It turns out Post-Election Stress Disorder (or PESD) is a real thing. Writing for Psychology Today, Dr. Jennifer Sweeton focused mainly on PESD as it relates to women, but noted the following:
Countless Americans are reporting feeling triggered, traumatized, on edge, anxious, sleepless, angry, hopeless, avoidant of connection, alone, and suddenly haunted by past traumas they believed they had buried. Of course, there is not just one type of American who has been experiencing these types of symptoms, and there is not just one reason for it. What is clear, however, is that there seems to be a sort of collective trauma (or at least stress) response occurring.
Sound familiar? Yeah, us too.
Dr. Sweeton, a specialist who primarily treats women that have suffered through severe traumas, disclosed that since the election nearly all her emails were starting to look the same:
“I haven’t slept in two days…”“I can’t stop sobbing…”“I am having nightmares…”“This reminds me of when I was sexually assaulted…”“I thought I was over all of my past abuse but now it’s back…”“I can’t sleep, can’t eat, can’t function…”
Sound familiar? Yeah, us too.
You can read the entire article here, which includes helpful tips on combatting PESD... or at least combatting it to the greatest possible extent one can.
