Anxiety

Hold the MAGA hat. Feel its embroidery. Try it on. Now look at yourself in the mirror. Tell me your stress levels right now. A California mental health professional believes a presumed joke on the internet is quietly being taken very seriously by colleagues. ‘I’ve seen this a few times over the last couple years, and I finally put two and two together,’ the mental health worker told me. The source, who requested anonymity citing workplace bigotry, was scrolling through a private message board for professionals in the field and saw a therapist asking where to find ‘Trump paraphernalia to be used in sessions with patients.’ ‘I realized, oh wow, they’re doing exposure therapy to treat TDS!’ the source said.