It has long been known that Conservatives are happier and have better mental health than Liberals. And, per an article from the Daily Citizen, "[a] new study published in the journal Political Behavior supports this conclusion. It shows that mental illness is emerging as its own political identity and is most heavily aligned with leftist political ideology and causes."
Psypost.org, in their reporting on Van De Hey’s study, explains, “Approximately one-half of study participants with mental illness stated that their identity as a person with a mental health illness is very important or somewhat important to them.” The study’s author also noted, “I find that the political predictors and political consequences for the emerging mental health identity differ from those for physical disability and serious physical illness categorization and identification.”
This means political identity among liberal citizens can be expected to be more closely tied to mental health struggles that are more subjective in nature. This article concludes, “These findings have far-reaching consequences for mental health advocacy, and the role mental health identity will play in the political sphere – especially as Gen Z matures as a cohort.”
We have seen this play out in gender politics, where the subjective nature of gender confusion and dysphoria became a major political issue driving the behaviors, values and messaging of political parties and individuals.
It is likely we will see this spread to other political issues where mental issues are increasingly construed as a protective class.
We should expect, therefore, that the Left will become more crazy, more radical, and more detached from reality.
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