Our ancestors have survived so much worse. We are in no way doomed. We are much closer to liberation and to the end of US Empire than we have ever been. Keep the faith & stay the course.
You stop draining yourself when you stop explaining yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you, stop arguing with people who fight their inner war through you, stop holding on to people who let go of you, and stop correcting the version of you in people's minds.