7 Steps to Alleviating Election Anxiety

October 17, 2020

The physical and psychological symptoms of anxiety, such as feeling tense or having trouble concentrating, can be so uncomfortable that they cause behavioral changes. How might these components play out in, say, a Presidential election?

Monitor your anxiety level.

Set boundaries.

Read diverse news sources.

Practice values-based living, which brings your everyday actions closer to your existential values.

Tip 5. Take social media breaks.

Try to build consensus with those who have differing opinions.

Control what you can.

In Psychiatric Times polls inquiring about the upcoming elections, the trend was clearly slanted toward being very worried, with about half of respondents doing something productive about it and half not.

For more on this topic, see Presidential Election Anxiety and the Role of Psychiatry, on which this slideshow is based.