Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents call 2027488002. Regis on social media on reach us on social media, on twitter cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. More on the new report from bloomberg news. It says that americans are officially freaking out. For those lying awake at night worrying about health care, the economy, and the overall feeling of divide between you and your neighbors, at least one source of comfort, your neighbors may be lying awake to the two thirds report beingor 62 stressed out about the future of the nation according to the American PsychologicalAssociation Survey in august and released on wednesday. The worry about the state of the union tops longstanding stressors such as money, work, and cuts across political proclivities. We are talking to you and getting your thoughts. Let us know if you are feeling stressed out about the future of the country. Here to tell us more about the evans, the ceo of the American Psychological association. He is here to break it down for us. Dr. Evans, thank you for joining us. Guest glad to be here. Host tell us what the key findings of the study was . That the survey reported two thirds of americans felt that they are stressed by their concern around the future of the country. And the other major finding was that a majority of people found that they feel this is the lowest point in u. S. History may can remember. What was significant about that, it was reported across generations. People who lived through world war ii, the vietnam war, the 9 11 attacks, all of the groups reported that they felt this was the most lowest point in our history. Host were you surprised by these findings . Guest we were surprised by that finding. That across generations, a majority of individuals felt this is the lowest point in our history. We also found that the symptoms of stress that people are reporting have increased over the last year. Anxious orke feeling your inability, or lying awake at night irritability, or lying awake at night are reported by a larger number of americans. Host is there a specific issue that seems to make americans feel like this is the low point in our history . Domestic issues like the economy or the threat of terrorism . Came social divisiveness up as a major source of stress for Many Americans. Over a majority of people reported that. When we asked about the concerns about the future of the nation, health care topped the list. Followed by the economy, and Peoples Trust in government. People had specific issues they were concerned about. And they cited those as sources of stress. Guest talk about the divisive host talk about the divisiveness, it is not just be issues but the way americans are going about discussing them. Guest exactly right. The survey pointed out that Many Americans follow the news closely. Around 95 . When we asked about how people were experiencing that, a number they are following the news was a factor of stress. When you think about the concert stream of information people are consuming, and much of that is of a political major. It tends to be a source of stress for many individuals. The recommendation is for people to manage that much better. Host how can americans manage the stress they are feeling . Guest there are a number of things. Managing the type and amount of media, social media and news media that people are consuming is very important. Being thoughtful about that is important. We also know, and the report cited a number of things people are doing to manage their stress. More people are exercising. As a way of managing stress. People are beginning to take action in their community when they feel strongly about some issues that are causing them stress. They are participating in boycotts or signing petitions or letters. Support is asocial very important way of helping us to manage support. That is, having people in our lives that can support us emotionally. There are literally hundreds of studies that show when we are connected to people who can support us, we do better from a physical standpoint, we do better from a psychological standpoint, and generally do better in life when we have people who can support us. The good news is that there are things we can do to manage our stress. The survey pointed out that people are increasingly doing some of those kinds of things and taking active control. Thesek being aware that bigger social issues are causing us stress and tried to manage that is very important. Host dr. Evans, the ceo of the American Psychological association, thank you for joining us to break down the study. Guest thank you. Host we are talking to our viewers today, asking you if you are stressed out about the future of america. Robin on the independent line from alabama. Caller good morning and thank you for having me on. I have a comment. I am stressed out over this government. Republicans and democrats. And a couple of independents in congress. I think the president is not near the issue the congress is. They congress is has me stressed out. Gun control, the Second Amendment. You have the Second Amendment to keep things like wounded knee, ruby ridge, waco, stuff like that from happening. People want to take our guns away and it stresses me out. They congress has me stressed out. They just fight, fight, fight and get nothing done. One thing is doing the other but they are not doing anything for us. T let me ask you caller hang on. There was a lady you have on cspan that made comments on thursday morning. She hit the nail on the head about racism. I would ask people to go to the archives of cspan it did not happen 30 years ago, or 30 minutes ago, this was thursday, and listen to her comments. I caller from alabama. Host jeff on the democratic line from pittsburgh. Are you stressed out . Caller i am the most stressed out in my 54 years of life. I am an american. I am a white dude. I love everybody. This is ridiculous. Since when the words not mean anything . How many times can the president lied to us and we are supposed to be cool with it. E are supposed to go on it is ridiculous. It is ridiculous. It is