I agree, and I’d say the backing skill is emotional maturity or emotional management

10/10 take; I was pleasantly surprised to see this on top of the comments 😍

I’m trying to say this in the most genuine and gentle way possible: to answer your direct question, yes, this would be classified as paranoia. I hope you continue addressing this, since you’ve already taken the hardest first step of noticing it. There are many different things that can cause paranoia and many of them are curable, with the remainder being very treatable. Please go see a doctor about these feelings.

I understand your sentiment and frustration, and I’m also in so much pain from the political situation in the US. I think this congressperson should be commended for showing support for Ukraine in an incredibly overt and tangible way. I don’t think it helps us to shun all republicans, though I can understand those who do. If people like him can use their power to lead people back to goodness, I think we’ll more quickly go back to truly being great again