For understandable reasons, quite a number of our fellow citizens suffer every four years from the stress of their candidate (cause) not winning on Election Day.. It doesn’t matter what party candidate or political platform falls short when the votes are counted; the impact of loss and fear is not a simple case of being “bummed out.”
Beth Anne Dorman, the CEO of the Mid-Shore’s largest mental health providers, has seen this pattern now with three election cycles since she became the leader of For All Seasons. In our most recent conversation with the Spy, Beth Anne talks about the real dangers of this kind of emotional stress and suggestions on how to recover one’s mental health more quickly after this significant kind of event.
This video is approximately 12 minutes in length. For more information about For All Seasons, please go here.
Craig Fuller says
As one of The Spy’s talking heads on all things political, I want to embrace the wise, thoughtful and very practical views expressed in this interview by Beth Anne Dorman. We all experienced an historical event. Al From and I spoke about it today. We do this regularly and we’ve known each other for years. We have our differences, but we bring mutual respect to our conversations with Dave Wheelan.
The good news this week is that we had an election. In state after state, the voting system worked well without disruption. The voters spoke at the ballot box. Their votes were tabulated and we have results far sooner than many thought possible. So, there is a lot to be grateful for in the 2024 election.
This said, there will be uncertainties. However, there is a structure to the path forward. There will be a transition brining new people into government. There will be a translation of the election promises into an Inaugural address on January 20th and then a Federal Budget that Congress will debate. And, there will be an election in 2026, the mid-term election, giving all of us as voters a chance to express ourselves regarding the direction of the country.
One think I know, what I feel as an individual blessed to live in Easton, is not what many people feel throughout the country who believe our elected leaders have not heard them and have let them down. We need to hear those people. We need to understand and address their concerns. We also need to know that we have many who feel this way here in our diverse community.
One of the reasons I enjoy engaging in commentary in the Spy is to find ways to keep a constructive conversation going. I hope one and all find comfortable and appropriate ways to process the events of this week and in the developments over time as we experience change in the leadership of our country. And, I thank Beth Anne for such a valuable contribution to the process.