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If you Google mental health/anxiety and election, you will find dozens of news stories, websites, etc. in the recent days and weeks discussing how people are freaking out and letting their mental health deteriorate regarding the upcoming election.
I've said before that around 15 years ago, I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. It's not something that affects me on the daily, like in an upfront way, but sometimes I will get in a bad mental space for a few weeks or months and then go years without problems. I usually get on an SSRI or tough it out when I'm in a bad state.
That aside, I'm fairly certain that this election is causing me to have physical symptoms of anxiety. My heart feeling like its skipped a beat, heat flashes, vertigo, upset stomach, etc. All of these things have been happening for the last handful of weeks.
Thus, instead of mainlining this stuff 24/7, I probably just need to check in periodically.
How's your mental health doing?
I've said before that around 15 years ago, I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. It's not something that affects me on the daily, like in an upfront way, but sometimes I will get in a bad mental space for a few weeks or months and then go years without problems. I usually get on an SSRI or tough it out when I'm in a bad state.
That aside, I'm fairly certain that this election is causing me to have physical symptoms of anxiety. My heart feeling like its skipped a beat, heat flashes, vertigo, upset stomach, etc. All of these things have been happening for the last handful of weeks.
Thus, instead of mainlining this stuff 24/7, I probably just need to check in periodically.
How's your mental health doing?