not just him lying. Happened,azi thing cool people on both sides . It wouldily was nazis, not be cool with me. The article with them he is cool with them. I am a christian. He is leaving my christians by the nose leading my christians by the nose. He is bringing us down. I have grandkids and im trying to teach them to do the right thing. I am a cspan junkie. Cspan is on all the time. They asked if that is alright. It is not all right. Host what are you doing to manage your stress . Have you been watching less coverage of the news . What do you do to protect yourself from the stressful situations . Caller thank you for asking. Since i was 12 years old, i read the newspaper every day. Until 45 got elected. I stopped because it is ridiculous. I want to know what is going on in my neighborhood and my town, my community, and my county. I am looking at a pile of newspapers. I am so far behind on my newspapers. I am trying to focus on my grandkids because they are so positive and hope the world will be better for them. This is ridiculous. We are the United States of america. Host from pittsburgh, california to pittsburgh, pennsylvania, john is on the line. Caller i am not stressed out at all. Host why do you think you feel differently than two thirds of other americans . Is doing ahink trump great job. I see helpwanted signs in pittsburgh and people with a better attitude. I am thrilled with the work he is doing and am glad he does not give up. I am very happy. If i get stressed, i will take a long walk and think. It works for me. Host you are not stressed out by the political environment, are there issues that may stress you out . The economy . The threat of russia or north korea . Are there specific issues that have caused you more stress lately that before . Caller no. I am 61. I have seen stuff worse than this. Economy,omes to the more people are working and making more money. Infighting is typical from what i have seen over 60 some years. I do not see a different. What is different is we have a man in the white house that puts forth the agenda i am looking for. No matter what the Mainstream Media says, he does not give up. He is a straight talker like harry truman. Question if you take donald trump literally, but if you take him seriously . The media take him literally but not seriously. I take them seriously but not literally. Host more from the study from the American Psychological association. Out,e doctor pointed feeling stressed about is shared among different generations. 56 of older adults say they feel stressed out. People who live through pearl harbor, world war ii, baby boomers, 57 report feeling stressed out. They lived through the vietnam war and the assassination of john f. Kennedy and Martin Luther king. Generation x lived through the gulf war and Oklahoma City bombing are more stressed out today. Millennials who lived through september 11 and highprofile Mass Shootings also feel more stressed out than in the past. Howard is on the democratic line from indiana. Good morning. Caller good morning, how are you . Host i am good. Are you stressed out . Caller i am stressed out but managing to feel ok today. Host what is stressing you out most . Executiveinly our branch of our federal government. I think it is filled with ignorant, older men who do not know what they are doing. Himself, i do not think he was a good businessmans. Businessman. He had bankruptcies before he figured out the Reality Television show. He makes a spectacle out of everything to distract everyone from the lies he and his they go out and lied to the press everyday to distract the investigation by Robert Mueller. It is shameful. The freaking response in congress from House Republicans is worse because they saved to seem to sit there and take it instead of fighting back and seeing this is a real problem in our country. This man is unhinged. Holders entirely to the and intensifies the fight with north korea, which worries me he is in asia. Host we have always seen this court in washington, the previous president has had a member of congress shout at him during the state of the union. What is causing you more stress than in the past . Caller mainly just that the indictments that rolled out on monday, and there is no more shame coming from republicans, other than bob corker, john mccain, jeff flake. Everyone else is seemingly not seeing this as a problem i personally think it is and a lot of the other people in the country think it is. And think it should be pursued to the fullest. I feel as if the gop is going to use the massive distraction that is donald trump to pass a harmful agenda onto our country. Host more from the study. It says that news is one of the sources of stress. Looking at americans News Consumption and social media habits can provide insight into why the state of our nation is uncertain. It has become a significant source of stress. Americans care about staying informed with 95 saying they follow the news regularly. 82 say they checked the news want each day. Ten, they have a news check in once per hour. 20 say they check social be constantly. An increase from the 70 in 17 in 2016. Houston, democratic line, brenda. Caller it is such a pleasure to speak with you. This program when you are on and i live you so much. Ishink the guy is an indiana turning the phone down, not sure who is talking but the guy from indiana said everything i could say. The ones calling in with rational thinking have expressed what i think. The guy who said he is doing a great job, i wish you could have asked him, you do not want to aggravate him, what has he done . My question to republicans are you tired of waiting winning . You make the smartest decision putting that idiot in the white house. I apologize for being rude. I am frustrated. Host the current climate has you stressed out. What do you do to combat that . Caller nothing until Robert Mueller gets him out of office, nothing will call me down. Calm me down. Host william on the independent line from chicago. Are you stressed . Caller i am not stressed out at all. Host why are you in the minority when it comes to not being stressed