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An Unhappy Economy Turns Deadly for the 99%
According to the NPR, at least 16 people, including three veteran storm chasers, were reported dead from tornadoes that recently swept through Oklahoma. That was just 11 days after the May 20 tornado...
View ArticleKosAbility: Use-ables: a Trees-Flowers Anti-Insomnia List
INSOMNIA HAPPENS The American Academy of Sleep Medicine discusses insomnias as health issues in and of themselves at http://www.aasmnet.org/... At the far end of the continuum that begins there,...
View ArticleAnxiety-Machine: The political power of unresolved narrative
NOTE: Though I make mention of the World Trade Center attacks, I use the reference only to highlight my point. By no means am I implying that the attacks were staged or faked. I am simply pointing out...
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The Other Closet: Living With the Stigma of Mental Illness
I have touched on the topic of stigma against the mentally ill before, so I'm taking bits and pieces of research from that previous diary. But I'd like to revisit it here in a slightly different way....
View ArticleCognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is that uncomfortable feeling you have when you experience conflicting ideas or emotions. It is that sense that “something is not right.” Cognitive dissonance can be a nagging...
View ArticleCapital Punishment: Dallas police. A tale of two cities?
On october 18th Dallas Police officers responded to a request for a mental health intervention. Joyce Jackson, the mother of the victim: Bobby Bennet, called police when her son became agitated after...
View ArticleI Have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
This diary has been sitting as an incomplete draft in my queue for over a month. I've been thinking for a while about how I would talk about this. Today, I realized that I would talk about this at...
View ArticleTeachers' Lounge: Empathy
Our advisory early grades for 100- and 200-level classes are due this week. We are required to report on student progress in the fifth week, which can be either a letter grade, or a progress report...
View ArticleGoing Through Hell With Depression
Before I begin, I just want to say that this diary may not be well written. The mental issues I am suffering from is the same reason this diary will probably suck; I feel like I've lost my writing...
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Anxiety Attack In Progress!
Anxiety attack in progress... What the hell do I need an intro for? WTF? I'm having a "bit" of an anxiety attack that is starting to grow and grow into something that I fear is going to be a BIGASS...
View ArticleKosability: A Few Recent Professional Journal Items on Psychiatric Issues
Quoted paragraphs offer a glimpse into the content and viewpoint of each article; they are not summaries - use the links to read more fully. For an introduction and start in the free use of Medscape,...
View ArticleGlaxoSmithKline Recalls Batches of Orlistat("alli") & Paroxtine(Paxil & Seroxat)
Note: free use of Medscape is introduced here. April 4 Medscape reported that an F.D.A. Warning Letter citing pharmaceutical waste-tank contamination of paroxetin at a Cork, Ireland GSK plant was...
View ArticleMonday Night Cancer Club: Greetings, I come to touch on some things I left...
I am posting this evening to the Monday Night Cancer Club to say Hello, and more. But before anything else, let me say that I am hoping that all cancer patients, members of the Monday Night Cancer Club...
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KosAbility Upcoming Schedule
Listed discussions are Sundays, 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost, usually running 3-3½ hrs, sometimes longer, to fit some part of everyone's afternoon/evening. We also publish & republish between...
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Connect! Unite! Act! Pikes Peak, DC, NYC, L.A. & Florida Meet-up Info! — What...
A daily series, Connect! Unite! Act! seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups regularly socialize but also get out the vote, support candidates and engage in other...
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KosAbility Schedule Upcoming Thru' September
Listed dates are Sundays, 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost, usually running 3-3½ hrs to fit some part of everyone's afternoon/evening. We also publish & republish between Sundays. UPCOMING SCHEDULES...
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KosAbility Schedule Thru' September
We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost, usually 3-3½ hrs to fit a part of everyone's afternoon/evening. We also publish & republish over the week. UPCOMING SCHEDULES POST BETWEEN WEDNESDAY...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 8/14: Sequel to the worst diary I ever wrote
Last June, I posted a diary about testing inaccurate thoughts that define, what for me, had become a personal narrative that pointed to incompetence. I wished I hadn't posted it and felt it was my...
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KosAbility Upcoming Schedule
We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost, usually 3-3½ hrs to fit a part of everyone's afternoon/evening. We also publish & republish over the week (kosmail to the group to request repub...
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KosAbility Schedule Upcoming & Bundle 0' Health-Med Link Finds of the Week in...
We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost, 3 or so hours to fit a part of everyone's afternoon/evening. We also pub&republish over the week:kosmail to an active admin—postmodernista or...
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