Capitalism as Mental Illness (tags)
As to the stress mechanism, Adam Smith supplied that with his theory of “selfish interest” providing collective benefit. And while it’s inarguable that being forced to compete in a self reinforcing and ever accelerating rat race has provided us with many industrial and technological milestones, we must ask ourselves: at what cost? The fracture of social cohesion?
Babouins de Sapolsky, humains de Laborit (tags)
Réaction organique à l'agression...
Stress for the soul. Climate change triggers stress and despair (tags)
Psychology understands fear as an arousal that primarily causes displeasure. Fear is never rational, but sometimes it is appropriate and serves as an alarm. Anxiety disorders, on the other hand, according to the common definition, are directed at non-existent dangers...
New Research At Harvard Shows Psychological Harms Of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Last (tags)
New Research At Harvard Shows Psychological Harms Of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Last
New Research At Harvard Shows Psychological Harms Of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Last (tags)
New Research At Harvard Shows Psychological Harms Of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Last A Lifetime
Totalitaianism of Self-Optimization (tags)
"Feel-don't think" is the mantra of the illuminated who accept the social dislocations. This is a withdrawal to private solutions in view of the mounting collective problems. Mindfulness therapy fits perfectly into the contemporary I-fixation that rules many lives.
Haiti's Earthquake: Natural or Engineered (tags)
technology can cause earthquakes
FBI Surveillance methods of the Past (tags)
For anyone interested, here is an article about the FBI Special Surveillance Group or SSGs
The New Killing Fields
On the Colombia “ Hostage Rescue” (tags)
n the American press media, the Colombian “hostage rescue” last July 3 that rescued three American servicemen was given prominence. The stress of the media especially the CNN was not only to hail the so called rescue mission as a success. It was also hailed for the rescue being bloodless and “not a single shot being fired.” Another stress of the media was the guerilla forces of FARC “ is finished” while at the same time maligning the revolutionary forces as “ narcotrafficers and terrorist” while at the same time pointing out that the 40-year struggle of the armed revolutionaries as “ the longest insurgency is southern hemisphere.
Black Riders held on million dollars bail each, back in court Wednesday (tags)
The state’s cases against T. A. C. O., Aryana and Stress, which T. A. C. O. described as “b. s.” to defense attorney Guillermo Suarez, are based on the testimony of an undercover cop who alleges that he approached the Black Riders, pretending to be Lebanese and connected to freedom fighters in the Middle East. He claims that the three defendants were involved in a plot to take possession of weapons and protective vests that he claimed to be able to provide them. No weapons were ever involved. These charges are essentially for a “Thought crime” – allegedly conspiring to attempt to possess weapons.
Pathological Fixation on Work (tags)
Work mania-voluntarily-has become social normality.. We have largely internalized the norms of the work society. In other words, we are susceptible to work mania.
IDF to treat shell shock with cannabis (tags)
But terminally ill cancer patients in the US can't have any.
Stress.
Kill Today... Chill Tomorrow (tags)
The Guardian UK reports on the FDA approval to test MDMA, the popular party drug Ecstasy, as a psychotheraputic aid for soldiers suffering "shell shock" after participating in the horror of war.
Genocide of African Americans (tags)
Approximately 50,000 African Americans are dying each month in America, according to the National Vital Statistics Report.
IRAQ: Low Army Morale, High Suicide Rate (tags)
New details on Army suicides have emerged; since last April, 22 male soldiers and 2 female soldiers had taken their own lives in Iraq and Kuwait.
At least 22 US Soldiers Have Killed Themselves In Iraq (tags)
Sunday January 25, 2004 The Observer The war's over, but the suicide rate is high and the army is riddled with acute psychiatric problems. Peter Beaumont reports
Friendships between women good for health (tags)
A landmark UCLA (University of California - Los Angeles) stu
In-House Memos on Television And Print Media News Presentations
THE COP-OUT! is a bi-weekly radical review of police-oriented websites by activist/author Kirsten Anderberg. She will review sites covering everything from police stress, to riot gear, to cop humor...from an activist's point of view.
This is just the latest and most egregious step in a fear campaign designed to prepare Americans to do whatever the administration wants us to do.
Looking for a Better Country (tags)
Looking to re-locate! Would like information on quality of life (Economy, cost of living, stress levels, etc.)
Of Deregulation, Climate Change, Gas Decline, Blackouts, Nukes, Circuit Breakers (tags)
Have you heard about that big nuke at San Onofre going down? If not, go to the URL below. What's the old saying about the weakest link in the chain?