On Election Day in November, Sami awoke in her Brooklyn apartment with a pit in her stomach. As the 31-year-old publicist considered the possibility of another Donald Trump presidency, her anxiety spiked.
Back in 2016, his first win had shocked and unmoored her. That year, after days of crying, Sami drowned herself in her work, posted on social media, and watched the news every morning. “I was informed and fired up, but I was also full of so much anger,” she says. After a while, her mental health suffered; she felt hopeless, overwhelmed, and like she should just give up.
