{"id":30355,"date":"2022-05-13T06:44:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T22:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderbitesbybobbie.com\/?p=30355"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T01:02:31","slug":"post-election-stress-disorder-grounding-techniques-and-how-to-find-yourself-at-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderbitesbybobbie.com\/post-election-stress-disorder-grounding-techniques-and-how-to-find-yourself-at-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"POST ELECTION STRESS DISORDER: 6 Grounding Techniques and How to Find Yourself at Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi, friends! I’m Bobbie, a mental health advocate and clinically diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder 2 with GAD (General Anxiety Disorder). I am currently taking maintenance medications and continuing consultations with my psychiatrist and I am jovial to share that I am into remission with my anxiety. It has been a very tough battle, but with persistence, prayers, and a strong support system, I was able to conquer it. My Bipolar Disorder remains the same, as it is something that cannot be cured but can be generally managed. If you have just recently found my website, I would like to welcome you here, and if you’re already one of my readers since 2016, glad to see you again on this sharing space! This article is nothing political, no sides, no colors, no biases, so if you’re expecting something of that matter in this post, I’m afraid this is not it.<\/strong> However, if you are one of those people who have found themselves recently substantially anxious, easily triggered, distressed, discouraged, feeling tiresomely hopeless, and feeling like it’s hard to cope up, then I encourage you to read this piece.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the past three years, I have practiced multiple techniques of grounding <\/em>to pacify my anxiety. I have done all of the techniques by myself, wherever I am comfortable, at home, at a safe space, in my car, or sometimes even in the middle of somewhere chaotic, so the techniques I am about to share are very easy to follow. Grounding<\/strong> <\/em>is a skill that is very helpful with dealing with too much stress, overwhelming feelings or emotions, and an effective way to segregate your thoughts instead of being trapped in the noise inside your mind that triggers your anxiety.<\/p>\n

With the recent 2022 elections in the Philippines, a lot of us felt intense emotions when the results came out and the election climate has been severely unbalanced since then. A lot of people felt distraught and dismay, and Social Media has become a negative space for most. It does not matter how you voted, or how you remained neutral, the elections most likely triggered stress, anxiety, and Post Election Stress Disorder. According to Bridges to Recovery Beverly Hills<\/a>, “PESD may not be an official medical diagnosis, but the uncertainty, worry, and fear surrounding the post-election period does cause a variety of mental health symptoms. Uncertainty and stress over the future of politics and the nation rank high as causes of symptoms. Also at issue is the fact that it is difficult to get away from politics right now.”<\/p>\n

“While everyone reacts a little differently, some signs and symptoms are common<\/a>:<\/p>\n