Suffering from Post-Election Stress Disorder?
21 ways to move beyond political chaos to find peace ‘Shock and numb to my bones.’ Is how some are describing their reaction to the 2020 election results… completely numb inside. If you are feeling the same, you are not alone. All elections matter, but this one seems to be especially traumatic considering it is happening in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, along with social isolation, unemployment, global recession, schools and businesses on lockdown, protests over injustice, alongside a growing fear of what is still to come during the most stressful year in modern history. No matter which side wins – the other side loses, and for some their sense of hope is lost with it. Continual stress brings a flood of emotion like anxiety, grief, or hopelessness. Dr. Varun Choudhary, senior behavioral psychiatrist at Magellan Health described it this way, “People are experiencing a significant change in how they live, work, so...