Liberals And Mental Illness
The Left is experiencing a mental health epidemic. Let’s talk about why.
Liberalism attracts those who suffer from mental illness and exacerbates the neuroticism.
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I talk about the nature of Liberals through a personality filter in my guide to understanding Liberals, which can be found here.
To summarize: Liberals are high in trait openness and neuroticism. Therefore, someone who is high in trait openness and neuroticism will settle Left on the political spectrum as per the literature.
Someone high in openness:
is open-minded / receptive to new ideas, feelings, and behaviors
prefers porous personal and national borders that allow resources and values to flow with less friction
is imaginative / curious
is artistic / a magical thinker / a fantasy thinker
Someone high in neuroticism experiences:
negative emotions at high rates
anxiety, anger, sadness
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Trait openness has its advantages. People who take risks, such as entrepreneurs, are high in openness. They have an imagination they are able to use to their advantage. Likewise, they are skilled in bringing creative solutions into fruition.
Yet, those high in trait openness engage in fantasy thinking. They imagine a world that ought to be, which creates dark contrast when viewed in light of what the world is. Liberals fantasize about a world where their values are shared by all; a world that is what they believe it ought to be (we all want this, to an extent. But the difference is those on the center and right of the political spectrum do not engage in fantasy thinking. They have a realistic view of possibilities, human nature, human motivation, and solutions).
We know those high in openness lean Left. Now consider what happens to someone high in openness when the world they are observing is far from what they imagine it should be. Consider what happens to their worldview and mind when the solutions they support exacerbate the problem they want solved, or create unintended consequences. Liberals are already high in trait neuroticism, making them prone to negative emotions like anger and anxiety. This means they have higher rates of mental illness. Again, consider someone who experiences chronic anxiety and whose observations are not aligning with what they fantasize about. Their openness is exacerbating their neuroticism.
We are watching gasoline being dumped on a fire. Every. Single. Day.
What are Biden and the Democrats doing to help their voters who are in a mental health crisis? More.
"Liberalism and Mental Illness"
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