Therapists say that Trump Anxiety Disorder is for real.

[Devout Pessimist]

Some of you on Sherdog were laughing at posts talking about Trump Derangement syndrome. It turns out that therapists have seen a rise in patients who are suffering from anxiety over Trump. It has been painfully obvious anti-Trump people have mental issues by the way they have been behaving. Name-calling, threats, violence, philia fantasies (Peter Fonda tweeting about Barron Trump being put in a cage with philes), hysteria, crying and so on have all been common among the Left since Trump was elected.

According to Canada's CBC:

In a divided U.S., therapists treating anxiety are hearing the same name over and over: Donald Trump

What's been called "Trump Anxiety Disorder" has been on the rise in the months following the election, according to mental-health professionals from across the country who report unusually high levels of politics-related stress in their practices.


From Trump's detractors, LaMotte has been struck by how much their anxieties resemble those of patients raised by a parent with a personality disorder — someone who would display traits like "grandiosity, excessive attention-seeking and severe lack of empathy."

In a 2017 essay for a book co-edited by psychiatrists from Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine, clinical psychologist Jennifer Panning of Evanston, Ill., called the condition "Trump Anxiety Disorder," distinguishing it from a generalized anxiety disorder because "symptoms were specific to the election of Trump and the resultant unpredictable sociopolitical climate."

Though not an official diagnosis, the symptoms include feeling a loss of control and helplessness, and fretting about what's happening in the country and spending excessive time on social media, she said.

 

[danny23]

PTSD.

Post-Trump Stress Disorder.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

having an Alzheimer's patient in control of the nukes would be a good reason for anxiety to manifest itself imo


luckily theres a stable genius in charge and everything is A-ok

 

[Devout Pessimist]

To be somewhat fair, some Trump supporters are going full-retard as well. From the Article:

Some Trump supporters also report feeling more stressed, confiding to therapists that uncivil discourse and attacks on the president were causing them anxiety.

 

[TheGreatA]

From what I gather, therapists are basically the replacement of family and friends in American society. How much of this is just people bitching about politics to the only person that will listen (because they're paid to)?

 

[Farmer Br0wn]

This had been obvious for some time.

When reality doesn't conform to someone's vision of the world, it can be very mentally unsettling, to the point of it actually becoming a mental health issue for some.

For those who oppose President Trump, reality has not conformed to their vision of the world for over two years. There's only two ways to cope with this:

Accept reality.

Or

Imagine a new reality.

This is why you had websites selling delusions to their readers, like a website dedicated to how the news cycle and country would currently be if Hillary had won. Many are ready and willing to plug themselves into this false parallel universe.

This is why I warn some on the right to not be too mocking of the left, because this is a real mental health problem for those on the left.

 

[G-19]

having an Alzheimer's patient in control of the nukes would be a good reason for anxiety to manifest itself imo


luckily theres a stable genius in charge and everything is A-ok

Im with you all on unqualified, unpresidential, undeserving, and embarrassing at times but come on... We both know the types of people that let Trump live in their heads and it has nothing to do with the fear of nuclear war. Although, the idea of the lady in the neon jacket standing in front of the fence that Sarah Connor stood at in Terminator II and just getting melted into a skeleton from a nuclear blast brought on a good laugh.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

Im with you all on unqualified, unpresidential, undeserving, and embarrassing at times but come on... We both know the types of people that let Trump live in their heads and it has nothing to do with the fear of nuclear war. Although, the idea of the lady in the neon jacket standing in front of the fence that Sarah Connor stood at in Terminator II and just getting melted into a skeleton from a nuclear blast brought on a good laugh.

that comment was for shits and giggles mate, dont look too deep into it lol

 

[Stranger Come Knocking]

I think all the stupid, of which there are many, are being manipulated into this divisiveness. Classic divide and conquer tactic. By who? Beats me. Bilderberg types?

 

[G-19]

that comment was for shits and giggles mate, dont look too deep into it lol

It’s been a while since I served with you all but I believe you refer to that as “taking the piss out of you”... I was just bullshitting, the same as you.

 

[HereticBD]

In fairness to everyone involved, the sensationalist media, combined with social media is the problem. It's 24/7 negativity about Trump. I find it hilarious that CNN has a brief five minute segment everyday, that they call "The Good Stuff". They choose one good story a day, about people being nice, like it's some anomaly of society. Then they go right back to "Here's why you should be paranoid about America going to hell!" stories about Trump.

