Health experts explain how to cope with election anxiety and stress

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Election Day is close astir the corner.

For immoderate voters, it's a root of accent arsenic they interest astir the choices they person to marque and however the result volition interaction their household and our country.

One by one, Central California voters are making decisions connected a fig of races and ballot measures, from propositions to who volition beryllium the adjacent president.

In Merced, Barber Bre Billegas formed her ballot this week. While she feels astatine bid with the choices she's made, she inactive feels the lingering tension.

"Whether it's with friends, household members that whitethorn not person the aforesaid views arsenic me, it conscionable feels a small antithetic this year," said Billegas.

She besides feels anxious astir the result aft November 5.

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"I deliberation there's going to beryllium backlash either way, and I deliberation we'll spot that," said Billegas.

Coraline Robinson, a licensed therapist and Director astatine Balance Treatment Center, told Action News it's communal to consciousness anxiousness and accent successful uncertain circumstances and situations, similar an election.

"It is not unnatural, it is not catastrophic," said Robinson. "When we deliberation astir the unknown, the future, determination is going to beryllium immoderate anxiety. said Robinson. Those emotions tin impact our day-to-day activities."

Robinson said if you're starting to consciousness carnal responses due to the fact that of anxiety, it's clip to acceptable boundaries, whether that's with household oregon friends oregon shutting disconnected your phone.

"Even if you person governmental differences, spell outside, instrumentality a locomotion and look up astatine the sky," said Robinson.

Robinson said if anxiousness and accent persist, adjacent aft a concern has been resolved, it's clip to commencement seeking help.

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