WATCH: Focusing on Mental Health During Election Season

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00:00I did want to make sure that we talked about mental health, because election season can

00:03also be weighing on a lot of people, especially this particular election cycle.

00:07It's something new.

00:08It's something different every day.

00:10Something meant to stress you out.

00:11Something meant to rage bait you.

00:13Some new information that you're trying to understand if this is real or not.

00:17So what do you think, do you have any practices, one, to preserve your own mental health, and

00:23then as far as mental health services, how can we, in what ways can mental health services

00:28improve to support us?

00:30Well, I just want to acknowledge at first that before going into the ways and the things

00:37that we can do, that this is draining.

00:39All of this is draining, talking about these issues can be draining, constantly looking

00:44on the news can be draining, and just really this can all be draining.

00:48And I remember in middle school I was very lucky to take classes which really educated

00:54us on these topics.

00:55And a lot of times I would come home very emotionally drained.

00:59I mean, it was like very heavy information.

01:02And so I had to find ways to kind of, I guess, you have to find ways, and if you decide to

01:07go into this work very, and you're frequently doing this work, you have to find ways to

01:13reconnect and be able to connect back again.

01:17And so I think a lot of times finding some sort of escapism, watching something funny,

01:23or just doing stuff that you enjoy.

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