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When Political Events Create Real Trauma

My therapist says I have trauma from the last election cycle and I feel ridiculous but also cannot stop having panic attacks when I see certain news.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system cannot distinguish between personal and collective threats when both feel existentially dangerous.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Political psychology?”

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