As the 2024 election continues to crawl along, you may feel a heightened sense of anxiety. Actually who am I kidding — you’re definitely feeling a heightened sense of anxiety. And you’re not alone. You’re experiencing something known as election stress disorder… and it’s not pretty. Steven Stosny, PhD, founder of CompassionPower, coined the term during the tumultuous 2016 election. And while it’s not a diagnosable ailment, he says as the years go on, it gets even worse. That’s because before everyone and their mothers had iPhones, you’d only watch political news on the news, and at limited times. Now, thanks to technology, we’re inundated 24/7 — thus, election stress disorder is born.
