How to Deal with Post 2020 Election Anxiety and Depression
Are you suffering from post-2020 election season anxiety and depression? We for sure are and we are glad it’s over!!!… most of it anyway… still stuff going on about it…
But, guess what? Our lives are still going on as well. We don’t know of any specialized treatments for post-election disorders, except to move on!!!
Millions of Americans are still waiting or won’t accept results…even if not official… We agree that we have to wait for the official results and that there is a lot of anxiety about it. All the anxiety the elections caused is still there, it’s not going away regardless of which side you’re on.
We don’t talk about politics with each other… We have no idea who we voted for (meaning I, Andrea, have no idea who Candace voted for and Candace has no idea about who I voted for.) We have both conservative beliefs on certain issues and more liberal on others…. We probably voted for who we viewed the best to solve some of the most important issues for us.
There is a reason why we are not talking about who we voted for: we argue for the most stupidest things if we don’t see it the same way… we both bring arguments to prove our point. Voting it’s just too big, our daily lives go on, and we have businesses together that we want to continue together….ha ha. We still need to pay our bills and pay taxes and nobody else will do it for us…certainly not the President of the United States.
Everything that happened this year…. and let’s face it, there were bigger stuff than the election …. cased tremendous emotional turmoil for all of us, including a lot of disappointment. Remember that all this can be an opportunity for growth if we can do some small steps (we talk about how we are planning to approach all the emotions and anxiety,) and put them into action. And no matter how you end up feeling when this election is finally called, perhaps you can take comfort in the fact that you won’t have to go through this again for another four years…. or 2…if you care about the local elections and the things that actually impact your life on the daily!
