If today's political climate is stressing you out—or even causing anxiety, depression, or panic—you are not alone.

Horrible things might be affecting you or your loved ones directly. Even if they aren't, witnessing others' suffering or fearing it may happen to you can substantially degrade mental health.
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This is normal and valid.

It's okay to take breaks from news or social media to preserve mental health and free up emotional bandwidth for coping with other things (or coping with the same things tomorrow).

If you can't escape the terribleness, do your best to seek out connection, with your family and friends, in your community, online, in individual or group therapy, or wherever you can find it.
In hard times, people gain strength from each other.