AND THEN IT WAS OVER

And then it was over.  yes, he was finally impeached.

>>> No, despite his claims to the contrary,
he was not exonerated.

>>> So the question is just what is his status at this point
in United States history?

>>> After binge watching news channels, for months
we have finally completed watching the impeachment

>>> trial.

>>> The house managers did a commendable Job
of Presenting the case against president Trump.

>>> The Republican managers’ defense was somewhere between histrionic, Embarrassing, and ineffective.

>>> Nevertheless, leader McConnell still rules
with an iron hand.

>>> The question remains, Will it make any difference?

>>> Assuming for the moment that it does not,
and that Trump continues as president 
– at least until the election,

>>> what are those of us who are exhausted, dejected, demoralized, and depressed to do?

>>> Even if/when he is finally gone, he will leave residual images, feelings, of anger, depression in all of us
in his wake.

>>> How will we cope with these internal,
recurring images? Can we recover? How long will it take?

>>> It feels like we have been living in an earthquake
and we are left anxiously awaiting the aftershocks
which we know

>>> will come but we don’t know when and how severe
they will be. My fantasy is that we

>>> could turn our bodies and Our minds inside out and take a thorough “acid Bath” to rid ourselves of any leftover

>>> Trump images, sounds and feelings.

>>> How is it possible for us to erase completely
the images of the children in cages at the border?
How is it possible

>>> to watch the president and his many manifestations spouting total climate change denial?

>>> Will we ever be able to expunge Rudy Giuliani
and his two indicted sidekicks from our consciousness?

>>> What will be–or should be the therapeutic response
to dealing with these Trumpian aftershocks?

>>> For a family these after shocks Will also exist within spouses and children’ minds and bodies. How will parents deal

>>> with their childrens’ new nightmares?
How will the children deal with their parents nightmares?

>>> Even with a new president ( hopefully), these images and feelings will last. Addressing them in the therapeutic session  will become a

>>> new challenge both for training and treatment.

>> For those of us who have been “binge watching” t v,
what’s next? Will we be able to adjust to life without Nicole, Chuck, Ari,

>> Chris,  Chris, Rachel, and Brian?
Will we be able to just go to a movie again? ■