How many times in our lives have we taken a knock? A big knock? We all get over the change in circumstances and, usually, come out of the other side stronger. I know that things would be very difficult immediately after Brexit, but I firmly believe that we would end up in a better position after a period of time.
People on mainland Europe are of a certain type. We are different. We always have been. Whether you think that's a good or a bad thing, it's true. (Although not for much longer if we keep 'integrating' foreigners). You might well say that I'm living in the past, a dinosaur, but I believe in what I'm saying. We are an odd race, but one thing we have always been is fiercely independent, with a (uniquely British) dislike and distrust of others. That's in our DNA and I'm not about to change for the promise of 'security', financial or otherwise.
I might be more willing to be part of a Europe that was built on fairness and cooperation, but this Europe is something totally opposite. The people that have worked their way to the top of the pile have done so by dealing behind closed doors, while lying to everyone about what their aims are. They want a federal Europe with the capital in Brussels, with, eventually, every last semblance of national identity removed.
Sorry, but I am British, I most definitely am not European.