Americans Say This Is Lowest Point in US History
In new poll, a majority say they can't remember a time when their levels of stress over healthcare, the economy, and social divisions were higher
By Julia Conley
November 01, 2017 "Information Clearing House"
- A majority of Americans surveyed in a study of stress levels, released on Wednesday, said they consider the present day to be the lowest point in U.S. history, and indicated that the future of the nation is a major source of stress in their lives.
Out of 3,440 respondents surveyed in August by the American Psychological Association, fifty-nine percent said they can't remember a worse time in the nation's history. The people surveyed included Americans who had lived through World War II, the Vietnam War, the September 11 attacks, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Poll-takers asked respondents to describe the issues that have caused them to feel this way, and found that 59 percent were most anguished about "divisiveness" in U.S. society.
Forty-three percent named healthcare as their top source of stress, amid continued efforts by the Trump administration and the Republican Party to weaken the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The poll was taken just after Republicans' efforts to repeal the law failed, but President Donald Trump has continued to sabotage the ACA, which helped nearly 20 million Americans gain health coverage.
More than a third of those polled said the economy was their biggest worry. Trump has been pushing his tax plan in recent weeks, which is expected to hold the most benefits for wealthy Americans.
Another 32 percent said "trust in government" was their biggest concern and 31 percent said hate crimes or crime in general were their top source of stress regarding the nation.
Women who took the survey reported higher levels of stress than men, and black and Latino males had a higher average stress level than their white counterparts. Black respondents also expressed far less optimism about the path the country is on than white respondents; 72 percent disagreed that the country could have a strong future, while only 55 percent of whites disagreed with the sentiment.
More than half of respondents also said that their concerns over the political climate in the U.S. makes them feel conflicted about keeping up with the 24-hour news cycle.
"With 24-hour news networks and conversations with friends, family, and other connections on social media, it's hard to avoid the constant stream of stress around issues of national concern," said Dr. Arthur Evans, CEO of the APA.
On social media, some of Trump's critics said they related to the APA's findings.
By Julia Conley
November 01, 2017 "Information Clearing House"
- A majority of Americans surveyed in a study of stress levels, released on Wednesday, said they consider the present day to be the lowest point in U.S. history, and indicated that the future of the nation is a major source of stress in their lives.
Out of 3,440 respondents surveyed in August by the American Psychological Association, fifty-nine percent said they can't remember a worse time in the nation's history. The people surveyed included Americans who had lived through World War II, the Vietnam War, the September 11 attacks, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Poll-takers asked respondents to describe the issues that have caused them to feel this way, and found that 59 percent were most anguished about "divisiveness" in U.S. society.
Forty-three percent named healthcare as their top source of stress, amid continued efforts by the Trump administration and the Republican Party to weaken the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The poll was taken just after Republicans' efforts to repeal the law failed, but President Donald Trump has continued to sabotage the ACA, which helped nearly 20 million Americans gain health coverage.
More than a third of those polled said the economy was their biggest worry. Trump has been pushing his tax plan in recent weeks, which is expected to hold the most benefits for wealthy Americans.
Another 32 percent said "trust in government" was their biggest concern and 31 percent said hate crimes or crime in general were their top source of stress regarding the nation.
Women who took the survey reported higher levels of stress than men, and black and Latino males had a higher average stress level than their white counterparts. Black respondents also expressed far less optimism about the path the country is on than white respondents; 72 percent disagreed that the country could have a strong future, while only 55 percent of whites disagreed with the sentiment.
More than half of respondents also said that their concerns over the political climate in the U.S. makes them feel conflicted about keeping up with the 24-hour news cycle.
"With 24-hour news networks and conversations with friends, family, and other connections on social media, it's hard to avoid the constant stream of stress around issues of national concern," said Dr. Arthur Evans, CEO of the APA.
On social media, some of Trump's critics said they related to the APA's findings.
You're not alone or imagining it: some shocking statistics from the American Psychological Association. apa.org/news/press/rel…
Data from new Stress in America survey is out and might just validate how you are feeling these days #StressAPA bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Thanks, Trump.
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Serves you right. You reap what you sow.
