Quote:Universities help students cope with Election Day stress

Quote:Universities across the nation are striving to help students cope with the stress of Election Day, such as offering tips on managing anxieties and events to help absorb election results.

Take Virginia Commonwealth University, which posted a six-point guide on how to “cope with election stress.”


The advice includes suggesting students: “unplug,” to stay informed but not constantly scroll their newsfeed; “be present … give yourself permission to feel the way you do”; “find a healthy escape,” such as exercise, journaling or meditating; “connect,” to hang with allies and friends, but “limit conversation that has potential to get heated”; “refuel” by drinking lots of water and getting plenty of rest; and finally “do something” through volunteering and advocacy.

“Election season is here and it’s important to practice self care,” the VCU Office of Multicultural Student Affairs noted on its Nov. 2 Facebook post.
University of Rochester’s Counseling Center posted a guided, two-minute meditation to help students handle their “election stress.”

And a note posted on Facebook by the University of Iowa’s Counseling Service lets students know the center “is here for you should you need to process through your experience of the presidential election.” The center also linked to an article that offers “Six Ways To Manage Election Stress With Mindfulness.”

Similarly, the University of Washington Counseling Center posted an article on “how to cope if your candidate loses on Election Day,” linking to a USA Today article headlined: “A 12-step plan for what to do if your candidate loses on Election Day.”
Wake Forest University counseling posted an article titled “Election stress is a real thing,” noting the write up also “contains tips to help people manage their stress related to the election.”

The University of Illinois’ Counseling Center noted in a Nov. 2 post “we’re a little less than a week out from Election Day. This campaign season has been especially stressful for many. How to stay strong and manage stress,” linking to a Psychology Today article titled “5 Ways to Stay Mentally Strong During Campaign Season.”

The advice therein? “Save your breath. Set healthy boundaries. Think realistically about the future. Limit your media consumption. View election season as an opportunity.”
A viewing party at East Carolina University hosted by the Political Science department and Center for Student Leadership and Engagement is billed by one student as a “safe space” for students to watch the results.

“It is important to have it on campus, so they know they are in a safe space and can say how they feel about the process and let it be kind of an open forum,” Erick Jenkins, a student vote everywhere ambassador at the CSLE, told the East Carolinian campus newspaper.

Allegheny College is hosting two post-Election Day decompression events for faculty and students “who wish to process the election in an open and welcoming space.”
“On Election Day, we are mindful that for many of us this election season has been particularly troublesome and discomfiting. Its aftermath may be just as, if not more, difficult to navigate,” the college states on its website.

(11-08-2016, 06:02 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: But, you are right... at some point these "kids" need to grow up and learn how to behave in public without needing therapy to make it through.  

(11-08-2016, 09:13 PM)Chiefsmom Wrote: This whole "safe space" thing!!!!    Why does everything need a damn label?

As grace stated, most people know when they just need to walk away from something, and do something else for a while. 

It's like people have no coping mechanism.   They have to be told how to handle things.   It really is more than a little unsettling to be honest.

(11-08-2016, 10:13 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:

(11-08-2016, 09:13 PM)Chiefsmom Wrote: This whole "safe space" thing!!!!    Why does everything need a damn label?

As grace stated, most people know when they just need to walk away from something, and do something else for a while. 

It's like people have no coping mechanism.   They have to be told how to handle things.   It really is more than a little unsettling to be honest.

I think it could have something to do with growing up and interacting on a damn cell phone!  These young people have no social skills, so they don't know how to handle themselves in emotional situations.

Quote:I’m a millennial. Not the young, Instagram-everything, use-Gofundme-to-pay-for-your-vacation kind. I’m the oldest possible millennial, the kind that listened to Hanson and learned to use a card catalog and died of dysentery on the Oregon Trail. There are a lot of criticisms against my generation, but one of the most persistent is that we’ve created an “everybody gets a trophy” culture that prioritizes self-esteem over all else.

The arguments against this culture are loud and varied. Trophy Communism: If everyone gets a trophy, why bother even trying to win? The John Wayne: We’re raising a generation of sissies who will never figure out that life is tough! The Freud: You’re just trying to keep them babies forever and never let them grow up and experience anything difficult. The Trump: Everybody’s too politically correct to deny the losers a trophy. You’re LOSERS, kids, LOSERS!

The attacks on what I’ll call Universal Trophyism are so virulent, I’m afraid to whisper my next words to the Internet:

I think everybody should get a trophy.

(11-08-2016, 10:13 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:

(11-08-2016, 09:13 PM)Chiefsmom Wrote: This whole "safe space" thing!!!!    Why does everything need a damn label?

As grace stated, most people know when they just need to walk away from something, and do something else for a while. 

It's like people have no coping mechanism.   They have to be told how to handle things.   It really is more than a little unsettling to be honest.

I think it could have something to do with growing up and interacting on a damn cell phone!  These young people have no social skills, so they don't know how to handle themselves in emotional situations.

(11-11-2016, 07:54 AM)Jude Wrote: I can't find my socks...I'm upset.

Can I have a hug?
Please give me a safe space to grieve and let's talk about my socks.  

!@#$%^&*~!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jude

 

(11-11-2016, 09:01 AM)senona Wrote:

 

(11-11-2016, 09:01 AM)senona Wrote:

 

(11-12-2016, 08:14 AM)senona Wrote: @"guohua" , someone made a great comment today on these snowflakes.


Of course, with it being Veterans Day, it fit perfectly.


Back in 1944, there were 18 year olds who stormed the beaches at Normandy, many of whom never returned.
Fast forward to 2016, we have 'safe spaces' and 'cry ins' for those who get offended at the slightest breeze.


Do believe we as a society are 'de-evolving'.

We've gone from being Men to pussies.
And ladies to being flaky whiners.

(11-12-2016, 12:01 PM)Grace Wrote:   ...I had to go back to work 3 days after Nicki died.. no choice in the matter.. how would these kids deal
with the type of thing that can crush the strongest of people when they can't even deal with an election? 

Life is life, not everyone has the same opinion, really bad things happen in this world, and not everyone
is kind - and there are some who will down right kill you.. and not one person is preparing these kids for
any of it these days.

Life is survival of the fittest, the fittest mentally as well as physically even today are who survives and thrives..
these people are being raised to be slaves at the very best, they are not being raised to be citizens in a free
and open society.

Quote:Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder is a pattern of pathologically dissociative and psychotic behavior, first observed in the late hours of November 8th 2016, and increasing in severity with passing time. Sufferers of Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder often exhibit pronounced cognitive dissonance, sudden bouts of rage, uncontrollable crying, suicidal ideation, and extreme sadness.

Signs and Symptoms:

People with Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder are characterized by a persistent unwillingness to accept that Donald Trump is going to Make America Great Again.

Individual sufferers often display signs of paranoia and delusion; in acute cases psychotic episodes have been observed.

Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder is different from being upset about the results of the 2016 presidential election;
People with TARD are unwilling or unable to accept reality, despite irrefutable evidence.

According to the DSM-V, individuals with TARD exhibit most or all of the following symptoms:
- Telling others they are moving to Canada
- Fixated on fantasies about the Electoral College
- Protesting an election no credible source contests the outcome of

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