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jay2Senior Contributor
Hi every one, just a brief chat. So very glad that the 6 week election torture is over and done with . Dont know how you or any felt. I found it very stressful. Couldnt stomache the last day ,took 30 hours break from radio and tv. Turned on the radio Sunday morn 7am to find out who won. So relieved its all over and we have a new Govt. Hope the rest of the year will be good. Regards to all ....@jay2
In response to: election fatigue
wellwellwellnezSenior Contributor
It's been a stressful time. I like politics but this election's been quite the mental workout.
So much fear vs hope, this time. Those questions are different when you're someone who's lived through "lived experience". It's left with bigger questions about what hope really looks like.
Fear of loss is stronger than desire of gain. Does that mean the best way to hope is, hoping like you've got something to lose? Believing with urgency. That sort of thing.
I feel from a sports psychology point of view, the answer is yes. But I also think it's not the whole picture.
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chibamSenior Contributor
I'm just grateful we don't have to listen to that off-key woman singing "There's a hole in your budget..." 7 times an hour anymore 😕
In all seriousness, though, I get myself a bit worked up over elections too, but at the end of the day, I have to reconcile with myself that nothing meaningfully changes either way. That's more a depressant then a comfort, but it does tend to calm me down. I can't say that's necessarily a good thing, but maybe it makes me easier to get along with.
I think the biggest pain with elections is that it highlights the disconnect we all have with one another, and hence my own disconnect with so much of the people around me. It feels like there's no hope in sight for that one.
I don't know how we are expected to function at all, if the world we seek to create via participating in it will inevitably torture a major segment of the people who are exposed to it.
In response to: election fatigue
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