There are lots of outside negative influences on our lives today. Effects of negative presidential campaign advertising have been studied but most refer to the impact of this type of campaigning on the voter turnout but not on emotions. To see more about negative campaign ads in this 2008 presidential campaign and the emotional responses they reap, read my blogs here and here.

But today, we deal not only with fear inducing negative campaigning but also extensive media coverage of a rapidly declining economy that has reached world wide proportions. This can lead to anxiety and even depression. Today, I thought I would reprint an article that appeared in the Erickson Read the full story