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This is one of 1523 similar stories that have been written on this in PT and elsewhere. I have a (modest) suggestion: a piece on those who are happier now. I know, unpossible, you say. But I have actually spoken to people who are relieved that the Obama administration is over and Hillary will never be President. Who are these people and how can they hold such views? Who knows, right? But maybe people may want to hear about the strange creatures. They have found happiness in this dark time, so maybe they have something to share? Could not hurt to find out. Thanks.
Since last summer, my practice has been overwhelmed with distress calls from people coping with anxiety in our current political environment.
First it was the vitriol and inescapable negativity of the presidential campaign, and now it seems that we wake up daily to an endless stream of shocking executive orders and headlines questioning our national security and the foundation of our electoral process. Our current environment, amplified by 24-hour news outlets and social media, has created a level of stress, nervousness, and resentment that has intruded into many people’s lives and intimate relationships, the likes of which I’ve not seen in nearly 30 years of clinical work.
Some people are worried about losing their health care or about future economic distress. Others are angry about the travel ban while others fear for their civil rights and personal safety. The list of concerns is daunting.
If you’ve been nervous or anxious since the election, you’re not alone. In fact, according to a recent survey, you’re in the majority. “Nervous Nation: An Inside Look at America’s Anxiety in the Age of Trump,” commissioned by the online healthcare site CareDash.com, found that more than half of Americans (59%) are anxious because of the November election results. Half (50%) of Americans are looking for ways to cope with the negative environment; and more than a quarter (26%) are engaging in negative behavior such as drinking or smoking more often, eating unhealthily, or arguing with loved ones more frequently as a result of their election-induced anxiety.
If you’re among the tens of millions currently anxious in our nervous nation, here are few things you can do:
Empower Yourself
Stand up for what you believe. Write letters, demonstrate, lobby Congress, and so on, remembering that you’ll be most effective (and feel better) when focused on the change you want to see rather than merely reacting to what you don’t like. Anxiety and nervousness rise whenever we feel powerless. The first rule of empowerment is focus. If we focus on what we cannot control, like other people’s opinions and behavior, we feel powerless. When we shift focus to what we can control, for example, our own behavior and the meaning of our experience, we feel empowered.
Connect
Connection to others is the best antidote to anxiety. Reach out to friends and family. But don’t just text or email them. Meet them, eat with them, call them, hear their voices, and see their faces. Join communities of shared values, goals, or experiences. These can be work, school, parents, professional, neighborhood, religious, or sports associations. And don’t forget your spiritual connection, which can be some expression of religious values or meditative experience or appreciation of natural and creative beauty. Whatever means the most to you, do more of it in these unsettling times.
Appreciate Your Ability to Cope
When anxious, we underestimate our resilience, tolerance, problem-solving capacity, and our overall ability to cope. The perceived ability to cope almost always underestimates actual ability to cope, that is, we usually cope better than we think we will. Recall times when you showed your better qualities under stress.
Get Physical
Walk 30 minutes a day. Studies show that this simple exercise can be as beneficial as anti-anxiety medication, with none of the side effects and lots of health benefits.
Write
Write down your anxious thoughts. When anxious or nervous, our thoughts go by very fast, and the faster they go, the more overwhelming they seem. To slow down the flow, sit down with a pad and paper and write them down in longhand.
Assign Probability and Plan
Next to each of the worries you wrote down, assign a probability, using a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the most likely to happen. Anxiety is about unknown possibility, and anything is possible. Reasonable behavior is informed and based on probability—what is most likely to happen. Find out more about what worries you. After you’ve assessed how likely it is to happen, write what you will do if it does occur. This converts unproductive worry into useful contingency planning, which in itself creates a sense of empowerment.
Retain Hope
Personal and national growth typically follow struggles with anxiety. Nervousness forces us to reevaluate what is most important and what we most want for ourselves, our loved ones, and our fellow citizens. From careful reevaluation emerges a course of meaningful behavior based on our deepest values.
Good point
Submitted by Mary on April 22, 2017 - 6:18pm
Or even an article for those who's candidate did not win but are still enjoying a high quality of life every single day due to possessing proper coping skills.
