Election 2020
Book Your Election Anxiety Therapy Appointment Today
With so much at stake, many of us are beyond overwhelmed in 2020
I have never before considered the need for Election Day therapy, but I might for the 2020 presidential election. The last four years have been an unprecedented twist and turn of emotions and WTHs. Finally, Americans (and the world) are at the cliffhanger: Will President Trump get reelected? I suspect many people feel like they may go over the cliff if he wins, and some others will feel the same way if he doesn’t.
At least half the country probably suffered from some degree of distress in 2016, which may have worsened as Trump’s term unfolded. Election Day is the only hope many Americans (including those who’ve had a wake-up call since 2016) have had to cling to. The slow crawl to November 3, 2020 — the day of reckoning — has been nothing short of agonizing. And that’s why therapy for election anxiety is available and appointments are filling up.
“Because most people did not expect Trump to win in 2016, there is an increased sense of uncertainty surrounding the upcoming election (e.g., can we trust the polls?), and high levels of uncertainty tend to cause increased anxiety,” explains Jacqueline Bullis, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist and…
