Whether you’re wringing your hands over the unpredictability of Trump or Brexit, or distracted by anxiety towards your relationship, there’s nothing fun about being plagued by negative thoughts. A recent survey by Harris Poll for the American Psychological Association showed that the divisive 2016 presidential election in the US, from which Donald Trump emerged victorious, 52 per cent of adults in the US said that the race was a very or somewhat significant source of stress. Charities
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