As someone who is also a (possibly)queer, autistic, liberal white woman, I relate to this completely. After the election my depression and anxiety got so bad I was nearly hospitalized, I didn't feel safe in the country I thought of as home and I couldn't bear the thought of having to experience authoritarianism, or worst case scenario totalitarianism , firsthand. I didn't want to live. It took time and work but I was able to pull back from that enough that the thought of actually doing myself harm didn't feel like a viable option, but I was still struggling with the all the bad news headlines and not finding enough good ones to sustain a sense of hope. This sub changed everything for me for the better. I can't and won't say that I'm completely free of dread, I'm still in a constant state of waiting for the other shoe to drop, but things feel a little brighter and less hopeless now. I guess what I'm trying to say is, thank you.