Perhaps those people possess grit, perseverance and knowledge and a stoicism that enables them to stand tall no matter what happens in the political arena.
The Central nervous system
Submitted by Hello on April 22, 2017 - 4:59pm
The Central nervous system connects the brain and the body. When you get anxious, your breathing and blood pressure and your heart beat rate goes up right.
Feigned anxiety about President Trump
Submitted by Laurence Smith on April 23, 2017 - 3:28am
Reading your comments about the massive amount of people supposedly in a state of profound anxiety over President Trump being in the White House reminds me why I chose not to continue being a licensed Psychotherapist. I now work only on criminal psychology cases. The field of psychology was hijacked by the liberal left more than a few decades ago. What was once deemed to be deviant behavior is now perfectly normal such as sodomy twixt same sex men which was a crime at one time but is now celebrated as Gay marriage. No one is any longer responsible for their deviant actions as some so-called progressive psychologist will find some entity or circumstance to place the blame on.
Of course deviancy has been redefined as in many cases it has been deemed to be perfectly normal.by the new standards set forth by people like you. You must be forgetting that over 58 million Americans voted for President Trump because they saw this nation going off the rails due to ultra liberalism where traditional values have replaced by immorality.
Where was your concern when Barry Soetoro aka President Obama was elected into office, despite his desultory path through Marxist influence and association with a known domestic terrorist (Bill Ayers). Obama's goal of course was to diminish America to the state where it could be likened to any European country of mediocrity. President Trump is America's savior from going backwards any further.
Why isn't your academic schools notated in all of your articles,etc, You taught on the liberal East Coast and contributed to liberal media entities. Where did you get your degrees from?
Explain further
Submitted by Judy on July 4, 2017 - 3:09pm
Please do not normalize this current administration and it's lethal power aimed to hurt so many good people.
If someone has to act presidential....then I call that person an imposter
If I have to act like a woman
If I have to act like a trained professional
If I have to act like I can drive a car
If I have to act like I can operate as a surgeon
Feigned anxiety about President Trump
Submitted by Linda Bright on July 27, 2017 - 12:34pm
Good to hear you chose not to continue being a licensed Psychotherapist.
Feigned anxiety regarding President Trump
Submitted by Laurence L. Smith on December 18, 2018 - 7:02pm
Yeah Ms. Linda Bright, I grew tired of having to interact with leftist colleague who were panting breathlessly to transform deviancy into a new normalcy, where people can to be the sex they choose, a gender free society. The field of psychology came to the rescue of the homosexuals by deleting homosexulaity as a deviant behavoir in the psychology diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5 now) because Americans were so sickened to see outward displays of their deviant behavior that psychology professionals feared Americans would start to lynch them.
When I read the childish negative comments about our great President Trump by leftists I realize that your crowd lives and thinks in an alternate universe. Trump spoiled the political orgasm that the leftists were expecting to enjoy, now they just whine and pine for crooked Hillary and Barry Soetoro who masqueraded as an American President using the moniker Barack Obama, and being the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people. To paraphrase Dr. Nietzsche, why must I wake up in a world of deviant liberals.
Feigned anxiety regarding President Trump
Submitted by marlene rogers on March 8, 2019 - 6:54am
It sounds like you have caught the Trump Madness, i.e. Trump is my savior! When this is finally over, they are going to have to deprogram a lot of people! HEAR THIS, DONALD TRUMP IS A CRIMINAL!
FU
Submitted by Angie on August 2, 2017 - 4:28am
let's just hope that your entitled, sarcastic, GOD awful bigot ass dies off soon along with all the monstrosities who voted this orange cnt into office.
bigot
Submitted by Michael Rothstein on June 13, 2018 - 12:24pm
You are a disgraceful bigot and I am relieved that you are no longer practicing.
