This blog post is fully inspired by @justcheckingin.qte on insta, they had an amazing post about election anxiety.
(photo fron @justchecking.qte on insta)
I know elections can be extremely nerve racking and scary for everyone, but I have found helpful ways to combat this stress that Id like to share with you all. I do 4 easy things that allow me to have mild instead of high anxiety/stress from the election.
1. Take breaks from Social Media
Now, I understand this one can be hard especially since we live in a world completely saturated in social media. But I found it helpful if I put my phone on the charger and watched YouTube instead of CNN for a little bit, that I was much less stressed out. I did intervals of 30 minutes where Id watch CNN and completely be on my phone, and then after doing that for 30 minutes I switched off my phone and turned on YouTube and watched something carefree. I recommend watching funny things that will take your mind off the polls, for example my family and I watched a funny podcasts and little funny skits. All of which were non political. Just take little breaks in order to get your mind off of the election.
2. Communicating your boundaries
With your friends and families its healthy and important to set boundaries with the people around you, in general not just with the election. But the topic of this is about the election, an example of setting a boundary about the election is telling your family that you'd rather not watch the polls because it gives you anxiety. Or you could tell your friends to not talk to you about politics, either make sure to set boundaries. Once you set these boundaries make sure no one crosses them by leaving a conversation that goes against your boundaries or even discontinuing a friendship with someone. Boundaries are important and should always be respected and never crossed.
3. Preparing for delayed results
This post is coming out Thursday November 5, 2020 the american people still do not know which candidate won the election. This has many people on the edge and makes people extremely nervous states like Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Georgia are still counting votes. Many Americans including the President are wanting the states to stop counting, out of impatience. I have mentally prepared for the results being delayed, just try your best to be patient (better said than done I know). Try taking taking deep breaths, taking a walk, and having a fun conversation. Don't get too worked up, the states I mentioned earlier are taking there time to count the votes and make sure everything is correct and accurate.
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4. Manifestation & Prayer
This coping mechanism has helped me distress from this election greatly. Whether you believe in a higher power or not its still good to put your predictions out there, and try this method especially if you're stressing a lot. Prayer is a great option for people who believe in a higher power included Allah, God, Hindu Deities, and many more. You can pray for anything you want regarding the election including what candidate you want to win or for your anxiety to go away, its truly up to you. Now for manifestation there are several ways to go about it you can write what you want to happen (ex: I want my election stress to go away, I want my election stress to go away, write it down many more times). After you write down your predictions of what you want to happen, think it, then speak it in to existence (ex: I don't have election stress). I will provide detailed information on Prayer and Manifesting on my insta story @ lifewithwis.
I really hope you guys try these coping mechanisms if you do DM me on IG
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