Triggered by the United States election

I don't want to start a political discussion, but I'm starting to have emotional triggers from this election. Mud-slinging is expected, as is a certain amount of misinformation, even some yelling and screaming may be unseemly, but tolerable enough. What I'm seeing now is giving me elevated anxiety. I'm only a few months into recovery and it's like watching my narc run for office. The ego, the gaslighting, the abusive verbiage tone and body language, the projecting, the lying, the name calling, the threats and intimidation... it's everything I'm struggling to overcome and reconcile on a personal level. Plus, half the country has turned into vile heavily armed flying monkeys so going on any social media is upsetting. I live in South Carolina and I honestly don't even feel safe expressing my opinion anymore. I'm working to crawl out of my dark reality tunnel and it's painful to see this behavior supported by so many. What is this world we are living in? Is anyone else feeling this or am I being oversensitive ...?

If you are the smartest person in the

room, you are in the wrong room

some things need an audience--you

can either play with it (practice

getting tougher), or look away.

personally, i'm done keeping silent.  

at my age, it's about time i stand up

for what's right, and speak for truth.  

Despite how our media portrays it,

there are NOT two sides to

everything. Facts are facts, and

myths can be dispelled.  Yes i can

become crestfallen at the loud

display of ignorance, but i know it's

not a real representation.

David French, who was abused on

Twitter because of politics, muted

the perps, rather than blocked

them, because you no longer see

their messages and they don't even

know it, so they just keep

expending their energy, typing

away...  As his interviewer said,  

"So there's no revenge that can be

sought for muting someone

because they don't know, whereas,

if you block them, they might want

to get even with you in some way."  

(Grey Rock.)
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/2016/10/26/4994

40089/harassed-on-twitter-people-

need-to-know-the-reality-of-what-its-

like-out-there

turn off the media/don't listen, don't

engage in political discussion if

you're not ready.  

i remember hearing Maya Angelou

say she kicked someone out of her

home on Thanksgiving, for their

words/behavior.  That had never

occurred to me, and made me feel

empowered.  some things just aren't

right.

A lot of the political garbage being

spewed is fear mongering (no

different than the usual "news").  

Taking care of yourself means

protecting yourself.  You don't have

to expose yourself to everything,

certainly not to anything toxic to

you, particularly the FEAR which

you'd begin to vibrate in response

to.  You can kick someone out of

your home, or out of your personal

space...wise people have said, just

"remove yourself" --mute.

Wise words! You brought up fighting back. I'm admittedly dealing with newfound anger, but in the last two weeks I've really pushed back against misinformation. I keep it above the belt and on point, but am persistent in a way that can be really annoying It would seem demanding truth in this way is good boundary work... I just don't want to turn into an a-hole or a narcissist myself. I'm already afraid for my personality... that it's been ruined, and I don't want to make it worse. It's a mine field trying to navigate this election and NPD recovery simultaneously so I'm going to take ALL of your advise and apply one or another according whether doing what I feel is right... is the right thing for me... right now.
* Fight for what I believe
* Speak my mind, mute the rest (why haven't I been doing this?)
* Leave the room
Good stuff. I like it. Thank you!