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When Trump was elected four years ago, I entered what seemed to be a nightmare. I& #39;d started transition in May of 2016, and I& #39;d planned to come out in 2017. And then a monster was appointed to rule the nation in which I live.
What this election means to me: for the past four years, I have lived in fear. Every single day, without exception, I& #39;ve been stalked by the fear. I& #39;m not actually exaggerating. You can probably remember the low points of the past four years; for me, they& #39;re all low points.
Every day. I have been afraid every day.
If you haven& #39;t experienced that, it& #39;s very hard to describe. Everything is grey. It& #39;s hard to feel joy. You sleepwalk through life. The small victories are empty and meaningless, because they& #39;re all happening against a backdrop of horror.
If you haven& #39;t experienced that, it& #39;s very hard to describe. Everything is grey. It& #39;s hard to feel joy. You sleepwalk through life. The small victories are empty and meaningless, because they& #39;re all happening against a backdrop of horror.
The past year has been really, really crushing. I& #39;ve been well past & #39;depressed, as recently as a week ago and as far back as a year ago. The past year has been so much worse than the three that came before it.
I know Biden isn& #39;t ideal. I swore I wouldn& #39;t vote for him if he was nominated, because he& #39;s not the person the country needs to heal. There were better candidates running; I voted for one of them in the primary.
But here& #39;s what Biden is for me: an end to the fear.
But here& #39;s what Biden is for me: an end to the fear.
The possibility of a life without the droning buzz of fear serving as the soundtrack.
I don& #39;t know if I can ever heal from the past year. My instinct is that I can& #39;t, that I& #39;ll always be damaged. But at least... at least I can live with what& #39;s left of me, without the fear.
I don& #39;t know if I can ever heal from the past year. My instinct is that I can& #39;t, that I& #39;ll always be damaged. But at least... at least I can live with what& #39;s left of me, without the fear.
I see a lot of people being very angry at the centrists who are celebrating Biden. A lot of leftists dripping venom into my timeline. And I get it, but
i might get to live without fear again
and that means i might get to live again
i might get to live without fear again
and that means i might get to live again
