Some may find this silly, but I'm on the verge of crying

[CatWoman]

I've been holding back all day and maybe I'll feel better if I just let it go.

[ananda]

1. Go for it!

Hug

[2 Meow Momma]

2. Not silly. Healthy.

[LiberalLoner]

21. This. 🤗🤗🤗

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Not silly st all. I don't trust anyone who's not crying today

[radical noodle]

50. I'm not crying because I'm too pissed to cry

I am more than angry. Did they want to give the country to a tyrant and chaos agent to get mass deportation? Cheaper eggs or gas? Did they hate immigrants so much that they were willing to let women die when a pregnancy goes wrong? What exactly do they get for the selling of their votes?

I'm so done with the people I know who would prefer to have a convicted criminal as a president than someone who is good and decent. Maybe when I'm less angry, I'll cry... but today I rage against them.

[mobeau69]

58. Maybe they "choose" their policies based on whatever their horse says he's for.

No study of the policies required. Just pick your horse, put up his signs, and get the shirt snd the hat.

I know this is the case with some magats.

[In It to Win It]

4. Go ahead. Let it out.

[Lonestarblue]

5. I've been too numb to cry. It will come.

[Attilatheblond]

78. My tears welled up a couple times today, but the shock & fury is still too raw for me to let go

I know it will be better when we get it out, but maybe this is too frightening right now.

[NoRethugFriends]

6. just let it all out

[Solly Mack]

7. No. Not silly at all. Play some tunes, let the tears fall.

[BidenRocks]

69. Tears for Fears? nt

[Solly Mack]

75. Cute. But, yes. Works. Releases tension.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. You are not alone, CatWoman.

This is a sad day for our country, a day of infamy.

The thing is, you are a better human being than trump and MAGA ever will be, or can even imagine.

[EarthFirst]

9. When my wife gets in tonight; I need a hug...

…and I will probably break down.

I had to put a strong face on and head into the office today; but I’ve been eerily withdrawn and subsided today alone in my thoughts.

I can feel it…

[CatWoman]

11. i had to take the day off

I just couldn't handle work today

[onecaliberal]

18. Same

[displacedvermoter]

29. Hoping to take off tomorrow,

feel terrible like when my Rocco died in the summer, but more in shock as he was old and his time had come. Last night came out of the blue

[onecaliberal]

38. Same for me. It ripped the vail from my eyes.

Knowing is half the battle. Already called out sick for tomorrow.

[CatWoman]

73. i severely misunderestimated my fellow americans

there's a lot of pain to come at their doing.

the idiotic mother fuckers

[paleotn]

68. We did just that. Too in a rush and still shell shocked this morning.

Not much sleep last night for either of us. We made up for it when I got home. I think we all need a hug.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. This man has been there all day. When I was trying to console wifey this morning, I couldn't hold them back.

[Intractable]

12. You, me, and others -- we get one day for this.

Crying, primal screaming, and punching walls can be cathartic.

Just one day for this -- then we must look clear-eyed at what's coming.

I have a MAGA neighbor. He was outside bragging earlier. There's no way I'll let this guy see me being down. I will give him no liberal tears to drink.

[blm]

13. You can here.

We earned our tears.

[MustLoveBeagles]

14. Not silly at all

I wish I could.

[hlthe2b]

15. I don't find it silly. I'd bet many of us (myself included) have been this way much of the day.

Uncertainty and helplessness while under "voiced" threat is the worst. While most of us feel the threat to immigrants is foremost, the women of this country are already suffering from his past actions, and all but white male MAGA and evangelical RWers are facing risk.

As an avid reader of biographies--especially those who lived under times of great turmoil, I'd like to think I'd live up to their example. But, in reality, I fear that most Americans are ill-prepared for what is to come.

[Blaukraut]

16. I was numb until her concession speech. Then it all came bursting through.

Been crying ever since, but that heavy, tight feeling in my chest is going away.

[zeusdogmom]

24. Her speech brought me to tears too

Now I have to go repair my make up because I have to look somewhat presentable tonight for choir rehearsal. My mascara doth runneth. 😁

Kamala’s speech was excellent and heartfelt. We will all tend to our emotional wounds today and then gear up for the continued fight.

Stay strong everyone but first take care of yourself. Grief is real and demands attention.

[Blue Owl]

17. This is a very sad moment for our country

[KatK]

19. Grieving and mourning are needed! An ongoing process, in community when possible - n/t

[SomedayKindaLove]

20. Laugh all your laughs

And cry all your tears.

