I had a black dog, his name was depression
Happy = recognize your depression, get help and be helped https://t.co/joZswJr1g9 #LetsTalk #InternationalDayOfHappiness pic.twitter.com/bYiy41M3Zz — WHO (@WHO) March 20, 2017
Gluten free craze is making celiacs sick
https://qz.com/569410/the-gluten-free-craze-is-making-celiacs-like-me-sick/ According to an October report by leading research and market intelligence agency Mintel, one-quarter of Americans now consume gluten-free foods—a 67% increase from 2013. The gluten-free category has experienced growth of 136% from 2013-2015, with sales of $11.6 billion in 2015. North America and Latin America lead the pack with 19.7% and 19.8%, respectively,…
Just how useful our ability to delude ourselves can be
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/intimate-portrait/201703/self-deception-helps-us-accomplish-goals Recent research by Robert Trivers and his colleagues sheds light on just how useful our ability to delude ourselves can be. In a clever experiment, participants were asked to write a speech about a character after watching a series of videos of him engaging in positive, neutral, and negative actions. Sometimes the participants saw…
They didn’t want to cause their son further distress
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11819266 Hinch’s mother began to lecture her son about the importance of honouring your word, until his brother Des interjected to say the man had “done something to Derryn.” “Then all hell broke loose,” he recalled, saying his parents angrily chased his molester out of the home. Years later, he asked his parents why they…
Neurological connections in the brain controlling speech production
Illustration of the neurological connections in the brain controlling speech production. (… https://t.co/fkhe8QVsWp pic.twitter.com/Q4ErjqGqDq — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) March 19, 2017 Illustration of the neurological connections in the brain controlling speech production. (Credit: Stefan Fuertinger and Kristina Simonyan, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Triumph for Tolerance
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/03/15/exit-poll-dutch-far-right-leader-geert-wilders-loses.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl The main exit poll in Wednesday’s Dutch general election show far-right, anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders losing rather badly to Prime Minister Mark Rutte. According to the Associated Press, the polling suggests Rutte’s center-right party has 31 of the 150 lower-house seats, with Wilders’ populist Party for Freedom gaining very few new seats. Wilders’s defeat…
How long it’s actually safe to keep and eat foods
This is how long it’s actually safe to keep and eat foods left in your fridge: https://t.co/HffIbnK1XE — Cleveland Clinic (@ClevelandClinic) December 30, 2016 https://www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety/food-safety-for-consumers/tips-for-food-safety/ Clean, cook, chill Following the 3 Cs can help keep you safe from bugs in food and reduce the chances of food poisoning. Clean Good food hygiene starts with clean…
An Open Secret: A documentary on Hollywood Paedophilia.
https://youtu.be/g0V_j8G3cNQ
Sexual abuse does NOT determine sexual identity
Male Sexual Abuse FACT #5 – Sexual abuse does NOT determine sexual identity/orientation https://t.co/wBKRNEbMDU pic.twitter.com/LznTaN1du8 — MaleSurvivor (@MaleSurvivorORG) March 15, 2017 Whether perpetrated by males or females, premature sexual experiences can lead to a great deal of confusion about many aspects of identity and sexual orientation. Many males who have been abused by males can…
The Forgiveness Myth Refuses to Go Away
http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2017/03/13/comment-forgiveness-not-justice-and-trauma-survivors-dont-need-forgive-heal There is no “right” way for people to recover from trauma. What works for some survivors may be disastrous for others, and the last thing they need is outsiders judging their behaviour as sufficiently victim-worthy. This is what made me initially reticent to make any public comments about the recent media frenzy surrounding Thordis…