This is Psychological Warfare

There is no escape from the crush of horrors, and we are only 10 days in. We need to steel ourselves for the road ahead.

When you think psychological warfare, the first thing that comes to mind is likely “MKUltra”, the CIA‘s brainwashing experiment on willing and unwilling citizens.

What we are witnessing now is mass-scale psychological warfare. Raise your hand if at any time this week you had an issue with the following:

• Eating

• Sleeping

• Communicating

• Working

• Relaxing

I have. I slept for the first time in a week and ate more than a few bites of food. My mind’s been racing, and my anxiety spikes when my phone notifications go off because I’m afraid of what the news will be.

I’ve spoken to many people here and elsewhere who are going through similar things. We’re already exhausted. Every day feels like the intro to a dystopian horror movie. Anyone with any sense of empathy or morality is rightfully shocked and horrified by the ICE raids, the loss of rights, the women dying under the abortion bans, the trans people who are being erased.

And again, this is just over a week at the time of this writing. And this has…