I was wondering if the next admin will double down.

It’s going to be hard but don’t engage anyway. Save and protect your energy for things that are important.

It sounds like anxiety then. Others in this thread have given helpful tips. If they don’t work for you, maybe there are other ways of participation to help further the cause. Wishing you the best.

Have you always had this experience at demonstrations or did it start after you’d been to one or some? Is this a post traumatic stress reaction?