Reducing Post Election Stress

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]Well, if you're feeling the jitters, anxiety, and maybe even exhaustion during this post-election season, one local psychiatrist is offering up some tips on how you can woosaw and detox from the past charged up weeks. Our West Call Forbes has more. Election day draws closer. For many Bahamians, the stress goes beyond politics. Questions surrounding job security, personal connections, and uncertainty about the future are creating emotional tension across the country. There is so much writing on elections for so many people.

[00:00:32]There are societal positions. There are positions in their workplace, their financial security as well. And then also just economic safety. Different governments have different views and beliefs. So some people may believe that there may be economic instability also for a woman. Some governments may put more emphasis on the safety and women's rights, but it it depicts what voters are going through, right? So they have increased anxiety and which can actually cause symptoms, physical symptoms, not just mental symptoms. So persons have issues sleeping. They may have headaches, muscle tension as well, difficulty concentrating, and just an overall panic or or fear of the future and doom and gloom.

[00:01:34]>> Patiatrist Dr. Petrob says the anxiety is affecting not only voters but also candidates as political hopefuls face intense public pressure, criticism and the challenge of trying to please everyone during the season. One, they experience stress and burnout from either always canvasing and campaigning.

[00:01:56]So their sleep, their quality of life is impacted. Secondarily, they some candidates experience financial abuse and we do not talk about it often, but some persons expect you to do X, Y, or Z, and financial abuse is abuse.

[00:02:16]>> Despite the growing tension, Dr. Forbes is reminding candidates and the wider public that protecting their peace and mental well-being matters as well, sharing that no one can be everything to everyone. for the Bahamas tonight.