[Trueblue1968]

22. My eyes are all sore and puffy because of all the tears i have cried.

[BunkieBandit]

51. Mine too

And I'm a 67 year old man. Sad day.

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. Let it out.

The catharsis need is real.

[CousinIT]

25. You are not alone in that. n/t

[Roc2020]

26. I woke up sweating

reaching for my phone to see what deep down I already knew. sat up sweating even more...crushed that the country put this unbelievably evil and wicked man back in the WH. wow america.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. I'm not remotely close to crying. I'm more angry than I have ever been

in my life, and I want to smash something or someone.

[Jilly_in_VA]

28. That's me

but whoever wants to, let them cry. Then get up, wash your hands and face, and dig in for the long haul. It won't be pretty, but it needs doing.

[alarimer]

30. Me too

And I haven't in years, probably.

Thinking of my 5 year old niece and what kind of world she will be living in. I grew up in the 80s and I (female) knew and was told I could be whatever I wanted to be. No constraints because of my gender. I also was not warned about shitty men, but that's another story. I did not have to deal with the pornification of everything and the fact that young men only think of girls/women as sex objects, making them do degrading acts they've seen in porn. And now her world might be constrained by no access to birth control (when the time comes).

I'm so glad that young women these days are ditching the loser/incel boys and men we seem to be creating (those losers voted for Trump in a big way). Still I fear we are on the verge of some sort of Handmaid's Tale situation, in which young women are not allowed to travel, because they might be traveling to have an abortion.

[Native]

31. I cried several times today. It didn't help.

[Baitball Blogger]

32. .

[TomSlick]

33. Go ahead and cry.

It's healthier than my response of all day imaging the coming horrors.

[KitFox]

34. KitFox

Oh, your feelings aren’t silly at all! Crying is cathartic. I was holding it in until my kids all called to check in with me and then my tears came pouring out again when I watched her speech at Howard. The shots of the young people in the crowd wiping away tears was so poignant. Millions of us in collective sadness that we aren’t celebrating Madame President.

[bdamomma]

45. Welcome to DU!!!!!

Very sad day for our country. We weren't like this for Joe, we will miss him when he leaves.

[KitFox]

87. KitFox

Thank you! I have been reading and depending on DU for years and finally decided I should officially join and support. When Joe was elected, I thought how fortunate this country was to have a true public servant as President. And how tragic that this country will miss having another in Kamala. Thanks again for the welcome post!

[FemDemERA]

53. Yes, looking at the faces in the crowd,

The collective tears…

[Silent Type]

35. I get it. Just worked out on heavy punching bag for 25 minutes and feel better. But I may have to do it a lot this week.

[Island Blue]

36. I've been crying all day.

I took the day off in hopes of celebrating, but it turned into a day of mourning. Last night I took several pills (all legal) that probably shouldn’t have been taken together. It was just a trail run … Anyway, take as much time as you need to cry. I have a feeling we’ll all be doing lots of it in the coming years. 🤗

[bdamomma]

37. Let it go

it's grief like something or someone died. I start thinking about certain things and I cry.

[Nanjeanne]

39. Not silly at all. This has hurt more than I could imagine. I'm old. But I am breaking for our young

people and the world we are leaving to them.

[MuseRider]

40. Please do it! You need the release and may

more than a few times. There is no shame or no reason to hold back. It will be good for you and you will feel better.

[wryter2000]

41. It's not silly

Let it rip.

[calimary]

42. I'd guess just about any psychologist or grief counselor would encourage that.

Shit - sometimes that’s about all you can realistically do. Just cry. Cry it out, if you’re lucky. I remember some wise older person once told me everybody needs “time to grieve.”

Sometimes you just do.

Here’s a hug.

[SupportSanity]

43. Grieving the loss of a very good friend - Democracy. Killed by a nobody and his criminal friends. A victim of a crime.

There should be a casket ... a wake .... people dressed in black.... a day of mourning

Once we get past the grief and get in to anger shit will start to happen.

But for now, here we are.

Tears are cathartic.

Democracy... a very dear friend to us all.

[bdamomma]

48. If Lady Liberty

was real she would be crying.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

44. We all feel that way.

[Evolve Dammit]

46. Nothing silly about it. Lady Liberty just took a gut punch.

[barbtries]

47. A good cry. yes

i haven't gotten to mine yet because I've been on pills today. But it's coming. Probably tomorrow when I have counseling. Good counselors, like mine, got very high marks in Generating Tears 101.

A good cry is cleansing. A good dry takes the pain inside, pours some of it out, and leaves it there.

