Pew Research - who has mental health diagnoses?
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Young white liberal women: 56% yes
Young white liberal men: 34% yes
Young white moderates: 26% yes
Young white conservatives: 21% yes
https://freebeacon.com/politics/white-libs-mental-health/
White liberals are significantly more likely than other racial and ideological groups to be diagnosed with a mental health condition, according to science...
The disparity was especially pronounced among young people aged 18-29...
Young white people who identified as "very liberal" were considerably more likely to report mental health problems, even compared with their peers who identified as liberal...
... a majority of young white liberal women (56 percent) said they had been diagnosed with a mental health condition, compared with 28 percent of young moderate women and 27 percent of young conservative women.
[an observer noted] that liberal ideology often "forces its followers to wallow in feelings of helplessness and victimhood," as opposed to "building resiliency against hardship," which can be a crucial tool for combating anxiety and depression.
White liberals in particular, who are often at the forefront of social justice movements that don't necessarily affect them directly, may be susceptible to "white guilt and savior narratives," which are "pretty much as bad as any genuinely racist agenda because it robs the very group they're trying to help of their own voice."
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@blablarg18 Being a liberal IS a mental health condition.
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