.

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Written by Dave Spector on 2025-01-02 at 12:24

@shantini I’m trying to talk a lot of people down by reminding folks that they can make a difference but they need to focus on acting locally in their own communities/circles (think mutual aid networks) and, especially, to slow down their news consumption: it’s designed to continuously (re)traumatize with the visions of chaos yet-to-be that may never actually happen.

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