According to a recent American Psychiatric Association poll, 73% of adults in the U.S. are stressed about the race. A 2024 Pew Research Center survey concluded that 65% of Americans always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics.
It's getting under our skin in ways that are affecting our health on a day-to-day basis. Research has long suggested that stress can make people more susceptible to colds and the flu, as well as debilitating chronic illness.
While researching anticipatory election stress, Neupert landed on one particularly effective coping strategy: problem-analysis. It's when people think critically about what they think will happen, and why they think it might happen.
If someone is having a strong reaction, and it's impeding their day-to-day functioning, it's important to talk to someone, she says. It's a very common experience but that doesn't mean it's a healthy one.
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