Americans Are Suffering From Onset Trump Stress Syndrome

[TexasTowelie]

Do you get sweaty palms, heart palpitations, upset stomach and headaches every time you watch the news? If you do, you may be suffering from one of America’s latest ailments — Onset Trump Stress Syndrome, or OTSS.

Ok, OTSS isn't a real illness — but a report released in February by the American Psychological Association showed that 57 percent of Americans say that politics causes a significant source of their stress. So, if you have been pulling out your hair since Nov. 7, you are not alone.

International and national tensions have only continued to rise since Election Day. Since Inauguration Day, a multitude of political nightmares has swarmed the White House, including an investigation into any connections between Trump’s administration and Russia and the looming of a potential war with Syria.

The further we get from Election Day, the more Americans have become afflicted by stress from politics. In March, Penn State’s McCourtney Institute of Democracy released its Mood of the Nation Poll which showed that 3.5 percent of the Trump supporters they polled regret voting for him.

Read more: http://news.wgbh.org/2017/04/11/boston-public-radio-podcast/americans-are-suffering-onset-trump-stress-syndrome

[MFM008]

1. i got that

yup.

[Doreen]

2. OTSS is not a real illness?

I bet your booties it will be by the end of the year. Very very strong drugs will more than likely be prescribed to make our perception of life much cheerier even if it is not. Like any other drug ir will only help the symptoms and not cure the illness.

[Solly Mack]

3. It's making me kind of mean.

Well, OK...meaner.

Dark moods. I usually snap out of them once I give myself a break from news.

[Sunlei]

4. really remarkable that already 3.5% of supporters polled will admit they "regret voting for him"

Republican party conned you out of your votes.

[dchill]

5. It's real enough, especially for those of us suffering from..

MMSS: Mitch McConnell Stress Syndrome for 8 years already.

[zentrum]

6. Spokesperson from the APA...

.....The American Psychological Assoc., said on NPR this week, the term she's hearing is Post Election Stress Syndrome.

She said that large numbers of therapists are reporting that they are getting much higher levels of calls than they did "even after 9/11" having to do with anxiety over the election.

[Juliusseizure]

7. Yup

I avoided news but as a news junkie it was unnerving living in ignorance. I started again when the Russian collusion investigation got interesting.

I think being well informed avoids that panic, but narcissist Trump always has to be making news. He's always in your face demanding attention 24/7.

He's also train wreck, so there's unhealthy curiosity/drama for News junkies -like driving past a car wreck. Too much stimulus is stressful. I've started restricting access to news.

[kentuck]

8. I have found that sitting outside in the sun and meditating...

is the best cure for this ailment.

[madokie]

9. My recipe has been

to go looking for morel mushrooms but the window of when they're there is closing if it hasn't already. I don't know what I'll do after that


Banging my head against the wall is out though

[kentuck]

11. Just being outside and away from the constant news...

is a therapy unto itself.

[HAB911]

10. sweaty palms, heart palpitations, upset stomach

when I wake up at 2am and remember who is president