So, the election happened this week and the supposed blue wave for Democrats was more of a blue mirage. Trump won and another four years of leopards eating faces is well on its way. The staggering loss of the Harris campaign was a lot for anyone to handle, especially young voters who expected their government to come through for them and believed that others would be like-minded in their voting habits. Project 2025 is going to happen. It’s going to be terrible for everyone. Everything will become more expensive, civil rights will be whittled away to nothing, and worst of all, we will have no one to blame but ourselves and our ineffective political system that emboldens the worst our society has to offer. I have no doubt that for the next four years and onward, mental health in our country is going to feel the burden of the destruction of the FDA, the loss of support for social services in our schools, and the gutting of the EPA. I encouraged everyone to start looking for a therapist to develop and perfect coping skills, and find resources for the social programs that will inevitably be cut.
Good luck and Godspeed,
Sincerely,
Avery Wageman, M.A., LPC
