With uncertainty around the outcome of the election, we can find ourselves trying to predict the future, imagining worst-case scenarios, or trying to control what’s happening. Staying in the present moment can help us interrupt our worries and better tolerate uncertainty.
With current events and sociopolitical issues, it’s normal and healthy to be feeling a lot of different emotions. Let yourself feel those feelings without judgment.
Exploring your thoughts, emotions, and experiences through journal writing can help you make sense of things. Students can attend Therapeutic Journaling with CAPS to learn strategies to practice journaling that promotes mental health and well-being.
Practice mindfulness.
Attend Meditation Across Campus through the Kent State of Wellbeing.
Students can attend Living Mindfully with CAPS.
offered by UCLA Health’s Mindfulness Education Center.
Attend to what’s going on in your body and surroundings with grounding strategies. Try the .
Focus on what you can control and let go of what is not controllable.
Students can attend Stress Busters, a brief workshop with CAPS, to learn four simple tools to take the edge of stress and anxiety. Students can also attend Anxiety Toolbox, a multi-session workshop with CAPS to help you cope with life’s stresses.