Politics
A Nation Exhausted: The Neuroscience of Why Americans are Tuning out Politics
“I am definitely not following the news anymore,” one patient told me when I asked about her political news consumption in the weeks before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. This conversation happened around the time I talked with a local TV channel about why we saw fewer political yard signs during this year’s election season, […]
Politics and Family: Does it really have to come to this?
Life has left you tattered and torn. Or maybe you’re celebrating a big achievement. Family is there to patch you up and share your joy. Wait, am I delusional? Politics and family: does it really have to come to this? If you haven’t noticed, the nuclear family is dying. So if there was ever a […]
Politics and Your Mental Health: Finding Balance
Let’s talk about politics. Yes, you read that right. Political-related distress has come up in therapy quite a bit, so I thought I’d write about how to better cope with it. It’s been said before about previous elections, but I think this one is one of the most important elections America has ever held. Politics, […]