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Politics Can Be Sickening
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/8OLlvO8kSOw
Do you develop headaches, become anxious, and feel depressed as you watch the news and digest the political commentary on cable channels? You’re not alone.
Psychologists from the University of Toronto in collaboration with NYU epidemiologists studied 3,208 Americans in 4 different studies as they observed US politics on broadcast and social media. Participants felt some negative emotions on 81% of days and stronger negativity on 45% of days. To protect themselves, Americans attempted distraction on 80% of days and emotional suppression on 70% of days.
When politics and political wars are sickening you, shut off Fox News and MSNBC, read a good book, or watch a heart-warming drama or side-splitting comedy.
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-pspa0000335.pdf
#politics #stress #distraction #anxiety #depression
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AM
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/8OLlvO8kSOw
Do you develop headaches, become anxious, and feel depressed as you watch the news and digest the political commentary on cable channels? You’re not alone.
Psychologists from the University of Toronto in collaboration with NYU epidemiologists studied 3,208 Americans in 4 different studies as they observed US politics on broadcast and social media. Participants felt some negative emotions on 81% of days and stronger negativity on 45% of days. To protect themselves, Americans attempted distraction on 80% of days and emotional suppression on 70% of days.
When politics and political wars are sickening you, shut off Fox News and MSNBC, read a good book, or watch a heart-warming drama or side-splitting comedy.
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-pspa0000335.pdf
#politics #stress #distraction #anxiety #depression