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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder (AlterNet)
Having uncontrollable thoughts about the election? You may be suffering from post-Trump stress disorder."Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying eventeither experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event."
In addition to the classic PTSD symptoms listed above, the Mayo Clinic cites irritability, angry outbursts or aggressive behavior, overwhelming guilt or shame, depression, self-destructive behavior such as alcohol and substance abuse, trouble concentrating, trouble sleeping, and being easily startled or frightened. Sound familiar? Youre not alone.
Before the election, at least half of my psychotherapy clients in San Francisco were exhibiting enormous anxieties around the issues of bullying, sexual exploitation, racial and ethnic stereotyping and threats of violence associated with the Trump campaign, observed San Francisco psychotherapist Deborah Cooper. Now that he has actually been elected, my entire practice is experiencing this as a traumatic event.
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/new-ptsd-post-trump-stress-disorder
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The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder (AlterNet) (Original Post)
Equinox Moon
Nov 2016
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radical noodle
(8,003 posts)1. I swear I have told my friends that I thought I had PTSD
from this election. My doctor just gave me some meds to help with the anxiety. I never thought any election could be this bad.
kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)2. It seems almost everyone I know is stressed out over the election results
We feel like we know that there is impeding doom of a train wreck and many people will suffer and there is not a damn thing we can do about it. That helpless feeling is the worst.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)7. I share your experience.
MiniMe
(21,717 posts)3. Amusing, but it won't be "post" for at least 4 years
5X
(3,972 posts)4. Until then, president trump stress disorder. n/t
Thank you.