Dealing with Trump anxiety
Submitted by Laurence L. Smith on December 18, 2018 - 7:20pm
Yeah, Mr. Michael Rothstein, I and others who don't agree with the deviancy and degeneracy of those like you are childishly referred to as bigots. homophobes, this phobia and that phobia. As a Jew, your group gave America full blown pornography starting in California and dressed it up as normalcy being expressed. The Jew in America backed by the leftist immoral media gave us; abortion, late term abortion to kill babies but the jew doesn't want to give the death penalty to murderers. If a progeny of Hitler was a democrat the Jew would vote for them. Your group Michael stands for degeneracy which is why there is so much anti-semitism all over the world. The Zionists and Mossad had a large hand in 911 as they joined forces with the ZIonists neocons in the Bush admin. America took care of Israel's Middle East problems while the American military tried to get control of the oil. Now Michael, go back to your Obama and Clinton posters and enjoy another self- induced orgasm.
Anti-semitism
Submitted by Bonnie on December 7, 2019 - 8:48pm
Mr. Smith,
Your expressions of antisemitism and hatred are appalling. Please consider removing your post and reforming yourself.
The therapy world does not need you LSmith
Submitted by Mary on December 18, 2018 - 1:26pm
Wow, you are quite the toxic asshole. Good riddance.
Compassion
Submitted by Margaret on December 7, 2019 - 8:45pm
People are suffering mentally, economically, and physically at this time. You can choose to take their suffering seriously or not, but you do not have the right to say that it doesn't exist. Furthermore, your racist comments about President Obama are indecent.
You are a PROJECTIONIST AMD SEDITIOUS LIAR
Submitted by Thomas Paine on January 28, 2020 - 3:37pm
What a crock!
Sack of filth Birthers!
Submitted by Anonymous on January 28, 2020 - 3:46pm
You are a Birther, a lying sack of seditious filth as are all Birthers. The Birther lie was a seditious terrorist emboldening lie every time you spewed it, you TRAITOR! Obama was not a Marxist you lying sack of Birther filth! You Birther Taliban Republiscum who practice INFINITE moral relativism are worse than even Marxists, worse than Nazis, more equivalent to ISIS child raping terrorists. Your kind RABIDLY chanted “better a pedophile than a Democrat SNARK! SNARK!” In favor of a pro-9-11, pro-slavery pedophile with connections to KKK TERRORISTS, a Birther Jihadist Mullah sack of filth who is plotting genocide of all liberals in America! You Birther scum in the AL GOP leadership said that when Roy “the Kid Diddler” Moore rapes a child it isn’t illegal or even immoral, it’s just “marital trainin’ y’all!”
You didn’t quit Cletus! I bet you were fired for child rape or some kind of molestation. It’s how you sacks of Birther Jihadist filth operate, blame everyone else for your own self caused problems. You see, you sack of filth, I actually volunteered to serve America during a time of war unlike your Birther Taliban Terrorist Mullah Cadet Vagspurs. And where I was afforded the opportunity, no, the PLEASURE, to put down Iraq’s version of Birthers, sacks of Pedophilic and Terrrorist filth, just like you Birthers only Iraq’s version of Birthers were more Islamic, just as pedophilic, just as evil and vile, just more Islamic.
My coping strategy
Submitted by Sphacelated Ochlocracy on April 23, 2017 - 7:21am
My way of coping with the stress of Trump is to counter the "alternative fact" bubble of Trump supporters with a dose of reality, and hope that just maybe some of it will penetrate. Since you feel the need to post your right wing politics into an article about dealing with anxiety of right wing politics, I will reply with the following.
Trump is America's savior? Trump represents traditional values?
Let's look at a list of Donald's character traits.
1. He is a spoiled rich brat who was born into a life of privilege and connections completely removed from any concept of merit, fairness, or consideration of how his actions affect others.
2. He's a transparently blatant career con artist and snake oil salesman who has enriched himself through pathological lying, cheating, and the defrauding of investors, his contractors, and the public generally.
3. He is a bragging self promoting bag of hot flatulence who continuously describes his failures as terrific and his imaginary accomplishments as huge.
4. He is an economic parasite who lives at the expense of others by making corrupt "deals." Performing an honest day of work for fair pay, contributing to society, or improving the life of another person are experiences he has never had.
5. He is a superficial greedy hoarding materialistic who is consumed with material gain and gluttonous excess.
6. He is a morally bankrupt person who has no concept of fairness, justice, truth, or principles. He is sociopathically self serving. Public service and concern for the well being of others (the basis of public office) is beyond his conception.
