The TV political ads are jamming the airwaves. Most obtrusive election season that I have ever experienced. It is profoundly depressing to absorb the noise -- as all the Democratic candidates are running against Trump while the sliver of GOP ads all inform the viewer that the candidate supports Trump and his wars against Iran and the Dumocrats.
So even here in Blue California, Trump is the focus.
The other day I posted an essay detailing how tens of thousands of poor people are certain to die from this extended lockdown. To my surprise, some commenters took a very calloused attitude to this news.
One commenter said "the entitled class is just going suffer through getting paid to read the net."
Much like the collapse in employment, the collapse in GDP numbers is unprecedented.
Obviously GDP is not the best measurement of an economy, but it's the only one that everyone uses.
That's an ADDITIONAL. $1 Trillion. Daily.
Recall how bad things were in 2009-2010 when the unemployment rate was 10%.
Let the idea of a 20% unemployment rate sink in.
Let me preface this statement by stating that I endorse all of Sanders' platform: Medicare for All, College for All, Green New Deal, and so on. I'll be voting for Sanders on May 19th when the situation will have changed quite a bit.
Yup. Twenty years....well, close enough. It began somewhere between my dad's death and my 14th birthday. Since that time I've found it very difficult to see the good in things. It's easy to feel that way when society just keeps punching you down at every turn.
Some of the therapists I've seen over the years since my diagnosis have used shit like this to describe ways of coping or dealing with certain situations. Unlike many neurotypicals, I don't have a 'switch' to 'turn it off'. You see, I'm not just dealing with Asperger's, I'm dealing with life-long depression as a result of not working with it early in life and I'm dealing with the neurological and physical aspects of hemiplegia.
Maybe my wife is correct, maybe not. My very low key personality and neurotic depression (Dysthymia) make people think I don't feel joy in anything. Give me a break. Generally speaking I don't go nuts when I see something new like, say, the new Star Trek series coming out this year. Doesn't mean I'm unexcited for the possibilities I suppose, but I'll just have to wait and see if the fact they're keeping it cbs.com exclusive will shoot it dead before it can even get off the ground.
I haven't been around on the net lately due to the fact that I have been trying to recover from pneumonia, sepsis, C.O.P.D. , and a breakdown that sent me deep into despair. I have two Doctors who kept trying their best to keep me from caregiver burnout. Unfortunately after almost 16 years of caregiving, first for my Mom and now my brother, the toll on the body and mind of this 68 year old woman became too much.
