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Safely Opposing the Trump Regime — Why Emotional Resilience Matters
Staying Strong — Mental Health and Emotional Resilience for Activists
Safely Opposing the Trump Regime — Why Emotional Resilience Matters
Defending democracy isn’t just political work — it’s personal endurance.
The news cycle doesn’t sleep, the threats feel constant, and outrage fatigue is real. When you’re up against a movement that thrives on chaos, it’s easy to start feeling like you’re fraying at the edges.
That’s no accident. Authoritarian politics rely on exhaustion. When people are too burned out to organize, too anxious to speak, or too hopeless to believe change is possible, power consolidates quietly. Fatigue becomes a weapon — and the antidote is resilience.
Resilience doesn’t mean pretending everything’s fine. It means learning how to stay grounded even when it isn’t.
You can’t protect democracy if you’re falling apart inside. You can’t protect freedom if you’ve lost your peace of mind. So this part of the series isn’t about resistance — it’s about recovery.
