Panic over Politics / Medicaid

[Cammy]

It's a hard thing to do, but sometimes it is best to wait and see if what we fear actually happens before we start to get upset over it. I empathize that things seem up in the air for you right now, but it might be helpful to tell yourself that for the moment, you have what you need. If you are unable to face the news, and I cannot blame you for this since it reports on everything melodramatically just to get people riled up, then perhaps you could get someone to give you the readers digest version once a week or less often, and only then if thing are for certain. The news is going to be filled with all kinds of conjecture and fear-mongering, so it is likely best for you to avoid it. If there is someone who call tell you when decisions are final, then that would be helpful to you. This all may come to nothing and how awful that you had to suffer so much anxiety over it. If you can assign someone to be a filter for you, then you need only hear the real verdicts when and if they do happen. It is just one suggestion.