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Across the country, discussions in coffee shops and on social media reflect angst over the outcome of the presidential election.
In East Lansing, the Michigan State University Counseling Center encourages students afflicted with post-election issues to come for help or seek support within the community.
“Students who feel that they are being affected by the election or the events surrounding it should be encouraged to seek support from their family, friends, mentors, advisors, faculty and staff, and the Counseling Center facilitates this process of reaching out and identifying a variety of sources of social support,” Scott Becker, director of the Counseling Center, tells Nic Antaya of The State News student newspaper.
“Among students at MSU, there have been a wide range of responses among students with a variety of political perspectives, including stress and anxiety, a negative impact on mood, struggles with sleep, attention and concentration, and a sense of being angry, afraid, unsafe or hopeless,” Becker says.
Kathi Braunlich, marketing and communications manager for Olin Health Center on campus, tells the paper::
“There are resources available on campus. For those who are stressed, feeling overwhelmed, depressed or anxious about the election, the MSU Counseling Center is available to provide support and resources. They do have walk in hours in the afternoon for those who feel they need to talk with someone right away.”
