Why Chelsea Handler saw a Psychiatrist after Election Victory of Trump?

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A famous comedian, 44-years old Chelsea Handler said that she saw a psychiatrist following Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election win. She spoke about her opposition to the U.S president on several occasions in the past. Handler has formerly referred to the president as a “f***in loser”, but she revealed the effect Trump’s victory had on her on U.S talk show, Real Time with Bill Maher. She said, “I had a midlife identity crisis once Trump won the election because I had never had my world feel so unhinged, I think. I had to pay a psychiatrist to listen to me b***h about Donald Trump for about the first three weeks.”

Going to therapy made her realize the parallel between the impact the presidential election had on her and the experience of losing her brother at 9-years-old. Handler said, “I had never related the two, but for me, as I can imagine it must have been for so many people, it was a huge emotional trigger of everything being destabilized”. She added that the intensity of her reaction to Trump’s win made her realize how spoiled and privileged she’d been throughout her life.

Handler said that the “Life Will Be the Death of Me” author explained how she utilized marijuana and meditation to help her cope with the emotional impact of the election. She said, “What I discovered was alcohol and outrage are not a good mix. I pivoted towards weed and cannabis, and for me, who’s a very active and kind of high-strung person; the cannabis was a gateway drug to meditation”.