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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Trump depression: Experts see a serious psychological depression taking hold in America. [View all]
https://www.alternet.org/2019/09/the-trump-depression-experts-see-a-serious-psychological-depression-taking-hold-in-america-heres-how-to-fight-it/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1459&recip_id=21760&list_id=2snip of article:
Reviewing Trumps Wacky, Angry, and Extreme August on Twitter, the New Yorkers Susan Glasser said the experience was exhausting, a dark journey to a nasty and contentious place. But thats hardly news: its a place we live in every day. We try to turn the volume down and ignore it, and that may work for a while. But it wont last. It cant. Its getting worse, and we can all see where were headed.
We know who Donald Trump admires, who he wants to be like president for life as he keeps on telling us and the countries they rule. Even as Trump insulted Americans and allies with abandon, Glasser noted, he found time to praise North Koreas Kim Jong-un, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
America is nowhere near as bad as Brazil or China, much less North Korea. But our democracy is eroding significantly. Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) tracks hundreds of attributes of democracy for 202 countries, spanning more than two centuries. Its 2019 report found that 24 countries are now severely affected by what is established as a third wave of autocratization,' an erosion of democratic rights that has slowly gained momentum since the mid 1990s. Among them are populous countries such as Brazil, India and the United States.
If Trump has his way demolishing all restraints on his power things will only get much worse, with the journey Glasser took as a tour book guide of whats to come. And people are feeling it in their bones.
we must do everything in our power to stop this cancer.
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bdamomma
Sep 2019
OP
You learn rational thoughts to replace irrational thoughts that create the symptoms.
Maraya1969
Sep 2019
#43
That's what I do, I volunteer for political campaigns. Hubby has no time for that.
SunSeeker
Sep 2019
#69
Besides, it's not like a psychiatrist or psychologist can help "political anxiety"
FirstLight
Sep 2019
#15
Definitely!!! Therapy can help when you have some control over the events. There is no way to
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#34
Millions still don't get what is going on, and others just don't care. It's tragic! n/t
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#74
Definitely many feel helplessness. I'm not surprised by the opiate crisis at all. n/t
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#10
It just doesn't let up with this asshole in the WH. Every day it morphs into something new.
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#9
How can there not be with all the discretionary manipulation of markets that has been going on
KPN
Sep 2019
#30
No question I do, but thenm I'm retired so I can afford a routine evening buzz to medicate myself.
KPN
Sep 2019
#31
Yep, obvious since MF45 took over. Opioids as medical treatment is one important indicator.
ancianita
Sep 2019
#22
...and for a large number of the bastards he has installed throughout the government.
Sinistrous
Sep 2019
#25
Exactly and well said!!! "Our system is everything it was designed to be, but it depended on wise
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#37
And also, of course, thought they cared for the country and all the people. n/t
RKP5637
Sep 2019
#46
Yes, transcend the fascists. Democracy is better and they can't stand it.
DemocracyMouse
Sep 2019
#65
No shit, I'm bouncing back in forth from rage to depression Like a tennis ball
njhoneybadger
Sep 2019
#76