"To weep is to make less the depth of grief."
- William Shakespeare

[elleng]

49. Feeling that way much of today.

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Thank goodness for DU.

[TNNurse]

52. Nothing silly about crying today.

Or really most days.

[Dem2theMax]

54. I didn't know the outcome until this morning. Wanted one last night of peaceful sleep.

First I was numb. Then I was really angry. And then the tears started to flow. You have to let it out. We are all grieving, for what we were hoping for, and for what we are fearing. The tears are normal. It's the country that is wrong.

[Blue_Roses]

55. I just had a good cry and I'm

sure I will have a few more. Don't hold back. We're here for you.

[tenderfoot]

56. I so feel you

[madaboutharry]

57. Have a good cry.

You'll feel better.

[CommonHumanity]

59. me and 2 of my employees crying today

Me and 2 of my employees crying today -all of us Democrats. Our 3rd Democrat didn't even show up or call in. We are all destroyed by this.

[Deep State Witch]

60. Do it

It's healthy for you.

[Dem4life1234]

61. I feel betrayal

By the Blue Wall states.

They used to be solidly reliable. Just so disappointing.

I think it would not have been so bad had it been a relatively decent opposite, but this one is a monster.

[Diamond_Dog]

84. Exactly how I feel.

There’s something wrong with a country that adores such a horrible, horrible, person. It’s so depressing to think of how many bigots and misogynists live among us. If I didn’t have adult kids here I’d look for another country to move to. But we’re old so no one else would probably want us anyway.

[kimbutgar]

62. I was in my car today and felt like crying

But held it in. I just need to take a break from politics and social media. I’ll be lurking here sporadically!

[Jack Valentino]

63. I did my crying early this morning.

Today I feel like someone beat the hell out of me...

[COL Mustard]

64. You're not alone, CW.

I've never been so shaken after a Presidential election in. my life. There've been presidents that I liked and some I didn't care for, but this...this is awful.

[cate94]

65. I cried for 3 hours today

On and off, of course. It’s painful.

[littlemissmartypants]

66. ❤️

[aurora the great]

67. I am right there with you!

My job puts my on the internet most of the day. Today , I listened to melancholy music all day. The tears came in waves and I know I am just at the beginning of the journey. But I am with you and we will get through this. Oh and listen to some Bob Marley ( just my personal opinion), United we stand.

[Ysabel]

70. Not silly and yes it might help...

I cried some but it didn't really help I keep getting waves of grief as more and more sets in and I know how bad it might get sometimes crying helps but this time I think I haven't been able to cry enough yet...

[duhneece]

71. I've had numerous small and large cries

We’ve been traumatized, had our hearts broken.

[CBHagman]

72. I can understand your hesitation. However...

...tears do serve a purpose, and they're nothing to be ashamed of.

And the grief is real.

[hatrack]

74. Not silly at all!

I'd cry if I weren't as pissed off as I've ever been in my life.

[BlueKota]

76. It's okay to cry.

[magicarpet]

77. Find a quiet, private, and comfortable spot.

Have yourself a good cry.

[JohnSJ]

79. No it isn't. We as a country are no longer an honorable country. We were given a choice as a

country to choose light over darkness, and darkness was chosen.

We do not live in a good country.

That is very sad. Enough to make one cry.

I for one will never look upon our country in a positive light again.

[fishwax]

80. hugs to you, CatWoman

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

81. I was just thinking about this! I have not cried

about this loss. And I'm a crier.

I've only allowed myself to feel disgust and dusbelief. I think I'm afraid if I let myself cry, I will have to feel fully just how wrong, how sad, how infuriating, how frightening, and how etc. this fascist victory really is. I don't think I'm strong enough for that.

[mzmolly]

82. I get it.

I’m still in shock. The grief is hitting me in waves. I cried for a couple minutes, and then went into a state of disassociation. I think this weekend I’ll have a good cry. When I’m not thinking about work.

We do need to allow ourselves to grieve for our country and the world. Then we can get back to doing whatever we can to resist fascism.

[OnionPatch]

83. I want to cry but it won't come out.

It’s like a big rock in my gut. I think I’m still in too much shock that this is our reality now.

[a kennedy]

85. Go ahead......ya need it, I've been bawling off and on since I woke up yesterday......

Never gonna get over it either. So you just go right ahead.

[Faux pas]

86. We've all had a GIGANTIC loss CatWoman

I've been trying to hold my tears back, my eyes are leaking anyway. So start to heal and let 'er Rip my dear