7. He is a substanceless game show host and reality star "performer" who will say and do anything to get attention.
8. He is a vindictive, petty, and vengeful bully who enjoys intimidating those weaker than himself. He idolizes murdering dictators and behaves (within the limits of his power) as an autocratic tyrant.
9. He is an empty insecure little child-man who desperately needs attention and validation from others, and who throws tantrums when he doesn't receive it. He is incapable of acknowledging his own severe limitations or his many failures. He feels no guilt for the harm he inflicts upon others, and lacks the ability to take responsibility for the consequences of his own actions.
10. He is a sexual predator and misogynist who believes women are sexual toys who should be displayed, judged and groped for his pleasure.
11. He is an opportunistic demagogue who has used ignorance, bigotry, racism, and hate mongering to increase his own status and power.
12. He is an intellectually incurious and lazy person whose utter lack of interest in learning has resulted in an extreme level of ignorance. He has near zero understanding of government, macroeconomics, foreign policy, or any aspect of public policy. Even the most rudimentary facts are new information to him. If it doesn't result in attention or material gain, it holds no interest for him.
13. He is a mentally sick person suffering from narcissistic personality disorder. All of the preceding character flaws intersect with his mental illness. Symptoms of this disease (according to DSM-5 criteria) are:
Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance, expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it, exaggerating your achievements and talents, being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate, believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people, requiring constant admiration, having a sense of entitlement, expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations, taking advantage of others to get what you want, having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others, being envious of others and believing others envy you, and behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner.
Donald Trump is the embodiment of every trait disqualifying a person to be president. He is the antithesis of what the leader of a democratic nation should be. He is unfit in every conceivable way to be president of the United States, or to hold any power over another human being. He is psychologically, socially, intellectually, and morally incapable of carrying out the duties of the presidency. Trump and people like him are not the solution to our problems, but the cause of them.
If Trump is your idea of "traditional values," then we come from very different traditions.
Trump hysteria by leftists
Submitted by Laurence Smith on July 27, 2017 - 2:58pm
We certainly do come from different traditional values such as same sex marriage being a deviancy along with late term abortions, govt forced socialism, etc You voted for corrupt Hillary who would have finished Marxist ObaMA'S goal to socialize America, weaken our military, more sexual deviancy like trannies serving in the military. America has taken a shower from leftists degeneration.
Trumps people
Submitted by Judy on July 27, 2017 - 4:21pm
Dear Senator Thurmond:
I write to express my sincere opposition to the confirmation of Jefferson B. Sessions as a federal district court judge for the Southern District of Alabama. My professional and personal roots in Alabama are deep and lasting. Anyone who has used the power of his office as United States Attorney to intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by citizens should not be elevated to our courts. Mr. Sessions has used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters. For this reprehensible conduct, he should not be rewarded with a federal judgeship.
I regret that a long-standing commitment prevents me from appearing in person to testify against this nominee. However, I have attached a copy of my statement opposing Mr. Sessions’ confirmation and I request that my statement as well as this be made a part of the hearing record.
I do sincerely urge you to oppose the confirmation of Mr. Sessions.
Sincerely,
Coretta Scott King
loser of great proportions
Submitted by angie on August 2, 2017 - 4:34am
please, please die soon... it is very clear that you are old and bitter and hopeless and only see fit to spread your malice...misery loves company. you want to bring everyone down to your sadass level. you are only looking like a classic bigot who everyone despises and ridicules. how does it feel to read all these comments from people who think you are so sad and pathetic and out of touch??? #goaway
Missed a few
Submitted by Edward on April 24, 2017 - 4:57pm
14) Mr. Trump is a wrecker and enemy of the people
15) This so called Trump is a Trotskyite and subversive person.
16) Trump has stolen the wealth of the people and has undermined the worldwide collective program.
17) He is a short fingered vulgarian
18) He hates Bae and therefore stands against all human progress
19) He puts ketchup (the most bourgeois condiment) on steak.
20) He is the "Great Oculus" at the Bohemian Grove
I am sure I missed a few. Help me out folks.
