Election Stress: How to cope

Is election stress making you feel anxious? Me too! My Webinar Talk Show cohost, Thom Singer, and I dedicated our latest episode to coping with election stress and how to navigate relationships over the coming weeks. I have a few strategies to feel better, work better, and relate better in the midst of election stress. Reduce election stress by taking control of something One of the reasons elections creates stress is that they are by design uncertain. We don’t know who will win and we potentially upend our government every four years.  Uncertainty triggers stress. Democracy in action seems pretty stressful right now when it is placed on top of a global pandemic, an economic downturn, an increasing awareness of systemic racism. That is a giant uncertainty sandwich! Check out these previous posts about uncertainty fatigue and why uncertainty is so stressful. In my research, when things feel out of control (uncertain) taking control of something reduces stress. It doesn’t even have to be something big. I think this is one of the reasons many of us organized our garages and basements when the pandemic started. Putting things in order makes us feel in control. What can we control now? We can vote! Voting can help reduce election stress, and if you’ve already voted – feel free to disengage from election messaging. Which brings me to my second tip: Election stress is powered by marketing messages – you don’t...
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