out . Caller i am a student of history and i read history. The events that transpired in the past of america, the civil war, the civil rights movement, the black power movement, etc. Those were very volatile. How may i put it . More that the country it is now in my humble opinion. It is strange, as you brought this subject matter, i am reading information about the cold war. Am i concerned . Yes, i am concerned about health care because i have siblings, one is disabled and one just had a stroke. They depend on public assistance. I am concerned about that. I look at my mother and my greatgrandmother. On my maternal side. They went through jim crow. They went through the ku klux klan. They did not have a tenney pennuy living in mississippi. If they can go through the hatred, i can go through this and deal with this. That is how i look at it. Host the question is about the future, are you optimistic about where the nation is headed . Caller i am optimistic. , however. Eyes host bud calling in from connecticut on the republican line. Are you feeling more anxiety than in the past . Caller not at all. Opportunity for getting our country back on track. Leading thisma is country into socialism. He is the biggest divider as far as race and dividing the country , castrating our military so we have a lot of catching up to do. I think what is going on through the colleges over the last generation or two, the socialist people in the colleges talking that socialism is great. I would say, anybody not happy with what is going on in the country, they should visit in this way will a, cuba venezuela, cuba, and go to russia for a couple of weeks and see how the people live there. I think this is an opportunity hopper king time. Hopper king time. Opportune time. He has people in the congress, john mccain, Susan Collins from maine, i do not know what is with these women but they are out of it. Host what about other factors. . Do they have your stress levels up . The threat from north korea, or the rise in opioid use . Do other things give you concern about the future . Caller it is a concern. North korea is something we have to deal with. It is something people never dealt with. Going back 25 or 30 years. When bill clinton gave them a ,eg up on Nuclear Technology that was a serious mistake. A teasing north korea a g north korean whenever they get mad, now dollar trap is matching them. He said, you make a move and your country will not exist. Donald trump is matching them. He said, you make a move and your country will not exist. The man with the bad haircut does not know what to do. One of the things dividing the country is the media. A news item will happen. During the last election, the democrats Hillary Clinton took over the result, party and, as a any money that came in was going to her. Very little to lets say two bernie sanders. To bernie sanders. I am not fond of bernie sanders, he is a socialist though claiming independent, the fact russiae uranium going to and hillary had to sign off on that. I cannotstigator think of his name the guy doing the big investigation. Host Robert Mueller, the special counsel. We have jackie from philadelphia on the democratic line. Are you stressed out . Caller i am very stressed out. I am tired of the lies i hear from the president. The main thing stressing me out is that they are doing away they want to do away with the medical deduction. About one third of my income goes for medical expenses. Host the gop tax plan . Caller the tax plan is going to hurt me. I know it is going to hurt a lot of other people with medical expenses that are large. Beingot see the Congress Interested in a regular citizens. Most of the tax plan is going to support the rich. They can afford to give some of their money to the support of the country. I am very concerned about korea. I do not think our president is able to negotiate, or even think about negotiating with north korea. I do think something terrible will happen. That is all i have to say. Host more from the report from the American Psychological association about what things are stressing out americans. It says this year americans express feelings of uncertainty and resulting stress. Concerns about a variety of issues. When asked specifically about they face, their loved ones face, two thirds of adults, 62 said they are stressed out about crime with terrorism, 60 , gun violence, 55 , and hate crimes, 52 being most commonly reported. We have anthony calling in on the independent line from newport, tennessee. Good morning. Caller good morning. I do not believe i am stressed, i am more mad. I fought in the vietnam war. All, the person from vietnam the other day told me a story. After we left, she says it was not the vietnam war, it was the american war and her father had lost because he was fighting with us as our ally and he was put in prison after we left. Brought he bought a vote to support family. Boat to support his family and the kkk burned his boat. Been thate have were was about communism. We war was about communism. We had the president , we have the philippines, russia, red china, now iran, turning radical and putting their missiles back together. It took a lot of president s to get it to neutral. , thead part is that president is in the middle of new york city, not against anybody, showing up, says he can kill somebody and nobody will bother him. Why . Because he has money . He lies. It gets me so aggravated. You heard guns, guns, guns. I fire a machine gun that shot over 1000 rounds per minute in vietnam. In 15 minutes, we could kill 10 people to 100 people. That is what they are trying to get rid of. There is no reason for an american to have a machine gun. They are not trying to take guns away. It gets people aggravated. When he says take it to the bank, that means he is lying. Host frank on the republican line from myrtle beach, south carolina. Caller good morning. Localization concerns me. Globalization concerns me. It is part of the development of technology and the internet. We can buy a dozen eggs from a fromer for a quarter china but will not buy them down the street for one d