 

[ShadowRun]

that comment was for shits and giggles mate, dont look too deep into it lol

How dare you have fun on this forum !!!!!

 

[MayhemMonkey]

How dare you have fun on this forum !!!!!

just in one of those moods today

 

[Ranzou**]

To be somewhat fair, some Trump supporters are going full-retard as well. From the Article:

Some Trump supporters also report feeling more stressed, confiding to therapists that uncivil discourse and attacks on the president were causing them anxiety.

Not gonna lie. This made me Lol

 

[Halifax]

Some of you on Sherdog were laughing at posts talking about Trump Derangement syndrome. It turns out that therapists have seen a rise in patients who are suffering from anxiety over Trump. It has been painfully obvious anti-Trump people have mental issues by the way they have been behaving. Name-calling, threats, violence, philia fantasies, hysteria, crying and so on have all been common among the Left since Trump was elected.

According to Canada's CBC:

In a divided U.S., therapists treating anxiety are hearing the same name over and over: Donald Trump

What's been called "Trump Anxiety Disorder" has been on the rise in the months following the election, according to mental-health professionals from across the country who report unusually high levels of politics-related stress in their practices.


From Trump's detractors, LaMotte has been struck by how much their anxieties resemble those of patients raised by a parent with a personality disorder — someone who would display traits like "grandiosity, excessive attention-seeking and severe lack of empathy."

In a 2017 essay for a book co-edited by psychiatrists from Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine, clinical psychologist Jennifer Panning of Evanston, Ill., called the condition "Trump Anxiety Disorder," distinguishing it from a generalized anxiety disorder because "symptoms were specific to the election of Trump and the resultant unpredictable sociopolitical climate."

Though not an official diagnosis, the symptoms include feeling a loss of control and helplessness, and fretting about what's happening in the country and spending excessive time on social media, she said.

Well, half the anxiety would be knowing enough people in the USA were morons enough to have voted for him to begin with. That would be incredibly disheartening to anyone with an iota of common sense.

 

[The ScorpioN]

having an Alzheimer's patient in control of the nukes would be a good reason for anxiety to manifest itself imo


luckily theres a stable genius in charge and everything is A-ok

Whenever you have an episode of PTSD, just think that even an 84 avg IQ country like Pakistan, following a violent supremacist ideology, has nukes and yet we're a-ok.

That should put you at ease.

 

[Soul Crusher]

Yeah progressives are pretty messed up. Just look at all the ones in the war room.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

In fairness to everyone involved, the sensationalist media, combined with social media is the problem. It's 24/7 negativity about Trump. I find it hilarious that CNN has a brief five minute segment everyday, that they call "The Good Stuff". They choose one good story a day, about people being nice, like it's some anomaly of society. Then they go right back to "Here's why you should be paranoid about America going to hell!" stories about Trump.

The article mentions the relentless sensationalist coverage by the media.

And it's maybe not surprising given the relentlessly negative headlines and politically divisive climate.

Panning said intense consumption of media coverage of this presidency is making some people's Trump-related anxiety worse.

"I had to get off social media. I had to stop paying for cable. I started only reading fiction,"

 

[Bargey]

This had been obvious for some time.

When reality doesn't conform to someone's vision of the world, it can be very mentally unsettling, to the point of it actually becoming a mental health issue for some.

For those who oppose President Trump, reality has not conformed to their vision of the world for over two years. There's only two ways to cope with this:

Accept reality.

Or

Imagine a new reality.

This is why you had websites selling delusions to their readers, like a website dedicated to how the news cycle and country would currently be if Hillary had won. Many are ready and willing to plug themselves into this false parallel universe.

This is why I warn some on the right to not be too mocking of the left, because this is a real mental health problem for those on the left.

I really have no sympathy for them - I feel like it’s somewhat self inflicted. Almost self-indulgent moroseness.

 

[Deleted member 457759]

To be somewhat fair, some Trump supporters are going full-retard as well. From the Article:

Some Trump supporters also report feeling more stressed, confiding to therapists that uncivil discourse and attacks on the president were causing them anxiety.

That's different, Trump supporters are in real tangible danger of violence and physical harm from the mentally I'll left.

So its perfectly sanee and reasonable to have heightened anxiety.

With the mentally I'll left, almost every single thing they said isnt true, and hasn't come true and I believe this is worse than TDS. They're entire ideology is based on feelings and optics established by the left over the last several decades. It's being exposed rapidly and they cant handle it.