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    1. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23

      We need a new word to describe the phenomenon of feeling depressed and trapped inside by toxic air quality due to fires. Like cabin fever, but not a fever... a malaise. Smokesick? Whatever it is, I have it. Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco... how do we cope?

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      Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23

      Can't take kids to the playground. Can't take dogs for a walk. Can't go running. Feel assaulted in the lungs just walking out the door. When this went on for weeks last fall, it felt like a trauma. Smokesick.

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        1. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23

          has anyone seen a thoughtful op-ed or first person essay about the mental toll of living through these new extreme fire seasons? please share links. we need to generate some resources to support some semblance of well-being through this, especially if it's the new normal

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        1. David Friedlander‏ @i_am_davidf Aug 23
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          😩 It’s been a little better in South Bay than in SF, but still pretty awful to be outside in the afternoons. Can’t see the mountains, feel like I’m coming down with a cold all the time.

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        1. Anna Geeks‏ @AnnaGeeks Aug 23
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          I’m pretty sure if it had lasted any longer in Seattle I’d have needed to see a doctor. Inhalers haven’t been cutting it. It’s been brutal. Even my cats have been looking depressed by all the smoke.

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        1. PopMythology.com‏ @PopMythology Aug 24
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          I'm so, so sorry you guys are going through this again, Jane.... 🙁❤️

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        1. Tina worley‏ @Tinaworley9 Aug 23
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          Don't want to sound funny..you know those hand held spray mist fans? Maybe let each kid have one for a while..I guess the drug store has those as summer toys. 🙏.

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