Coping With Election Stress With Erin Wiley

Live Happy Now

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Health & Fitness:mental Health, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve been feeling a bit more stressed or anxious lately, you aren’t alone. A new study by the American Psychological Association finds that this election is a “significant source of stress” for some 70% of Americans. The term Election Stress Disorder was coined in 2016 by psychologist and author Steven Stosny to describe the anxiety and distress people were feeling. Now, the intensity of the current election has led to even greater levels of stress, which are amplified by social media and concerns about the pandemic. This week’s guest is Erin Wiley, a clinical psychotherapist and executive director of The Willow Center in Toledo, Ohio. Erin’s here to explain how Election Stress Disorder affects us and how we can avoid it. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why regulating exposure to the news and social media is so important. How mindfulness can help during this time. Tips for preparing your mind for Election Day — and the days that follow.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 284 of Live Happy Now.
0:06.5	This is Paula Phelps, and this week we're going to talk about, well, the same thing everyone is talking about.
0:12.8	Elections.
0:14.1	If you've been feeling a bit more stressed or anxious lately, you aren't alone.
0:18.3	A new study by the American Psychological Association finds that this election
0:22.8	is a significant source of stress for some 70% of Americans. The term election stress disorder
0:29.8	was coined in 2016 by psychologist and author Stephen Stosney. It identifies the condition of
0:35.7	anxiety and distress people were feeling.
0:38.7	Now, the intensity of the current election has led to many people feeling overwhelmed by
0:43.6	election stress disorder. So this week, we're talking to Aaron Wiley, a clinical psychotherapist,
0:50.2	an executive director of the Willow Center in Toledo, Ohio.
0:59.4	Erin's here to explain how election stress disorder affects us and how we can avoid it.
1:02.4	Erin, welcome back to Live Happy Now.
1:04.6	It's such a pleasure to have you back on the show.
1:07.4	Yes, I'm super excited to be here again.
1:11.0	Election stress disorder is something that I've been reading a lot about,
1:16.6	hearing a lot about, and so it seemed like something we need to talk about, and you popped into my head as the person who really could deal with it. So I wanted to know, first of all, what is
1:22.5	election stress disorder? Well, it's when you're having some pervasive symptoms where they last over time. It's not
1:31.2	something where you have like a bad day or you're just like frustrated. It's when you start to have
1:36.1	symptoms that echo or mirror, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and you're noticing it affecting your
1:42.9	life in significant ways. Things like having trouble
1:46.7	concentrating at work, not wanting to hang out with friends, wanting to sleep more than usual,
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