I just woke up and got the news, I don’t know what to say, so what I say shouldn’t really be taken as any sort of authority but if you’re feeling anything like the shock and dismay I felt when I knew about Brexit going through (or, indeed, that I still feel and that I’m feeling right now with this morning’s news), please know that that feeling makes you human. It is not a good feeling, at all, but it is a sign of your goodness. Unfortunately, being good is a lot more difficult than being horrible- but for all that we have to cling onto it. You are worried and scared witless because you are aware and compassionate and you care about what is going to happen- not just to you, in the immediate moment, but to everyone  in the world for many years into the future. 

This is a Big Thing. It is Bad. It is a huge weight to have to hold and it hurts when you do. If you need to collapse, for a little while, that’s completely understandable and you can take a day or two out to do so safely and with people you love. Collapse together; stay in contact with friends and hold onto each other, and hold on to that ability to care because we are all, all of us, going to have fight tooth and nail to keep that humanity and that goodness and do everything and anything we can to fix this. We have to ride out this shockwave and remember what we are and what we mean, and, when we have been collapsed together for long enough to gather strength, we have to accept our responsibility and use that strength to stand up, regardless of what is pushing down on us. We have to stand up.