Democrats are paying visits to their therapists, complaining of “post traumatic stress disorder,” “nightmares,” and “anxiety” ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, according to a report from Politico.
“Haunted by memories of 2016, liberals around the country are riven with anxiety in the campaign’s homestretch,” the Washington, D.C.-based outlet claims, adding that leftists are grappling with the possibility that most polls — like in 2016 — are wrong, and that rumors of a “blue wave” are far overstated.
“Some report literal nightmares about a Democratic wipe-out,” Politico adds.
“We’re kind of just in the bed-wetting phase now,” a Democratic pollster, who worked alongside the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016, said in an interview with Politico. Another, a former Pelosi staffer, said she suffers from nightmares every night, after falling asleep reading the latest polls.
Others are “eating their feelings,” according to a YouGov poll released just last week, and still others are complaining of symptoms of “post traumatic stress disorder” or PTSD. Last month, a study published in the Journal of American College Health showed that approximately one in four college students are suffering symptoms of PTSD not unlike those who have experienced school shootings — though all they’ve experienced is a disagreeable election result. – READ MORE