Sleep disturbances, frustration, and strained friendships. Researchers have investigated for the first time, what is the impact of political discourse on the body and Psyche. The result: politics is bad for the health.
You know, you look in the evening news, and then your mood is completely in the basement? Lay out the newspaper, shaking his head to the side, because the whole world has seemingly gone mad? The political discourse is robbing you of sleep? You argue more and more often, even with close friends or Relatives of current political issues?
The US-American University of Nebraska-Lincoln has now investigated comprehensively for the first time, how strong us the part had not been burdened with the political discourse, both physically and emotionally. According to the study, 40 percent of the surveyed Americans indicated that the policy stresses you, and every fifth was to sleep because the policy is bad.
Tear through the already divided Nation
The researchers examined primarily the US election in 2016, had resulted in the already highly polarized society to a further cleavage. “In twenty percent of friendships have been political differences of opinion, damaged. Every Fifth reported fatigue. And there is a smaller (proportion of), but 4% of the respondents in our sample said that they had due to the policy thoughts of suicide. The are 10 million people,” said Kevin Smith, a political scientist from Nebraska, who led the study. This’ll be a real crisis in health care. The results are published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Heated tempers 2016 supporters at the meeting of Democrats and Trump
These data were raised by the British opinion research Institute YouGov, the respondents five days in March 2017, a total of 800 people. For representative samples, YouGov uses a Panel of 1.8 million people. Particularly stressed by the political discourse in particular, Respondents from the left of the political spectrum, according to Kevin Smith.
Policy attacks the Psyche
A total of 11.5 percent of the respondents stated that the policy had a negative impact on your physical health. 31,8% said that they do crazy, if the media views that are contrary to their personal Beliefs.
The 29.3% reported that they had lost due to the policy of control. 22,1% were of the opinion that they were taking too much of the outcome of the election.
Since this is the first study of its kind, want to Smith and his Co-authors to extend the survey in the future to other policy fields.
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Tear is the same tearGrief and gratitude
A bit of this picture is reminiscent of a map. Or an Aerial view from high above down to the earth. But in fact, this is a tear – a tear of grief and gratitude. According to estimates, each person produces an average of 80 to 100 litres of tears in his life. A maybe something more, the other a little less.
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Tear is the same tearHope
The American photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher wondered in 2008 whether or not a tear of grief would look like a tear of joy. She took a few tears and then photographed them on a glass plate under the light microscope and actually! In up to 400-fold magnification, it was obvious that tears differ in their appearance. Here a tear of hope to see.
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more tear is the same tearThe topography of tears
From then on, Rose-Lynn, tears began to photograph primarily of your own – to capture, to date them and to dry, and to give them names. Over 1000 pictures have you seen since then, she says. The pictures told such beautiful stories that it turned into a whole book, with various tears and landscapes, The Topography of Tears emerged: “”.
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Tear is the same tearProtection order
Quite dispassionately considered the tear fluid protects simply our eyes from dust and dirt, for example. A sophisticated cocktail of Chemicals ensures cleanliness. The basal tears are forming constantly in our eye to keep it moist and healthy.
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Tear is the same tearCompassion
Tear fluid consists of three layers: On the cornea of the eye, the slightly slimy mucin layer is located. In the middle layer, which consists of 98 percent water. The outermost lipid layer is fat-containing and stabilized the tear film. Here a tear of compassion from Rose-Lynn’s photo series is to see.
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Tear is the same tearRepentance
Tears contain water, salts, proteins, enzymes, and fat. However, depending on the reasons why we cry – a tear of repentance is shown is different from the composition of the tear fluid.
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Tear is the same tearOnion tears
In addition to the basal tears, there are also reflex tears. They are caused by foreign bodies or environmental stimuli, for example, by a grain of sand or chop the Onion (in the picture). In the case of a freshly cut onion, the sulfur irritate-containing amino acids the eye. Reflex tears help to disturb peace again to rinse. The proportion of water is predominant, therefore.
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Tear is the same tearExhausted and drained
And then there are the emotional tears. They occur when strong emotions stimulate the autonomic nervous system. Here, tears of exhaustion are visible. Such emotional tears contain up to a quarter more protein than reflex tears, and less of the liquid.
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Tear is the same tearIn the end it didn’t matter
The tear with the title “In the end it didn’t matter” cried Rose-Lynn in a Moment it was all no matter. In the unfulfilled was frustrated. She took the tear and layer the film with a date. Then you fell into oblivion. As Rose-Lynn found the tears again, and her Frustration had subsided, showed under the microscope one of the most beautiful tears landscapes.
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Tear is the same tearReparation
During their work of Rose-Lynn but it was still something clear: tear never tear the same. Because tears were caused by the same Emotion, different. There are many variables that influence the resulting image: the volume of the tear fluid, the evaporation or flow, of the finest biological variations, the microscope and camera settings.