Election Is Making Me Anxious

At long last election day is finally upon us.

Election is making me anxious. Now i ve got election anxiety too. It was only after that i started doing everything you describe above. A sustained cognitive effort to resolve whatever problem is making you anxious.

There are already wide spread fears of voter suppression voter fraud and delayed results. Within weeks of the election post election anxiety and depression had entered the mental health lexicon with some. It is a drain and waste of energy.

I have been trying hard to post less and less recently recognizing again all you mention above. For months there s been a deluge of inescapable news and headlines about the impending showdown between president donald trump and his challenger former vice president joe biden along with a drumbeat reminding voters that the stakes for the 2020 election are spectacularly high. I actually did not post anything political before the 2016 election not once.

Anxiety often motivates us to prepare or plan to be successful said vaile wright senior director of health care innovation at the apa. The role of psychiatry. Yes election anxiety has gotten me down.

Do not contradict me. Post election anxiety could escalate even more than in 2000 when a controversial supreme court decision ended the bush gore race. If someone is anxious about making a speech it s.

Anxiety is a feeling while worry is a type of thinking often triggered by feelings of anxiety. Maybe this is perverse but i m watching designated survivor.