Conservative values, National renewal
The midterm elections are over, but for some Americans, the anxiety is just beginning. For months, campaign ads, fundraising emails, and cable news panels have warned voters that their freedom, safety, and the country’s future hang on the outcome. Now those whose candidates lost may be wondering just how bad things are going to get.
As a psychotherapist, I spend much of my time helping people manage anxiety by challenging their tendency to imagine the worst-case scenario while they underestimate their ability to cope. Yet politicians routinely encourage the very habits of thinking I spend my days helping patients overcome.
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