Tag: mental health

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I do NOT consent to being made into an AI after death.

NO to this. Hard pass. Discussions on this matter: Leftist Mafia #134 – Matt Binder Weaponized The Disturbing Implications of Jim Acosta’s AI Interview AI resurrections are becoming more common — but they aren’t harmless. Caroline Orr Bueno, PhD Aug 05, 2025 A.I. Necromancy Needs to Stop – TechNewsDay Internet Today Aug 7, 2025 Automating […]

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NY Project Hope Coping with COVID - 5. Look at uncertainty from a different perspective… It’s been said that uncertainty can be an “emotional amplifier,” meaning that uncertainty amplifies the emotions of whatever you’re thinking about. For example, it can be unpleasant to be uncertain about whether you’re going catch COVID-19, but it’s pleasant to be uncertain about how the new food you’re trying will taste. Looking at uncertainty in the lense of unexpected joy can take away some of the fear. Leaning into uncertainty as you do when you’re going to a new place, reading a new book, eating new food, learning a new language, and traveling abroad can help you to be more open to uncertainty, and more creative. We don’t know how these experiences will turn out, but we are still willing to engage in them.
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When government uses “anxiety” as an excuse to not deal with a problem, the term for this is Political Abuse of Psychiatry.

Some in the government used shaming “fear” of sickness and death to try to keep people engaged with the economy despite the threats of covid, and now the Trump administration is using “climate anxiety” to justify stopping research on climate, in order to attempt to hide the public health effects that would come from environmental damage.

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Political abuse of psychiatry.

Authoritarians always target mentally disabled people as low hanging fruit, and the definition of mental disability is always flexible. People are rightfully upset about the Minnesota bill by state lawmakers to try to dictate a medical diagnosis of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” toward any Republican detractors. And I’d like to point out that this slide toward political […]

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