President Joe Biden’s debate debacle has left Washingtonians paralyzed in a collective state of anxiety over fear of the unknown.
Many, it seems, are eating, drinking, texting or crying their way through a strange darkness, hoping a feeble lightbulb will shine brightly enough at least to save them from a life sentence at Gitmo. It feels akin to the disorienting shock of Donald Trump’s election in 2016, which is triggering stress, according to Paul Sheesley, a Washington-based psychotherapist whose clients include CEOs, politicians, lobbyists and diplomats.
Sheesley told The Daily Beast that given Biden’s disastrous debate performance, people are concerned that the “person they may be cheering for, Biden specifically,” may not win the presidency, much less the Democratic nomination.
