NPR Reports:
Quick Summary
A new poll by the American Psychological Association shows that a majority of Americans are stressed out by inflation, violence and the political state of the country. The poll found that there’s widespread disillusionment about people in the government, worries over the racial climate, the political state of the country, and gun violence.
Key Points
- Over 80% of adults surveyed said that inflation is a significant source of stress for them.
- People with annual incomes of 50,000 or less were much more likely to be struggling with these than those with higher incomes.
- Over a quarter of the people surveyed - they are so stressed they can’t even function.
- 76% said that they’d experienced at least one stress-related health symptom.
The article states:
We tend to think of stress as, like, a mental thing, but it affects our entire physiology. And research shows that chronic stress can, in the long run, cause more infections, heart attacks, diseases like obesity and diabetes.