More attempts at jokes, please
Submitted by Sphacelated Ochlocracy on April 25, 2017 - 7:31am
Unlike the delusional criticisms leveled at Obama (that he's a Muslim communist who was going to kill grandma with death panels and place patriots into FEMA camps), the unfitness of Trump is grounded in reality. Because of his narcissistic need for attention, there exists a 30 year documented record of his degenerate behavior, direct from the source himself. The traits I listed are on public display on a daily basis, transparently visible for the world to see. Even as I post this, Trump continues to prove his unfitness, through his words, his tweets, and his behavior.
Have you ever been denied the basic rights enjoyed by others? Ever been shot at a traffic stop, or attacked and beaten for your religion or sexual orientation? I'm sure blacks, Hispanics, and gays would find your post quite amusing. Do you have a mother, a sister, a wife? Would it be funny if they got harassed, groped and intimidated into silence? Would it be even more funny if they were denied access to reproductive health care, or denied reproductive control over their own bodies? Have you ever taken a drink of water from a faucet, or used it to bathe? I'm sure your attempt at humor will bring guffaws from people whose wells have been poisoned by mining or fracking operations. Have you ever taken a walk in the park or appreciated the beauty of nature? Maybe then the ecological devastation of a mountain top removal site isn't so much funny as horrifying. Have you ever had your home flooded or destroyed by a storm? Do you think increasing the likelihood of that happening will bring giggles? Have you ever been caught in a civil war, or been bombed by a foreign power? When the commander of the world's most powerful military can't locate a foreign nation on a map without assistance, and impulsively drops bombs to boost his image, the chuckle factor dies quickly. Does living in a democracy matter to you? If it does, then having a democratic government which serves us replaced by a corporate government which serves wealthy sociopaths isn't a laughing matter.
How long and how specific does the list have to be before you grasp the seriousness of Trump's unfitness. Placing the enormous power of the presidency into the hands of an intellectually incompetent, morally degenerate and psychologically unstable man-child is not a joking matter. This has painfully real and widespread consequences for Americans, for the nations of the world, and for the planet.
The help you need is with morality, critical thinking and acknowledging reality, but it's help you have to want before anyone can give it to you.
Try to relax
Submitted by Edward on April 25, 2017 - 5:49pm
S.O.
Maybe cut back on the caffeine? Just a suggestion.
Take care.
The author needs psychiatric help big time!
Submitted by Psychotherapist Laurence on July 4, 2017 - 6:04pm
This commentary is far out of touch with reality I have to wonder if the author is in a mental institution where they belong. Having Trump in the White House sure beats having Corrupt Hillary Clinton who would have continued Anti-American traitor Obama who pushed this country backwards as far as he could. Including, his sweetheart deal with Iran, allowing jobs to flow out of this country, and his foreign policy disasters. Hillary would have tried to get her grubby hands in the U.S. treasury so the Clinton Crime Foundation could rake in more millions and millions. Trump has saved America just like Reagan. The field of Psychology was hijacked by the liberals decades ago, as the field holds no one responsible for their egregious actions. Thank God almighty that Trump is in the White House and our military is being built back up again.
Empowerment
Submitted by Marginalized on April 25, 2017 - 7:50am
I love the empowerment that I am seeing from the left recently. Example: "March for Science."
It is like they don't know that we can see right through that charade. It isn't a march for science, it was a march for perversity, as Laurence Smith stated. I just say to keep it up. It's working. People can tell you care about those little guys like me - NOT.
Post Election Stress Disorder
Submitted by Leslie Hoff on May 17, 2017 - 10:05am
Great article! I have so many friends suffering from stress and anxiety (this includes myself of course) because of this roller coaster of a presidency. I find myself having a hard time getting to sleep at night because of my concern for my health care, my country, and what other countries must think of us. It is a stressful time and I am always looking for advice on how to survive and thrive during this tumultuous political climate. I recently read a fantastic book that I think you and your readers will benefit from greatly called, "Seven Keys to Surviving the Trump Presidency" written by Dr. Kiran Dintyala. He is someone who is dealing firsthand with people suffering from post election stress disorder and knows the exercises and techniques needed to calm the mind and body. I think it's a fantastic book because it's teaching me a new way of thinking not only for the presidency but for life in general. It is a general guide for managing stress and anxiety. He even has an exercise called "Check Your Stress-Meter" that helps measure your stress levels and prompts you to take action. I can't recommend it enough. I hope you will check it out. Thanks again for the advice. I am going out to buy a journal today!
