GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – There is no escaping it: the political advertisements and heated disputes are getting to Wisconsinites as the days to election day wind down.
“Lots of ads coming in the mail, they found me on my phone, my 16-year-old can’t watch YouTube without political ads popping up,” Susan Obermiller of Green Bay said.
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“I think it can definitely be too much at times, especially on television, and I think that can definitely overwhelm people at times,” Abrams resident Keshawn Katers said.
And besides the voters themselves, the mental health care professionals are seeing the effects play out in their clinics.
“Absolutely, absolutely. Information overload, as well as feeling helpless, hopeless, and out of control. I hear a lot of people say, ‘I’m not sure what I’m going to do if this happens or that happens,’” Bellin Health psychotherapist Nicole Norcross said. “People are just very connected to information because of social media and all the different types of news we have out there that it’s hard to get away from. So it becomes a talking point just because people are exposed to it.”