Summary
Therapists report increased anxiety among clients, particularly millennial women, LGBTQ individuals, and reproductive rights advocates, ahead of Donald Trump’s second term.
Many feel unsafe due to his policies, unpredictability, and rhetoric.
Concerns include anti-trans legislation, threats to gay marriage, and restricted reproductive rights.
Experts note that Trump’s media dominance amplifies stress, while burnout from past activism leaves some feeling powerless.
Therapists recommend limiting news consumption, seeking community support, and focusing on areas of personal control as ways to cope with these heightened political anxieties.
Well yeah.
“Hey shrink, as a trans man who has been already barred from my career for having been born with a vagina, got treated like absolute shit in a biased divorce court, and have no recourse because my state started implementing Project 2025 four years ago - what exactly do I do?”
If I say that I want to not be alive anymore, they’ll put me in the “women’s ward” of a mental hospital and drug me into silence.
Mental health under fascism really feels more like gaslighting.