Trump Anxiety
Submitted by R Davis on June 14, 2017 - 11:51pm
Interesting Article.
Is America On The Path To Suicide - Darkmoon
"the end is nigh"
It Just Gets Worse and Worse
Submitted by BW on July 22, 2017 - 7:19am
Things are even worse now than when this blog was first written. Potential Presidential pardons on the horizon of him and his inner circle, possible removal of AG to lay the groundwork to fire Mueller, definite connections between T's family and Russia with intent to influence the Presidential election, and so much more. We don't have laws against what this man and his Administration can and seems willing to do to hurt our country for their own gain. We don't see opposition to his immoral behavior from his base of supporters. This will not end well, the more it spins out of control, and it's casing me GREAT emotional distress and trepidation about the future. It's hard to ignore, too, if you care about the good things that are being trashcanned and replaced with trash by this Administration. Such a level of insatiable greed and the blatant use of unaccountable power are unprecedented here in the USA. All very frightening. And yet most people ignore or, worse, applaud it. Wait until we wake up to find ourselves in the next incarnation if Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia. Don't say we weren't warned. No, this is not anxiety provoking at all. ;-)
Trump Anxiety Disorder
Submitted by James Brigham (Bigg) Bunyon on August 16, 2017 - 12:06pm
Given the number of wusses, pansies and crybabies I come across in a normal day working with the public, I can certainly believe a significant number of the US population is "stressed out". I've seen some I truly believed were clinically ill, but for the most part their ranting and hand-wringing was comical. When I asked did they have anybody to talk to about it, many of them replied "my mom". Hilarious!
Well....
Submitted by None of your business on August 16, 2017 - 7:08pm
JB - Words coming from a true cunt and sociopath.
Trump
Submitted by Kim on November 28, 2017 - 1:58pm
I agree that abortion after 4 months should be illegal.That's enough time to decide.I think there needs to be a one room 3rd bathroom for transgender and families with children.I don't care if same sex have civil unions.But don't force churches to marry same sex couples.I am worried about Scott Pruitt being a head of EPA he sued the EPA 13 times.He's a conflict of interest.A scientist should be ahead of EPA.I am concerned about our water and air.I am also concerned about children with Betsy DeVos a head of public schools.She has sunk millions into charter schools for her own profit.She wants church and state
combined with pushing tax vouchers this will take away money from public schools for trades,AP classes in high schools,She is trying to take away students rights to learn and other disable s getting help they need.She said she wants to destroy the public schools. I don't agree with core math.Look at Canada their children are in the top 10 I am worried about them wanting to get rid of school breakfast & lunches for staring children.Meals for wheels.Taking away insurance for the poor and not making insurance cover basics example rehab & therapy is wrong.I
don't want a wall I don't think it will help.It will kill thousand of .
animals that need to get to the water to survive.Endangered
animals with jaguars.Yes I want people to enter legally.The
ban on refuges seems like a scare tactic.I am for the right to own guns but there needs to be away to not allow people who
are unstable to own them.Trump has 6 people who they found have their own E-mail service.Lets be honest it has more to do . with she is a women.Some people would rather .
have a strong wrong leader than someone they view as weaker.Trumps tweets with threats of a nuclear holistic .Democracy isn't the same thing as capitalize.In order to be the best place to live any where people need to have affordable medical care.Give us the same insurance congress has. Vets need places to live.Sexual predictors shouldn't be in office.We need A+ schools.Our water infrastructure fixed.Clean water & air.
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Submitted by Franz on December 17, 2018 - 4:05am
I find how all this bilge coming from the right has 0 evidence to back it up is nothing new. It's normal.
For those on the left, you are aware that calling for their death and throwing insults just feeds what they are doing, right?
Coping with Trump anxiety
Submitted by Laurence L. Smith on December 17, 2018 - 5:58pm
As a former Psychotherapist who left that area of psychology to pursue criminal psychology and high profile criminal cases, I had long understood that the field of Psychology had been kidnapped by the ultra left liberal mindset of those in the psychology field. In a nutshell, no one is really responsible for for doing criminal acts as there is always some environment that induced the criminal act(s), especially high profile criminal acts like murder.
[ Trump anxiety cures} This is of course downright laughable. The correct terminology is Trump derangement syndrome. People who have this mental disorder are ones who were devastated by crooked Hillary Clintons loss in 2016. Those exhibiting Trump derangement syndrome includes the approximate 91 percent of the print media and television/cable media who were prepared to enjoy a political and leftist orgasm. When Trump won the election it was like an act of coitus interruptus. This syndrome can be defined by the resultant disappointment from losing an important event, including but not limited to; not getting the desired job one pursued, losing out in winning the heart of someone for a social relationship, and of course losing one's choice in an election.
Components of this derangement syndrome are various forms of negative expressed at the individual or entity that shattered one's aspirations. People having this syndrome will outright lie about the individual or entity that broke their heart, further taking on bullying aspects to harass, embarrass, and even issue ultimatums. So, what are the cures for derangement syndrome?
(1). Get a grip on reality and seek to understand why things didn't turn out as expected. (2). Converse with friends about your disappointment, and if they also are sharing the same syndrome than seek counseling from a professional type person like a Priest, Pastor, Rabbi, and if still unsettled see a counselor or someone credentialed in the psychology field like a Psychotherapist or Psychologist. If one stays mired in resentment over their disappointment and does not get some form of counseling, it is highly possible that suicide or acts of vengeance might be the perceived solution by a person who sees themselves as being aggrieved.
Respectfully,
Psychotherapist/ author
Laurence L. SMith
look in the mirror
Submitted by srp on August 14, 2019 - 6:46am
You are writing about "derangement" when you've posted multiple replies on this article, each one more histrionic and tied to paranoid delusions than the next. You've ranted about "deviancy" and managed to also accuse Hollywood "Jews" of pushing pornography then tied it somehow to Mossad. I'm glad you are no longer practicing psychotherapist, but really consider getting some therapy for yourself. A lifetime of it likely won't get through the level of hate you are spewing on here, but maybe it will be a start.
How it has affected me
Submitted by Jim on January 4, 2019 - 6:44pm
Anxiety over Trump has nearly ruined my life. I have tried to ignore politics; but, it always creeps back in to my life. I hear about something he has said or done and it drives me crazy. I am so angry that he is in the oval office, that he is such a child, and that he is allowed to continue to do this every day. It really pisses me off. I ended up quitting my job - a very good 6 figure job w/ health ins. All of the people I was working with and the owners are republicans and they act like it too. So damn disgusting - i just want to vomit. I'm still living off savings and have no fuckin' clue what I'm doing to do.
Trump derangement syndrome
Submitted by Laurence Smith on January 4, 2019 - 7:38pm
Jim, You should get down on your da#n knees and thank God almighty that president Trump won the election and that Hillary Clinton will not be able to push America backwards in jobs, nor deplete our military any further. There are more jobs available than there are people to fill them, including jobs of varying educational requirements. With a Masters degree in psychology I have found my income rise higher in the six figure range because of people like you who are suffering from Trump derangement syndrome, for whom I give false hope to. You have found no solace in being further brainwashed by the likes of CNN, NBC, ABC, etc., who exist 24/7 to undermine Trump. Just pretend that you believe the distortion, half truths, spewed by the liberal reprobates at CNN & NBC. Watch the morning joke program on NBC that is actually using the moniker 'Morning Joe', they will give you all the Trump bashing you can handle. Trump has reversed almost all the Marxist policies of Barry Soetoro aka Obama that were designed to push America backwards into Marxist Socialism. Trump of course is an alpha male taking over from a beta male like bi-sexual Obama. This could be the source of your problems, if you are not an alpha male or are a transgendered person.
