Therapists say they've seen a rise in anxiety under Trump: report

The Hill ^ | July 28, 2018 | Avery Anapol

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Therapists in the U.S. say they have seen a rise in politically-related anxiety under the Trump presidency.

Though a condition has not been officially named, therapists and patients have referred to it as “Trump Anxiety Disorder,” according to a report from Canada’s CBC News.

Elisabeth LaMotte, the founder of the D.C. Counseling and Psychotherapy Center in Washington, D.C., told CBC that there is a “collective anxiety” among her patients related to President Trump’s rhetoric and policies.

"There is a fear of the world ending," she said. "It's very disorienting and constantly unsettling."

She said that Trump critics who she treats exhibit similar behavior to patients who have a parent with a personality disorder.

"Whether it's conscious or not, I think we look to the president of the United States as a psychological parent," LaMotte said.

LaMotte told CBC that the “condition” is also common among Trump supporters, who often say they feel “isolated” by friends and family for aligning with the president or pulled into angry conversations.

Steve Stosny, another D.C. therapist, told CBC that he worked with a Trump administration official whose liberal-leaning wife and daughter were “starting to hate him.” The couple eventually decided to divorce, even though the husband left his post. “The wife couldn't take it anymore,” Stosny said. “It's tough when one spouse is at war with the children."

Multiple therapists told CBC that they observed symptoms, including lack of sleep, excessive use of social media, feelings of losing control and helplessness, in their patients that they attributed to Trump-related anxiety.

National data indicates support for their findings.

The American Psychological Association found in a recent online survey that stress levels following the election are the highest they’ve been in a decade. And the majority of respondents reported stress over the 2016 election and the future of the nation as factors.

The APA also found a correlation between stress levels and electronic news consumption.

Therapists told CBC that in recent months, patients have indicated that separation of migrant families at the border, the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and Trump’s various feuds with other world leaders have all been triggers for “Trump Anxiety Disorder.”

[gogeo]

Satire, you say...

[Wuli]

It’s a new mental health problem, called “Media Induced Anxiety Syndrome”.

The remedy is very simple. The “patient” has to cut themself off of the LameStreamMedia and social media for at least six months. Whether or not they have to repeat that will depend on whether the anxiety returns after they reconnect to the LameStream and social medias. For some, avoiding the anxiety might require a permanent disconnect from the Lamestream media. /sarc

[trebb]

Better headline:

Snowflakes Suffer Meltdown Trying to Grasp That a President Would Fight to Keep Them Safe and Help Them Become Prosperous

[Grampa Dave]

“It’s a new mental health problem, called “Media Induced Anxiety Syndrome”.

The remedy is very simple. The “patient” has to cut themself off of the LameStreamMedia and social media for at least six months.

We starting working to minimize our MIAS decades ago. We cancelled subscriptions to NewsWeak/Slime and the San Francico Gay Daily fishwrap.

Also, we stopped watching the so called Sunday Talk shows.

During the Bush years we stopped watching ABCNNBCBS so called news and the so called comedy shows from liberals.

During the 2016 election we gave up on Faux News, and I stopped reading the WSJ on our weekly trips to our library.

We still watched the local Faux semi news except before bedtime as it became the local gore/bloody stories instead of news. We gave up on it when they and the national FAUX would double team fake news on Mr Trump before he was sworn in.

Then, we gave up on the NFL due to the Former Niners allowing their National Felon League to disgrace our country and flag.

A year ago in July, we cut the cable. Besides saving $150 per month, we avoid paying any liberal network or local tv station a monthly fee. We use Sling Blue as our tv provider, and it does not carry ESPN, ABC or Disney. So they get 0 $’s from us each month.

So we are less depressed, happier and saving over $150 month.

[Wuli]

“Also, we stopped watching the so called Sunday Talk shows.”

A good “dictator” wanting to foster a more “democratic” society, would either ban, or make the Democratic party host and pay 100% for the “Sunday Morning” ABC/CBS/NBC “talk shows” as - since long before Fox and folks like Hannity, et al, they have been do different than political advertisements for the Democrats.