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Trump-induced anxiety is a real thing.
Mods: I wasn't sure if this was better suited for psychology or politics, but I thought it was more fitting in psychology since that's the focus and put it here, and the focus I want to try and foster. Please move the thread as you see fit.
Note: I really, REALLY do not want this thread to turn into a defense of Trump, attacks on Hillary, or an overall political debate. That is NOT the focus I want here. Not everything needs to be a debate. Please try and keep it focused.
I am very happy that one of my facebook friends shared this. It's kinda validating for me. Many of us on the forum (myself included), and many out in the world have a real, visceral fear of Trump, and an even further fear of his supporters. Mine didn't really settle in until Bernie lost the primary, and Trump announced his desire to deregulate some primary infrastructure and announced Pence as the VP with the intent of having him run the show. I am so stressed and overwhelmed by all of this that it is causing me day to day stress, and I have lost sleep and social enjoyment from it. I feel like my life is going to be royally fucked, and that if I want to be safe I need to be elsewhere. I don't want to, but I feel may have no choice but to move to Canada or Germany when I graduate. I am counting my lucky stars that my degree should enable me to do that.
This article discusses how therapists and their patients are struggling to cope with the anxiety, depression, and fear that Trump, and particularly his followers are feeling. I see a therapist regularly as ongoing support of my mental ailments, obviously other stuff comes up as well. I'd say in about 1/4th of my sessions, the 2016 election has come up. In a few sessions it's all I talked about, because I did not know how to manage my fear and anger associated with it. My therapist informed me that quite a number of her patients have been bringing it up.
The article goes on to explain that a lot of therapists are reporting having a large number of patients discussing the stress associated with trump. Dozens reporting that they are overwhelmed with how much it has come up, often in the majority of their patients. Some old ones have come back after long absences to discuss and manage these very things. The therapists themselves are frequently overwhelmed and need additional support groups. It's anectodal, but it's extremely difficult to deny this is a large systemic thing that is hard to deny is valid, and it's very hard to deny the validity of these peoples feelings.
I think this paragraph captures the article overall:
I am not entirely sure how to facilitate this discussion, but considering how many of us are having genuine concern, or out and out fear associated with the election, Trump, and his supporters, that there should be a discussion on this with the focus of the psychological and stress impact. Maybe as a vent, maybe a a discussion of what to do and how to manage, or a discussion of the issues associated with it. We'll see how it pans out.
Mods: I wasn't sure if this was better suited for psychology or politics, but I thought it was more fitting in psychology since that's the focus and put it here, and the focus I want to try and foster. Please move the thread as you see fit.
Note: I really, REALLY do not want this thread to turn into a defense of Trump, attacks on Hillary, or an overall political debate. That is NOT the focus I want here. Not everything needs to be a debate. Please try and keep it focused.
I am very happy that one of my facebook friends shared this. It's kinda validating for me. Many of us on the forum (myself included), and many out in the world have a real, visceral fear of Trump, and an even further fear of his supporters. Mine didn't really settle in until Bernie lost the primary, and Trump announced his desire to deregulate some primary infrastructure and announced Pence as the VP with the intent of having him run the show. I am so stressed and overwhelmed by all of this that it is causing me day to day stress, and I have lost sleep and social enjoyment from it. I feel like my life is going to be royally fucked, and that if I want to be safe I need to be elsewhere. I don't want to, but I feel may have no choice but to move to Canada or Germany when I graduate. I am counting my lucky stars that my degree should enable me to do that.
This article discusses how therapists and their patients are struggling to cope with the anxiety, depression, and fear that Trump, and particularly his followers are feeling. I see a therapist regularly as ongoing support of my mental ailments, obviously other stuff comes up as well. I'd say in about 1/4th of my sessions, the 2016 election has come up. In a few sessions it's all I talked about, because I did not know how to manage my fear and anger associated with it. My therapist informed me that quite a number of her patients have been bringing it up.
The article goes on to explain that a lot of therapists are reporting having a large number of patients discussing the stress associated with trump. Dozens reporting that they are overwhelmed with how much it has come up, often in the majority of their patients. Some old ones have come back after long absences to discuss and manage these very things. The therapists themselves are frequently overwhelmed and need additional support groups. It's anectodal, but it's extremely difficult to deny this is a large systemic thing that is hard to deny is valid, and it's very hard to deny the validity of these peoples feelings.
I think this paragraph captures the article overall:
Article said:Liz hasn’t agreed with past Republican candidates, she says, but she didn’t think they would “ruin my country, or cause civil war, or cause World War III.†But her fear also stems from her incredulous realization that so many of her fellow citizens inhabit a reality that barely intersects with her own. “I can no longer see where they’re coming from,†she says of Trump supporters. “I feel like I’m in The Twilight Zone.†Even if Clinton wins, she’s terrified of Trump’s followers responding with violence. “We’re getting closer and closer and closer to something that seems so insane,†she says, “The thought of him winning, or even the thought of her winning and parts of the country imploding in chaos as a result—it all just seems like a nightmare.â€
I am not entirely sure how to facilitate this discussion, but considering how many of us are having genuine concern, or out and out fear associated with the election, Trump, and his supporters, that there should be a discussion on this with the focus of the psychological and stress impact. Maybe as a vent, maybe a a discussion of what to do and how to manage, or a discussion of the issues associated with it. We'll see how it pans out.