Anxiety with impending events and having no one

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As the title says, this is me expressing a lot of anxiety about impending events (American, here, so American...events, like, say, elections )

I read a post (Tumblr) earlier today that really spiked my anxiety about this issue and I wanted to discuss: essentially, that whoever wins the election, there is bound to be fallout, and some people think that could be really ugly fallout. I am more pessimistic in nature, so am hoping that I and others who are panicked about it are wrong. BUT, it could still be very bad.

That is anxiety inducing enough, but the post I read that stressed me out was asserting that November-January is likely going to be a very scary time and that we need to batten down the hatches by 'connecting' more with our 'network' and have support systems, etc. This person talks a lot about communes and communal living, which makes my skin crawl as an independent, sensory-sensitive aspie (meaning I generally don't like other people causing sensory stimuli; need it to be on my terms, so it's containable and predictable). But I digress -

My issue is, I don't have this 'network.' I live with, and depend a lot on, my parents, both of whom are staunchly conservative (one of whom is self-declared 'far right') and they seem to get angrier about politics every day. If Biden wins, I am afraid for how bad the atmosphere in the house will be. If Trump wins (which I don't want but I'm not here to talk politics - just wanted to clarify), then the there will still be problems and many other people will be angry and I don't know how they will react but it all sounds quite scary. Who can I depend on? Who can I go to? 'Connect' with? My closest friends are married to each other and I am not going to encroach upon them any more than necessary.

But what if this will mean violence? I'm trying to move out as soon as I can - but if I live alone and the world becomes some violent dystopia? And I have no one?

Sorry for rambling, this is all just very scary. Any validating words or just general discussion to show me that other people are at least thinking about this sort of thing helps me calm down sometimes. If you don't want to talk about it because it stresses *you* out, please don't of course. Thanks ~

(PS if this doesn't belong in the Haven please request a mod move it - I am not trying to step on toes, I'm mostly trying to express I'm deeply scared. This isn't about who will win, or who is bad, etc)

It appears you may have a anxiety disorder, that being said , cannot blame you for your fear , it’s a lot of
Big advertisements about big issues , so everything appears more stressed than it should be .
Don’t think anyone in reality wants big trouble , this could only make everyone’s situations worse , but they all seem to want to make a lot of noise about the issues that are out there. But that goes on a lot around many elections we have had in the past.