No, you're not going crazy.

If you think you are about to lose your mind right now, I'm with you. Things look quite bleak for the US right now and it is easy to feel like there is no hope left. I certainly do not have much fight left in me at the moment and feel at a loss as to how to even right the ship, given that the reigns are currently being held but by someone who doesn't believe in my right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Here are some things you can do for yourself and others right now.

Know that anger is a motivational emotion. It is there to let you know when something is wrong. It can motivate you towards healthy or unhealthy ways of managing your stress. Right now you may be thinking of all the unhealthy things you can do to just make this go away. But being able to mask the anger temporarily just means that it will still be there when you calm down or sober up or finish beating the hell out of an old printer. That said, when processed in a healthy way, anger can help you to persevere through the darkest night. Learn about healthy ways to manage your anger here.

Know that you are not alone. You are not the only one who is feeling like our country just got shot back 50 years. Frankly, it's what half our country has been saying they want us to do for decades. It only takes a quick glance around social media right now or local news outlets to see that millions of people (all over the world) are just as angry and scared as you are and as I am right now. This is the perfect time to call your best allies - people who you know commiserate - and talk, cry, vent...maybe even try to laugh a little bit. I usually am all for healthy debate with folks who don't share my views - today is not that day. Today and many days going forward is about self preservation. Find your tribe.

Get involved. One of the best ways to reduce stress, find your tribe and feel less like a totally useless and helpless ball of tears and frustration is to take action. You can volunteer with a reproductive rights organization. You can drive, offer shelter, and care for women who might be coming to or need help getting out of your state. You can march, protest, and vote (in local elections - not just in November). You can make TikToks. You can write LinkedIn articles. You can donate to reproductive rights organizations. You can join a phone bank for a politician who shares your views. Each of us can do something. Learn more here, here and here.

Seek out a mental health professional. Consider the lesson of putting on your oxygen mask first. Therapy is your mental oxygen mask. I myself have been seeing the same therapist for over 10 years. It took me 3 therapists to find her. It's important to find a mental health professional that you feel comfortable with and that clearly demonstrates they understand where you are coming from: your views, your culture and your needs. Therapy can be expensive and often health insurance does not cover much. Thankfully there are many programs and apps out there that are working to make therapy affordable and even free for so many of us! You can find out more about how to find a mental health professional here.

Ask the men in your life to become allies. Regardless of the fact that the Supreme Court believes pregnancy is solely a woman's responsibility, those of us who understand science know that we cannot get pregnant without outside help. A man, or at least his sperm, is a requirement. Ask the men in your life to take a stand. Implore them to vote for pro-choice candidates. Invite the men you know to march with you. Share your stories with them. Share your grief with them. Help them to understand that they play a role here. If they have no interest - remove them from your life. Straight up. We need to normalize men caring about things that affect us all but have been spun as being only women's issues. Men can plant seeds that lead to 365 births a year - this fight is on their shoulders as much as it is ours - regardless of whatever backward, ignorant notions our highest court is preaching at the moment. Learn more about how to become a male ally here.

Breath. It's almost patronizing to tell you to just keeping swimming right now. I've been pacing around my best friend's home in Florida all weekend sighing, shaking my head, throwing my hands up in the air. But the thing is: we either keep going or we give up. I vote we do not give up. Not now, not ever. The goal is to stay safe and healthy now so you have fight left in you later. It's not just women's rights that are up for grabs in this current climate. All the progress this country has made is under attack right now. We all need you, now more than ever before, to keep going.