Feeling Disheartened

I'm unsure if this is a good place to post this or not, but I am hoping to find some people who are feeling the same way I am. Given the state of the world, I find myself feeling immense fear and sadness for what may happen during these next four years. A lot of the people I love and care about are in some of the communities that will face hardships during this presidency. My boyfriend believes in the US government and it's failsafes, like checks and balances, to prevent a lot of things from passing or happening. But, I'm not feeling so sure. I don't trust the government to govern in my best interest ad a woman, and I don't trust them to govern in the best interest of the American people.

I'm just not quite sure how I'm going to be able to deal with all of the things to come, or how to be a voice when it feels as if speaking is never heard.

Edit:

There are a lot of comments that I didn't expect - so I'm editing this to be a /replyall situation.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read how I was feeling and offered words of encouragement. I am thankful for the advice you've given me, and I will work on doing those things after I take time to grieve. I really appriciate it!

I also wanted to say that the intention behind this post wasn't to bring up any politcial debates or stir any negative emotions - I just wanted to find some people in the community who may have been feeling the same and I was looking for advice on what to do because I did feel helpless. I know that it's difficult for us to agree on all aspects of life and policies - but I think it's easy to agree that we should all be kind and care about each other as humans!