Feeling a little more stressed out these days?
With the November election now just a few weeks away, maybe it’s because you have had recent conversations with someone who has opposite political views than you.
If so, join the crowd. Because you are not alone. A report by Axios news about a new poll says 60-percent of adults now find it stressful and frustrating to talk about politics with people who have different views. That’s up 10 points from 2019 when we were headed toward the 2020 election.
And the report says the American Psychological Society apparently now has an official way of describing the condition of “political stress.”
The association says Politics "is increasingly recognized as a significant source of chronic stress, affecting both mental and physical health negatively across a broad swath of the population.”
So how are people suffering from “political stress” trying to reduce it?
The Axios report says that according to a poll last week, close to two thirds of Americans are limiting the amount of political news they consume to “avoid feeling overloaded or fatigued.”
Unfortunately, as we move closer and closer to the election, the political stress could become harder and harder to avoid.
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