Jim, It sounds like you are a candidate for suicidal impulses, so please contact a Psychotherapist or suicide hotline. Do not go to top floors of high buildings. Also, are you getting laid? If your sexual preferences are people of leftist persuasion that is not good for you as they are also suffering from depression. Trump of course is a cinch to be re-elected given the great economy which is going to not bode well for someone like you, so I would get on some psychotropic medication or xanax, oxycotent, etc. Hang in there Jim. I also suggest that you be deprogrammed of leftist dogma. Have a great year !! MAGA
trump Derangement syndrome
Submitted by Jean Rogers on August 14, 2019 - 7:14am
I think you have trump derangement syndrome because you do not think logically! I find it hard to believe you have a masters, considering it’s obvious you’re not very bright! Trump & his Adm violates our constitution daily. It’s an ABOMINATION that he is not indicted and jailed bc NO ONE Is above the law! Just think, if he’s not re-elected, he WILL GO TO JAIL bc he is a CRIMINAL! Maybe you #maga ppl can tell me why would you support a criminal? Anyone with any sort of morals, can watch him with any of his insincere speeches, while he continues to badmouth everyone and never says anything of substance!
Get a grip
Submitted by Alex on February 18, 2019 - 10:07am
How embarrassing it must be for you to go through life being a whore to cowardice. Do everyone a favour and crawl back into whatever spineless creature you came out of!
Those with Trump Derangement should have been aborted.
Submitted by Laurence Smith on February 18, 2019 - 8:32pm
It really has to be embarrassing for any parent to wish they had earlier aborted a child like Alex who now in juvenile envious fashion cowardly resorts to disparaging those who have achieved so much while they themselves have achieved nothing, in addition to having a paucity of intellect. Life cannot be easy for the deranged as they only have a tiny circle of like minded underachievers so jealous of others. I am very pro-life but now I realize that for society's sake maybe parents should be allowed to make a credible case for euthanizing their progeny for the good of society, especially when there is obvious signs of absolute mental pathology and will make zero contribution to the world.
Anger
Submitted by Kenneth P Roberts on January 14, 2019 - 7:09pm
I've maxed out on anger at Orange long ago. He's a blowhard WWE huckster selling snake oil to the legions of stupid racist white people.
At the current time, my anger targets his idiot supporters. These conspiracy theory idiots are the real problem in this country. They are the fools that put Mr. Combover in office (okay, the Russians helped a bit, too). How did they get so stupid and gullible? I don't know, but I have zero empathy.
I'm cutting most of them out of my life.
For real?
Submitted by Alex on February 18, 2019 - 10:12am
Do people absolutely have no sense of shame of any kind anymore? Who the hell would even conceive such a stupid and made up anxiety? And the author of this article should just resort to selling razors on QVC and promote how smooth his cunt is. What a loser!
People with Trump derangement syndrome should be isolated
Submitted by Laurence Smith on February 18, 2019 - 8:14pm
People who have clearly exhibited deranged behavior either verbally and/or in their actions because of our great president Trump are in desperate need of longitudinal psychiatric care. The International mental health experts and Psychiatrists who publish the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) are now considering adding 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' to an updated version of DSM-5 as it so appropriately describes those who live in an alternate reality because of their delusional perception of President Trump. The majority of these people are losers in their personal and business life.
The individual (Alex) who mentioned the QVC home shopping cabal network no doubt probably lives with his mommy, and given his coarse description of female genitalia is a member of the LGBT community with no hetero sex life, in addition to having a phantasmagorical state of so-called mind. President Trump is giving serious consideration to having those possessed with Trump Derangement syndrome be covered by the Affordable Care Act for free psychiatric treatment.
My advice to those who encounter someone having Trump Derangement Syndrome, which is generally pretty easy to tell, avoid them at all costs and do not approach them, as there may already be men with white coats right behind you with nets ready to snatch them off the street and take them to a psych ward for evaluation at the nearest mental facility. Any person who has been cured of said syndrome will be given a custom MAGA hat to show off to the sane world that they have seen the light and want to join civilized society. MAGA 2020
Trump anxiety article
Submitted by Ellen Pohl on May 9, 2019 - 9:09pm
Great advice.
I wonder if those who defended Trump in 2017 feel the same way after 10,000+ lies and all of the hatred and divisiveness we are dealing with in 2019.
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