Many Americans report feeling stress and anxiety related to the heated presidential race. An American Psychological Association poll taken earlier this year found that 65% of U.S. adults always or often felt exhausted by politics and 55% always or often felt angry. - REUTER
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00:00Feeling stressed about the election?
00:03You're not alone.
00:05An American Psychological Association poll taken earlier this year
00:09found that 65% of U.S. adults felt exhausted by politics,
00:14while 55% felt angry.
00:17You hear so much on both sides, nonstop.
00:20Like, it's the end of democracy.
00:22Two different characters' outlook on life.
00:26It's just a crazy world.
00:28He is only focused on himself.
00:31She's a low IQ individual.
00:33This is therapist Laura Goldstein.
00:36It's stress, it's anxiety, it's fear.
00:38It can sometimes be anger or outrage.
00:40She says the election has increasingly come up during client sessions.
00:45I think one of the other big things that we're seeing a lot of
00:48is people struggling to connect
00:50because it doesn't always feel safe to talk about.
00:52You don't know what environments are a safe environment
00:54to have political conversations
00:56or to discharge some of the stress.
00:59Carey Jarvie is a mental health counselor.
01:01Yeah, if someone's experiencing stress leading up to the election cycle,
01:05it starts with reflecting on what is my level of media consumption?
01:10Has it reached the point where it's not helpful anymore?
01:13He says people suffering from election anxiety
01:16should seek activities that decrease interaction from the media.
01:20What are the things that make you feel like yourself?
01:24Like surfing or going on a trail.
01:27Election-wise, yeah, no one talks election.
01:29This is a good release to be out in nature.