Plenty more to come. Once the USD is displaced by yuan and rubble backed by gold as reserve currency then you will weep and gnash your teeth, Sooner or later you will have to revolt! They will be waiting for you, the great culling of Amerikkka. The Second Amendment is your curse, because of it you will never trust one another and you will never rise up. The owners though are threatened, so a world war, or a big one, like the Korean war they think will do the trick. But a sensible less risky trick is to close the Homuz Straits. Jump prices of oil back to USD 100 barrel plus and this will get the debt and balance of trade back in to line , but it will be at the expense of the goyim serfs slaving in USA Inc and peoples in the rest of the world, but then when has that ever been a consideration.
Of course stress levels are high. When people can't sleep nights worrying about how to pay rent, buy food etc. never mind any luxuries, then people's health will suffer.
It must be hard for Americans who have never really had it this bad. Those that did have mostly died out so cannot tell their tales of poverty and war. Capitalism and imperialism in crisis. If the neo cons are considering using limited nuclear weapons then things must be bad.
Hmmmm, what an Ideal situation to wage a war under. Folks are depressed and hungry, an ideal time for them to be CONSCRIPTED to throw away their lives in exchange for a full belly, free medical care and a roof over their heads. Sound familiar ? It should, because that was precisely the situation prior to the U.S.'s involvement in WW 2.
When the population of "useless eaters" has been culled sufficiently, and the war is still raging, they'll do the same thing as last time, drag out the nukes in their desperation. BUT, this time round, the other side too has nukes of it's own, so the end is not as predictable as it was last time.
Progressives are worried that politicians are so outrageously incompetent and ignorant. The right wing worries that its standard bearer is viewed by the rest of the world as a childish pathological narcissist.
Most Americans are not aware that they are living under the rules laid out by the Rothschild consortium. It is the Rothschild credit system, the Rothschild's help to keep health insurance away from the tax payers, and they bring the US of I into perpetual war. They even train much of the US of I police forces, make laws in US of I congress and control the thoughts and beliefs of the population with their MSM media and Hollywood pictures. Americans are nothing more than zombies who obey.
You've got ONE word wrong. Specificly the word "Zombies" needs to be replaced with the word "GOY".
Looks like people are waking up.
There will be a massive DUH! moment when the people of the USA finally realize that ISIS was created and fed in order to overthrow Syria. I wonder at what point the media will admit that once again the USA has once again spent the taxpayers money on a pack of lies.
There will be a massive DUH! moment when the people of the US finally realize that ty live in a police state that terrorism was mostly created and fed in order to create/justify that police state in combination with the war on drugs
and that the police state and all the laws presumably created to fight terrorism are used to suppress any attempt to change the system so to improve their standard of living.
When the only tool you've got is a military/police state, every problem looks like it can be solved by murder and authoritarianism. Perhaps some of those who "wake up" will actually "stand up"....
There is every reason to be distressed. Our government is corrupt, the corporations are in charge, the weather patterns are getting more devastating, we live in about the only place that doesn't acknowledge climate change, there are hate groups coming out of the woodwork, the income inequality is affecting most of the nation, the stock market just keeps on soaring but doesn't really affect most people, the student loan debt is overwhelming a whole generation, the infrastructure is crumbling and we are living under the possible threat of a nuclear war, seniors and low income people have the worry of losing social security and other programs that allow them to live with some semblance of dignity and nearly everyone is wondering if they will have health care they can afford. America is becoming less great day by day. Hope is very slim and when all of the above is wrapped up in a bundle it becomes a very heavy load to carry around. The stress is heightened when voting is the only option available and even that is being dealt blows with voter suppression. There may have been a time when life was less stressful but certainly not in the lifetimes of those living today.
Rick and Morty: rick devised a system where his starter motor is powered by a miniature world. Everyone in that world thinks they are working for themselves. In reality they are all working for rick! This is the best analogy for the banking system I've ever seen. All the surplus flows to the top and is not for our use.
Apparently too many Americans today have grown soft and are in much need of safe spaces. Too bad they didn't measure stress levels during Lincoln's War of Northern Aggression, when over 600,000 Americans were killed and the country was split in two. Or how about during the two World Wars when millions worldwide, which included millions of civilians, were killed. Or how about the 1960's with three major assassinations and a war in Vietnam which killed over 50,000 Americans and millions of Southeast Asians.
I have an easy solution to those whose stress levels are too high. Just get off the couch, close your laptop, turn off the TV, (especially those 24/7 news channels that are full of lies), and go outside and get some much needed exercise. You'll immediately feel better.
If only Kennedy had prevailed: https://canadianviews-ymo.ca/kennedys-intrepid-sp...
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