#DontShutMeDown: How is the government shutdown affecting you?

Are you one of the many Americans impacted by the government shutdown?

Are you one of the many Americans impacted by the government shutdown?

We want to hear from you.

Here’s how: Take a video sharing your shutdown story on Vine, Instagram, YouTube or Twitter, tag it with #DontShutMeDown and tweet it to @msnbc.

Look out in the coming days, we may share your story on air!

How are you being affected by the shutdown? Show us! Send a link to your video message with #DontShutMeDown. We may play it on @msnbc!— msnbc (@msnbc) October 2, 2013