Leftists should feel free to distance themselves from family and friends who voted for President-elect Donald Trump this holiday season to protect their “mental health,” a Yale University psychiatry resident said. said MSNBC host Joy Reid on Friday.
Mr. Reed asked Dr. Amanda Calhoun. If you're an LGBTQ person and you know someone in your family essentially voted against your rights, or you're a woman and you know this man is calling people the B-word. If you are [Vice President-elect] J.D. Vance literally called Kamala Harris “trash” and said we were going to get rid of “trash.” I know a lot of black women were incredibly inspired by that. ”
“And I think if you feel like you need to set boundaries with people, whether they're family members or not, you should be well within your rights to do so.”
Reed continued, “And if you meet someone and find out that they voted for people who called you trash, or if you're Puerto Rican and someone voted like that. If you knew, would you recommend it just from a psychological point of view? “The holidays are coming up and you're around them? ”
“There's a 'social' expectation that if someone is your family, they're entitled to your time,” Calhoun said. And I think the answer is absolutely not. So if you're going to a situation where you have a family, where are you, I answered. If you have close friends that you know who voted against you, like you said, voted in a way that goes against your life, don't be around those people. And it's perfectly fine to tell them why. I have a problem with the way you vote because it goes against my very life, so I'm not going to be near you this holiday, you have to make some space for me. ”
Calhoun added that he doesn't believe anyone “should be forced to be around people just because they're family.” …and if you feel the need to establish boundaries with people, family or not, I think you have the right to do so, and I think that's essential to your mental health. Maybe. ”
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