American voters suffer increased anxiety due to ‘election stress disorder’

With barely a week to go before Election Day, Americans are freaking out. The polls are tight, the rhetoric is high, and while Donald Trump is a well-known quantity, with his voters and supporters keeping their cool as the final days of this years' long election cycle unfolds, progressives, Dems and the Kamala camp are growing desperate. A report out from NPR shows that 53% of Americans are having such high anxiety over the election that they are avoiding even talking about it. 

A story out from the Wall Street Journal quotes progressives as saying there aren't enough weed gummies to get them through to November 5. And the Washington Post put out an infographic on Instagram to essentially tell Dems to take deep breaths as they fend off existential levels of anxiety. It's even got a name: election stress disorder.

A survey out from AMFM, a residential mental health treatment system, provided an analysis of 2,000 Americans and found that 22% of those surveyed said that coverage of the election was having a deleterious impact on their mental health. 42% said that they were worried their guy would not win come Election Day, another 54% were worried about what would happen after the election and 57% feel that the negative messaging has played a role in making them stress out. Arizona mental health group LifeStance Health said that a survey they conducted revealed that this year's general election has become a "significant source of stress and anxiety."


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