Tilde Lowengrimm on Nostr: I experience anxiety and panic attacks. They're not great and I don't like them. But ...

I experience anxiety and panic attacks. They're not great and I don't like them.

But then I remember that I am descended exclusively from the people who said "Vibes are off: I'm out." early enough to escape and survive. Over and over, generation after generation.

So it's not no wonder that my brain is over-reacting. When you're finely tuned to see faces, it's easy to see them in clouds. When you're finely tuned to be warned of impending genocide, it's easy to see the warning signs normal everyday things.

Normal everyday things like the rise of fascism and ethno-nationalism. Things like dehumanization and calling for the extermination of certain sorts of people who are rounded up and locked in cages. Like degradation of democratic norms and neutral institutions.

You know, come to think of it, maybe my brain isn't overreacting. These vibes are super duper off. Is anyone else seeing this? This is bad, y'all.