"The Epidemic of Worry"

"Some of the Trumpians are savage" I'm starting off with this quote because it stood out to me. It stood out to me because first "Trumpians" like there are actual people out there that call themselves that and second he called them "savage". He used a word teenagers are using in todays day which shocked me that Brooks used it. Brooks says "some mental health therapists are reporting that three-quarters of their patients are mentioning significant election-related anxiety. People are seeking help for their anxiety because of the election. This election is creating people to have anxiety which I think is crazy and ridiculous. The quote he uses to describe both forms of anxiety the good and the bad which is "the kind that warns you about legitimate dangers and the kind that spirals into dark and self-destructive thoughts" gives a very visual and concrete image and gave a better understanding of the two. They stood out to me because I didn't know that there was two forms of anxiety let alone a good and a bad form, so it informed me that there was two different meanings and gave visual descriptions. The two "flavors" of worry in America are "educated- class anxiety which can often be characterized as a feeling overabundant of options without core of convicting purpose" and when people hear affluent they express worry which usually means "the fear of missing out and the dizziness of freedom." I can definitely see these two "flavors" of worry play out in either friendships or with family because in the article Blow mentions that "affluent people use money to buy privacy, and so cut themselves off from both the deep relationships that could give them purpose and the neighborly support systems that could hold them up if things go south." Why are we setting up guards when one day we may need help, but cant receive it because we have walls built. Just because America is nothing like it was doesn't mean we now have to shut everyone out and trust nobody even though that is how they are making it out to be. Were all in this together. This is our country and we need to make it better together because like Brooks said "American's culture may be permanently changed for the worse" but we change that. As being a citizen of a affluent nation I don't believe I share any of the anxieties that he mentions in this article.