THANK YOU TERRY. THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS. THIS MAY NOT BE A SURPRISE, A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF STRESS FOR A MAJORITY OF THE ADULTS IN THE U.S., ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. SO HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT ANXIETY? JADE JARVIS SPOKE WITH THE STRESS COACH AND SOME LOCAL VOTERS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE MAKING IT THROUGH. THE VOTERS WE SPOKE TO SAY THEY’RE DOING SEVERAL THINGS TO QUELL THEIR ANXIETY. FROM DEEP BREATHING TO POSITIVE THINKING AND TURNING TO THEIR FAITH. I’M DOING WHAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, BY VOTING, BY VOTING THE WAY THAT I VOTE AND BEING SECURE IN THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, USING EXERCISING MY MY DEMOCRATIC RIGHT. I’M DOING WHAT I CAN. OUTSIDE THE PALM BEACH GARDENS LIBRARY, THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH OPPOSING POLITICAL VIEWPOINTS, BUT THEY’RE ALL TRYING TO COPE WITH THE STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ELECTION. IS THERE ANXIETY? THERE’S ALWAYS A LITTLE ANXIETY, I WOULD SAY JUST THAT YOU WANT SO MUCH FOR THIS COUNTRY TO BE GREAT AGAIN. AND THAT IS OUR HOPE IN BRINGING HIM BACK TO THE PRESIDENCY. STRESS COACH TERRY LYLES SAYS THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THE ANXIETY IS TO FACE IT HEAD ON. ONE OF THE FIRST PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DEPRESSION IS MOVEMENT. START MOVING. GO VOTE. REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU’RE VOTING FOR, GO VOTE. AND THAT HELPS RELIEVE SOME OF THAT BECAUSE NOW IT’S OUT OF YOUR STRESS ZONE. LYLES ALSO SUGGESTS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE TO TURN TO THEIR FAITH FOR COMFORT. THE ANXIETY IS THERE. CAN’T SAY THAT IT’S NOT. BUT I’M JUST FAITHFUL AND AND WORKING AND DOING EVERYTHING I CAN. HAVING PRAYER MEETINGS, SITTING AT HOME THINKING, BEING ANXIOUS ABOUT IT DOESN’T HELP ANYBODY. AT LEAST IF I’M OUT HERE TALKING TO PEOPLE, I’M OUT HERE VOTING. I’M AT LEAST IF I’M EVEN IF I’M ANXIOUS, I’M STILL PARTICIPATING. I’M STILL DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LYLES SAYS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT GOING TO THE POLLS, REMEMBER, DON’T BE THREATENED OR INTIMIDATED BY POLITICAL RHETORIC AND DON’T LET OTHER PEOPLE INFLUENCE YOU. JUST CAST YO
‘Start moving:’ How to manage election anxiety
Updated: 6:10 AM EDT Oct 30, 2024
The upcoming presidential election is a “significant source of stress” for most adults according to a new report from the American Psychological Association.So how do you manage that anxiety?Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25 WPBF 25 News spoke with stress coach Dr. Terry Lyles, PhD. His number one tip is to just keep going. Taking action in a meaningful way can help keep some of those anxious feelings at bay.“Start moving. Go vote, regardless of who you’re voting for. Go vote,” Lyles said.With the clock ticking down to Election Day, stress levels for many are skyrocketing.But Lyles said it doesn’t have to stay that way.“We have a problem with control, right? So, if I can put something out of my control source and bring it back in as a neutral, it helps me to navigate that stress,” Lyles said.Aside from the act of voting, many are fearful of the interactions they may have with other voters in public.“Instead of being afraid, you don’t have to wear your favorite shirt to say who you’re voting for to go into a ballot box at a library or your local place school that you voted,” Lyles said.The latest: WPBF 25 News coverage on PoliticsAnd for those worried about the outcome of the election, Lyles said he looks to a higher power for comfort.“So, there’s things that are bigger than us. You got to get above the bigger-ness of us, which is our faith. And this is not going to end my life. This is not going to end our country. We’re just going to have to navigate the next four years either way. And we keep working hard, doing what we can do to control what we control and let go of what we can’t,” Lyles said.WPBF 25 News spoke with voters outside of the Palm Beach Gardens Library early-voting site about how they’re managing their anxiety.“I’m doing what I can. You know, by voting, by voting the way that I vote and being secure in that and, you know, using, exercising my democratic right. I’m doing what I can and once I do what I can, then that’s all I can do,” Hayley, a voter, said.“Is there anxiety? There’s always a little anxiety, I would say just that you want so much for this country to be great again, and that is our hope in bringing him back to the presidency,” Diana Wise said.“The anxiety is there. Can’t say that it’s not, but I’m just faithful and, and working and doing everything I can, having prayer meetings, just really, really educating the public to go out and vote,” Susie Poyol said.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Top headlines:
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. —
The upcoming presidential election is a “significant source of stress” for most adults according to a new report from the American Psychological Association.
So how do you manage that anxiety?
Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25
WPBF 25 News spoke with stress coach Dr. Terry Lyles, PhD.
His number one tip is to just keep going.
Taking action in a meaningful way can help keep some of those anxious feelings at bay.
“Start moving. Go vote, regardless of who you’re voting for. Go vote,” Lyles said.
With the clock ticking down to Election Day, stress levels for many are skyrocketing.
But Lyles said it doesn’t have to stay that way.
“We have a problem with control, right? So, if I can put something out of my control source and bring it back in as a neutral, it helps me to navigate that stress,” Lyles said.
Aside from the act of voting, many are fearful of the interactions they may have with other voters in public.
“Instead of being afraid, you don’t have to wear your favorite shirt to say who you’re voting for to go into a ballot box at a library or your local place school that you voted,” Lyles said.
The latest: WPBF 25 News coverage on Politics
And for those worried about the outcome of the election, Lyles said he looks to a higher power for comfort.
“So, there’s things that are bigger than us. You got to get above the bigger-ness of us, which is our faith. And this is not going to end my life. This is not going to end our country. We’re just going to have to navigate the next four years either way. And we keep working hard, doing what we can do to control what we control and let go of what we can’t,” Lyles said.
WPBF 25 News spoke with voters outside of the Palm Beach Gardens Library early-voting site about how they’re managing their anxiety.
“I’m doing what I can. You know, by voting, by voting the way that I vote and being secure in that and, you know, using, exercising my democratic right. I’m doing what I can and once I do what I can, then that’s all I can do,” Hayley, a voter, said.
“Is there anxiety? There’s always a little anxiety, I would say just that you want so much for this country to be great again, and that is our hope in bringing him back to the presidency,” Diana Wise said.
“The anxiety is there. Can’t say that it’s not, but I’m just faithful and, and working and doing everything I can, having prayer meetings, just really, really educating the public to go out and vote,” Susie Poyol said.
Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
Top headlines: