MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ignorance'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:01:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734208&cid=t_108264_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F19%2Fwant-a-happier-marriage-unrealistically-idealize-your-partner%2F If ignorance is bliss, then delusion is even better — if you’re in a new marriage, anyways. So says new research from investigators at the University at Buffalo, who examined 193 newly-married couples over three years to see what kinds of variables might predict greater marital satisfaction. How could this be? Weren’t we always told the common wisdom — that we needed to be realistic in our relationships, and not look for that Knight in Shining Armor who comes to our rescue (or a Maiden trapped in a castle tower who needs rescuing)? Apparently the common wisdom may need to be revisited, because continuing to idealize your partner long after the glow of the wedding fades away seems to help keep you happy. Read on to learn more… This isn’t the first resear... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734208 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:59:56 +0100 4734208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3567893&cid=t_108264_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fromance-rx-take-one-date-night-a-week%2F2010.05.15 Is there anything more wonderful than date night with the one you love?  Jan and I went out last night. It was a cold rainy May evening, and we drove down the dark highway in my truck. The bench seat is wonderful, because she can sit right next to me, where she has been for nearly 26 years now. We were in jackets, and asked to sit next to the fire at the restaurant. Exhausted from a crazy weekend, we exhaled and ordered chips and cheese dip, then dined on soup.  When we finished we sat awhile longer, our drinks refilled by our attentive waiter. And we reflected, planned, laughed and told stories. We discussed the year past and the year to come. We basked in one another as we basked in the warmth. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at edwinleap.com* (Sour... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3567893 Sat, 15 May 2010 14:00:33 +0100 3567893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243777&cid=t_108264_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqGROnyYwqzA%2F By Christopher PrebleLast evening on FoxNews, host Bret Baier reported that the Iranians had launched a rocket carrying ”a mouse, two turtles, and a can of worms” into space. He asked the panelists to speculate on the implications. Charles Krauthammer inveighed “if you can put a mouse into space, you can put a nuke in New York, in principle.” Given that they are clearly developing the technological capabilities that would allow them to nuke New York, Krauthammer concluded, “our only hope on the nuclear issue or any other is a revolution and to help that revolution ought to be our task.” Well. To her credit, Jennifer Loven of the AP wasn’t having any of it. “It’s an incredibly large leap,” she pointed out, ”between a m... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243777 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:40:31 +0100 3243777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3243778&cid=t_108264_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7-cltnhzY64%2F By David BoazDoes the government know what it’s doing, can it know what it’s doing, in financial regulation? In the latest issue of Cato Policy Report, Jeffrey Friedman doubts it: You are familiar by now with the role of the Federal Reserve in stimulating the housing boom; the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in encouraging low equity mortgages; and the role of the Community Reinvestment Act in mandating loans to “subprime” borrowers, meaning those who were poor credit risks. So you may think that the government caused the financial crisis. But you don’t know the half of it. And neither does the government…. Omniscience cannot be expected of human beings. One really would have had to be a god to master the millions of pages in the Federal Register — ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3243778 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:36:49 +0100 3243778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414924&cid=t_108264_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2009%2F05%2Fsays-christopher-vinski-on-religion.html "Religion is a necessary evil.  Indeed,our enemies kill in the name of religion, but a lot of good does come out of it. If some people did not have something to believe in, they'de be lost and dangerous. Personally, I don't care if they worship a ham and cheese sandwich,as long as the sandwich doesn't tell them to kill anyone but to respect others and treat them like you'd want to be. Blind faith in politics or religion is a dangerous thing. Too much faith in anything is dangerous. God is the original "Big Brother." Fine. The first Santa! Someone to keep you in line when you're alone. A great tool to keep children in line. As for the question: "Why are we here?" Simple. We're food for the space aliens." Chris Vinski. (Source... I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414924 Sat, 16 May 2009 09:28:21 +0100 2414924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349357&cid=t_108264_133_f&fid=35124&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Faspergerwoman%2F%7E3%2FY8EIAWWY6Zk%2Fautists-like-jezus-autists-and-easter.html Autists might like Jezus. If you believe (it) or not, the things Jezus goes through during Easter and autism have more in common then you might think. This story is not written to offend anyone. If someone may feel harmed in any way, I therefore apologize. I acknowledge Jezus stands above all standards and people and there is nothing or no one which can be compared to his kindness. He died for us, he carries all our sins and has sacrificed his own live in order to set us free.Jezus was special. He was gifted with many talents. His wisdom was one of them. He acted in his own way. He lived among the people on earth in his own world.People with autism often are seen as and feel like they are strangers in his world. Just like Jezus. Jezus was different from the mass of people too. Jezus was bu... The Art of Being Asperger Woman blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349357 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:21:00 +0100 2349357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510888&cid=t_108264_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fdo-drug-innovation-while-information.html People thought always drug design is rational. Nowadays, things might have changed (maybe) ... and technology alone is not the solution. IT might support collaboration and information management, but we need seriously (a timely) action of legal advisors on supporting democratic-action and intellectual-property-protection.Nova Spivack has posted the interesting idea that the number of questions is faster growing than the number of answers. This forces us to ignore more facts, which leads us away from rational decision making, if we are not collaborating. I think, he has the point that in some areas we are facing bounded rationality in phases of a work process. On the other hand, I am willing to ignore information about the south of orion and rather read another drug design paper instead. Th... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510888 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:27:00 +0100 2510888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2286142&cid=t_108264_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fdo-drug-innovation-while-information.html People thought always drug design is rational. Nowadays, things might have changed (maybe) ... and technology alone is not the solution. IT might support collaboration and information management, but we need seriously (a timely) action of legal advisors on supporting democratic-action and intellectual-property-protection.Nova Spivack has posted the interesting idea that the number of questions is faster growing than the number of answers. This forces us to ignore more facts, which leads us away from rational decision making, if we are not collaborating. I think, he has the point that in some areas we are facing bounded rationality in phases of a work process. On the other hand, I am willing to ignore information about the south of orion and rather read another drug design paper instead. Th... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2286142 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:27:00 +0100 2286142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2113678&cid=t_108264_87_f&fid=36069&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrankiespeakingfrankly.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Falmost-funny.html Some of these opinions would be amusing, if it wasn't against the backdrop of suffering, the hundreds of children lying in morgues, or under the rubble, hundreds more suffering terrible injuries, and the thousands left traumatised. (Source: Frankie Speaking Frankly) Frankie Speaking Frankly blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2113678 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:48:00 +0100 2113678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110735&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F17%2Fpsychiatric-survivors-labels-and-me%2F If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. William James Ω The deleterious effect of evil, pernicious, stigmatizing labels are at the core of psychiatric survivor discourse™, so of course it makes me wonder why I don’t care about mine so much, like — what am I missing here, am I insufficiently outraged about a civil rights injustice?! Borderline, Bi-polar, Schizophrenia, these official stamps of psychiatry will lead to life of ruin, they say, while saying not so much about the label that actually got them committed. Puzzling, but later for all that. The thread on BPD at the only blog that matters has me head in a spin. I identify with borderlines, my life’s been filled with them, I have it in me, it’s a hellish disorder. I’ve only seen do... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110735 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:02:41 +0100 2110735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056180&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F20%2Fcatch-a-fire%2F It’s not everyday reading something on the Internet can move me to tears, but I’ve given up hope on seeing something like this post (and commentary) at Whiskey Fire. The study is not yet published and I know it only begins to scratch the surface but for the first time since the tests were done on me I have hope, if not for myself I can imagine glad tidings for tomorrow’s little Dickens. When the neuropsychologist laid it out for me 10 years ago I was crying and he was almost crying, because he couldn’t answer my very pointed questions and account for the disparities in my mental examination. An evaluation spanning eight hours over two days, as comprehensive as it gets, followed by a 25 page report and two hour debriefing and still something missing hangs in the air... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056180 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:09:52 +0100 2056180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2052642&cid=t_108264_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2008%2F12%2Feighth-grade-final-exam-from-1895-could-you-pass-it.html The Woz joke list forwarded this to me. But it's no joke! Try this. Consider how old people are always saying they hardly had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could you have passed the 8th grade in 1895?This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, here in the United States. Taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina and reprinted by the Salina Journal.8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895 Grammar (Time, one hour)1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play,' and... I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2052642 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:52:11 +0100 2052642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908791&cid=t_108264_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D5101 It happened in Indonesia according to the Jakarta Post Villagers from Julah in Tejakula, Buleleng, tow (see photo) a pregnant cow behind a boat into open sea as part of a local traditional ritual. The cow, which is five months pregnant, was thrown out to the sea about 3 kilometers from land Monday. The villagers believe the animal was impregnated by a village elder. During the ritual the man, who was caught red-handed having sexual intercourse with the cow two months ago, joined the boat trip in order to throw away his clothes to to symbolize him discarding his sins. It’s amazing that such a thing can happen this day and age. I can only comment 1) Ignorance is still rife in parts of the world. It is biologically impossible for a human being to impregnate a cow (but I am sure you kne... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908791 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1908791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1728303&cid=t_108264_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F08%2F18%2Fmad-as-hell%2F Journalist and cancer patient Leroy Sievers is dead. He was 53 years old. Many National Public Radio fans know his name, as do former viewers of the TV news show Nightline. I became aware of Sievers on a subliminal level in April 2004 when I watched the controversial Nightline program “The Fallen,” which Sievers initiated. At that time I was almost paralyzed with fear of recurrence, and I saw myself in every solder’s face that passed across the TV screen. I became aware of Sievers in a more direct way after he responded to a comment made by Mitt Romney’s wife. From Sievers’ blog entry Cancer Is Not the Lesser of Evils dated July 27, 2007: I was reading the current issue of People magazine. Yes, I’m a subscriber. One of the articles is about Ann Romne... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1728303 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:12:06 +0100 1728303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1531450&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F20%2Fwhere-did-our-love-go%2F Heard from our first NAMI defender today in a comment too fuckwadity to dissect though it’s befitting of due ridicule in what I hope to be the first in a protracted and honorable sword-crossing with our authoritarian rightwing mental health overlords. Participatory dialogue between consumers and families is so very long overdue it was with bated breath I opened the email only to discover that I’m fat lazy ugly self-absorbed and write a shitty blog, do nothing to improve the world while the good people of NAMI, who are VOLUNTEERS, freely volunteer their time and energy to advocate for the mentally ill. O yes compared to them my own perfidy knows no bounds, even poor, helpless diabetic Angelbait is not laid low with chronic disease in the prime of her nine lives, but is an attent... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531450 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:28:45 +0100 1531450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1480803&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F31%2Fhow-do-they-get-away-with-it%2F Because “when fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag.” That’s the principle behind NAMI’s propaganda-as-philanthropy campaign to exonerate themselves in the eyes of the world, which  continues apace. And on the back of consumers, natch. They’ve delivered sets of 20 books to seven libraries. Who does that, and why? Imagine if the KKK did this, the outcry would be instant and deafening. But these people are pro’s, the nation’s hate groups could do worse than look at NAMI to take their lessons. The paperback books cover the gamut of mental illnesses through a variety of authors who are experts in the field. “We’ve been concerned for some time that there’s no up-to-date information in our libraries on mental illness ... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1480803 Sat, 31 May 2008 07:56:12 +0100 1480803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1436801&cid=t_108264_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fmooncups.html God, I feel old and ignorant.There is perhaps one advantage of age. I no longer feel embarrassed about the holes in my knowledge. They are, as they have always been, many and large. I admit, therefore, that until this week, following a comment on the Tampax post, I had never heard of Mooncups. I have never had a patient mention them. Mrs Crippen has not heard of them, and she knows about these things, so then I felt a bit better. I did a little Googling, and the first thing I came up with was Cat's Blog. Cat says:A revolution is taking place right now! It’s a sanitary revolution! Forget pads and tampons, they’re old news. They were expensive (despite Labour removing the VAT, although that helped a little) they were bulky to carry around in your bag, they were filling landfill sites, th... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1436801 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:25:00 +0100 1436801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1399231&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F25%2Ffaith-healers%2F Over the last 4 years I’ve heard the term Evidence-Based Medicine™ invoked 20 times a day at the Capitol and named it gobbledygook from day one. Evidence-Based Medicine™ refers to interventions based on established criteria in the medical literature, involving steaming piles of horseshit from the academic domain that just happen to call [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1399231 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:43:00 +0100 1399231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375125&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F15%2Fbloggy-juxtapositions-that-made-my-head-explode%2F I can’t believe I got sucked into a thread with a child abuse denier but it looks like I stepped in it. Sally caught the stink of evil for what it was off the bat in Why are so many kids mentally ill? while I was doing my “multi-perspective, tease out the complexities” liberal tolerant [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375125 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:27:37 +0100 1375125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1334510&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fnegligent-or-ignorant%2F   I’m talking about our doctors. I can’t decide if the majority are ignorant and don’t educate themselves in the drugs they give or or if they are negligent and don’t give a rat’s ass what they give us. A patient goes to a psych doc with bipolar,depression,anxiety, etc. The doctor writes a ’script for the latest drug on the market (or the drug that is sold by the best bribing drug rep). The patient thinks, “Hmmm…..he has studied medicine for a long time and has been in practice for X number of years. He must know what he’s doing. So, I’ll trust that he is doing the right thing for me”. Said patient goes home and dutifully pushed the orange/red/yellow/pink/white/blue/green/capsule/pill, etc. down their throat on a regu... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1334510 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:28:09 +0100 1334510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1312336&cid=t_108264_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F03%2Fvoice-of-america-puff-piece-on-ingrid.html If you wanted to know why so many people misunderstand the subversive, anti-human nature of the animal rights movement, just look at this ridiculous puff piece of Ingrid Newkirk, byline Faith Lapidus, that appeared--your tax dollars at work-on the Voice of America. From the story: She founded PETA--People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals--in 1980, with a mission much larger than vegetarianism. The organization fights to end the suffering of animals on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in the entertainment industry, and in laboratories. Some of PETA's first campaigns targeted research labs where monkeys and chimps were used as test subjects. Yes, well PETA doesn't just want to end suffering, it wants to end all human use of animals--a point that Lapidus somehow missed in her reporti... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1312336 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:01:00 +0100 1312336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1223756&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F11%2Fwapo-good-huffpo-bad%2F It’s enough to make your head spin, these two posts I read one after the other with my morning swear words. Liberal bastion Thorn in my side Huffington is screaming for forced drugging and involuntary commitment (Britney, et alia) — It’s outrageous that she was released from the hospital …all the experts say she [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1223756 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:43:04 +0100 1223756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162868&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F19%2Fhousing-first%2F Apologies to regular readers about the light posting, I spent the week running down opportunities for real life volunteer work and I have to learn about homelessness, so am back to the Internet for the goal-direction and learning tools. I remember when getting off the streets meant you can walk into a 24 hour drop in [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162868 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:22:04 +0100 1162868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1126283&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F02%2Flink-love%2F I think I’ll start doing more of this sort of round up, beginning with a new blog, Eliminate the Stigma, “an open project for those passionate about mental health.” My first comment (in moderation) is a response to this wrong-headed post, which maintains that explanations of mental illness contribute to social stigma, so helpful [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1126283 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:34:18 +0100 1126283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1104400&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F19%2Fnimh-message-to-consumers%2F So the public’s been invited to get off its sorry ass and send personal recommendations to the moon in the sky regarding the national strategic mental health plan, which will “serve as a guide to the Institute for advancing mental health science over the next 3-5 years.” The friendly solicitation of public comment [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1104400 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:53:20 +0100 1104400 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1091413&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F13%2Fone-of-these-psychiatrists-is-not-like-the-other%2F These two posts caught my eye today, different starting points but seem related somehow: Philip at Furious Seasons responds to a reader who asks if bipolar is a dangerous gift, and the breadth and scope of his response deserves a standing ovation. Not only does he describe the Icarus Project clearly and with enviable economy, he [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1091413 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:57:25 +0100 1091413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1054911&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F27%2Fnot-born-with-it-die-with-it%2F How does Post Traumatic Stress Disorder fit into the current biological model of mental illness? It doesn’t, people are not born with this malady, PTSD is the one and only severe mental illness organized around lived experience. But that is just so 1980s; unpleasant, un-profitable, incurable PTSD, let’s pretend it never happened and bedazzle [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1054911 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:10:03 +0100 1054911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1012469&cid=t_108264_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F181191394%2F Here is how it went down… Ms. Ignorant- Oh, you’re diabetic. My Dad died of diabetes. (y’all know how I feel about that statement) Me- Oh, that’s a shame. I am sorry. He must have had complications. I have type 2 diabetes, I just eat right and exercise and have been fairly lucky so far. Ms. Ignorant- Oh, you eat right. You are a little on the big side, if you lost weight you would probably stop being diabetic. (I am a very athletic and strong size 14 and always have been. I have been an athlete my whole life and can still bench press some men under the table) Me- Uh huh. I do eat healthy. I have been built big and strong my whole life. I am fairly good when it comes to my diet. And you know, you can’t just do away with diabetes. You can control it though (thin... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1012469 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:43:47 +0100 1012469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=983965&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F27%2Fobstructing-praxis-by-tampering-with-the-dsm%2F I spent the night editing this pdf document by the almost overwhelmingly ambitious Bonnie Burstow, a name we may recognize from the threads on Simone D. Link: Toward a Radical Understanding of Trauma and Trauma Work. I deleted 2,000 words, mainly references and shit I violently disagree with (identity politics), but since no one [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=983965 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:09:25 +0100 983965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982643&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F26%2Feffed-up-on-how-many-levels%2F Sure, ok. Count ‘em off, I got to eleventyzabillion before the calculator exploded: Valdosta State University (VSU) has expelled student T. Hayden Barnes for publicly protesting the school’s decision to construct two new parking decks on campus. After VSU President Ronald M. Zaccari labeled Barnes a “clear and present danger” and mandated that Barnes submit certifications of his mental health and on-going therapy as conditions of his readmission to VSU, Barnes contacted the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help. “A kind of madness seems to be gripping our colleges, one in which merely claiming a student poses a ‘threat’—no matter how absurd or attenuated the allegation may be—is enough to punish even the most clearly protected speech,” FIRE... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982643 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:46:43 +0100 982643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=966967&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F21%2Fyour-weekender-thingamajig%2F QUOTATION: “Today’s patients, discontented, unhappy, fragmented and confused by an increasingly frantic, alienating and violent society, come to psychiatrists for help, only to have their illusions shored up by an increased dose of a technologic fix. They are told they have illnesses that are biologic and can be fixed, instead of being allowed to speak about [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=966967 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:33:57 +0100 966967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=965274&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F20%2Fsofter-times-will-be-had-by-all%2F I went to 2 policy meetings today, which usually leads to the cussing, not-safe-for-work diatribe you’ve come to expect following these forays into the lions den. But institutional mental health is being re-organized in Texas, on the local, state and federal levels, and some demonstrable, incremental changes have happened since just last [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=965274 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:33:21 +0100 965274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=957347&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F17%2Fbecause-enduring-ennobles-we-wont-be-discussing-that%2F I’m still having a hard time recovering from mental illness awareness week, migraines, can’t sleep and nightmares when I can, plus waking up crying. I woke up and hollered “Molly!” a few hours ago, and I’ve been drinking a bit to take the edge off, which is nothing to me but a clue. Molly Ivins [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=957347 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:59:50 +0100 957347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=944645&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F11%2Fdear-god-your-sockpuppets-are-calling%2F That would be the self-named Chosen who speak as icons of lucidity, praying to the Flying Spaghetti Monster on behalf of the crazy folk. Included in this week’s devotion to exploiting the children they deny they drove insane, NAMI held their National Day of Prayer for Those with Mental Illness on Tuesday. Though [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=944645 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:39:21 +0100 944645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=934080&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F08%2Fa-need-for-attention-is-something%2F This is a first for me, responding to a search that led a stranger to the blog with this question just about ten minutes ago: How do I heal my desperate need for attention? If you’re reading this my advice is to get some attention. Know that the desire for attention is a normal human need, which [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=934080 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:31:54 +0100 934080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=923783&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F03%2Fwhat-if-collaborators-are-going-to-hell%2F I’m scheduled to attend a commission on human rights meeting in a few hours but can’t sleep, thinking. All my friends are laughing at me up in heaven; I’ve been charged with ineptitude, reformist tendencies, unpunkrock hamfisted good will. I see them laughing, and hear them singing, there’s always someone to praaaaaaay for, [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=923783 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:11:35 +0100 923783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=908673&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F27%2Fthe-pedagogy-of-the-oppressed%2F I’m back from the SHAC. My first impression is that the consumers are infantilized, they didn’t want to engage the medical director, they wanted to squabble with each other about soda and pizza. Not much dialogue, lots more when is the pizza coming? God! One consumer asked if there could be MORE [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=908673 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:29:08 +0100 908673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=906160&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F26%2F374%2F Someone asked me if I believe in the biopsychosocial model of illness and recovery. This is the wrong direction to take regarding the previous post. It’s not important what I believe. I don’t need you to believe what I do. What’s important is what policy makers and mental health providers believe. I personally work to [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=906160 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:27:54 +0100 906160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=894279&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F23%2Fwhat-i-spurned-on-my-summer-vacation%2F For the last few years I’ve been holding off on buying Nick Cave’s double-CD Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus until I do something sufficiently awful that I don’t have to but probably should if I’m to get along with my better self. I’ve met my share of challenges since the CD came out, and each [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=894279 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:41:21 +0100 894279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=883800&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F19%2Fhow-psychiatry-blames-the-victim%2F A man rapes a woman, her resulting PTSD is misdiagnosed as Borderline Personality Disorder. Women who have been raped are traumatized and eligible for the non-punishing dx of PTSD, which sits on AXIS I of treatable mental illness. BPD is an AXIS II diagnosis, the AXIS referring to disorders of the personality, that [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=883800 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:57:27 +0100 883800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=873795&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F15%2Fthese-are-the-secrets-that-kill%2F Patriarchy: A social system in which the father is the head of the family and men have authority over women and children. I support Brigitte Harris, the 26-year-old New York woman charged with strangling and castrating her pig of a father for what he did to her because he could. What he did to his daughter (almost every type of sexual act possible from the time she was 3 years old through her young adulthood) is not remarkable. One in five girls grows up raped by a family member, night after night year in and year out. Our society condones this, if you find that hard to believe, listen to a victim. As if. Our society likes to believe that incest is taboo. Wrong, incest is ordinary. Revealing the truth of incest is what’s taboo. Victims who do tell are not believed. None of which is... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=873795 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:28:44 +0100 873795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=853577&cid=t_108264_134_f&fid=35137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiabetesupdate.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fhubris-of-medical-professionals.html This morning's email brought an angry letter from an anonymous nurse who told me that my views were worthless because she was a "medical professional" and I wasn't. No further information backed up this claim.That made me think of the story I'd recently read in the Washington Post that documented just how ignorant "medical professionals"--in this case Doctors--can be.Doctors Flunk Quiz about Supplements their Patients UseThere are two disturbing things in this study. One was that one third of 335 doctors did not know that the FDA doesn't regulate supplements and that no proof of supplements' efficacy is required before they are sold to the public. Almost two thirds did not know that they are supposed to report side effects from supplements to the FDA. That's bad enough. But what is worse i... Diabetes Update blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=853577 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:56:00 +0100 853577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=843921&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F05%2Fremember-the-children-they-remember-you%2F Calling all NAMI! Yoo-hoo! Hi! ((((((HUGS!!!1!!)))))) Read the LA Times this week? Gonna pull on your coat a second, k? Thanx! Dr. Gabrielle A. Carlson, a psychiatrist at Stony Brook University, said only 1 of every 5 children referred to her with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder actually has it. Carlson, who has studied the increase in bipolar diagnoses, said some parents seemed to prefer a diagnosis of the disorder because the illness, thought to be largely genetic, absolves them of blame. “They don’t have to deal with their chaos, their psychiatric disorder, their marital troubles or abuse.” Won’t somebody please think of the children? Yes, indeed, one of these days I believe we will. via. (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=843921 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:31:49 +0100 843921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=835528&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F31%2Fchoosey-moms-choose-pepper-spray%2F At the Capitol Wednesday lawmakers held a meeting with the officials of the Texas Youth Commission, to hear how they’re coming with the sweeping reforms outlined in last session. I’m in such a pissy funk it’s taking 2 days and hard liquor to absorb the testimony. The only M.D. who spoke said what they need to do is take behavioral control of the population, and that he would diagnose “100 percent of the inmates with Oppositional Defiant Disorder.” He then praised the cutting edge research of Harvard’s bi-polar child mafia, citing Biederman by name, as mark of credibility. There was no criticism or suggestion of internal controversy, and there won’t be, ever. A specialized medical practice is by definition out of reach from general discourse, the s... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=835528 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:03:09 +0100 835528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=817679&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F22%2Foh-well-never-mind-then%2F Legislative Panel Begins Hearings into Troubled Mental Hospital: DOVER, Del. (AP)- Tales of patient abuse and poorly trained employees highlighted a legislative hearing Tuesday into problems at the state-run Delaware Psychiatric Center. Relatives of patients at the New Castle hospital told lawmakers of loved ones being sexually assaulted and beaten by staffers, and of difficulties trying to get information from state officials about their welfare. Pleading with lawmakers for help, Janice Ambrose tearfully told of her 21-year-old daughter, who has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, being sexually assaulted at least twice and put in restraints for long periods of time. Ambrose recounted one visit in which she saw drugged patients sitting in chairs in a common room while sta... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=817679 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:04:15 +0100 817679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=801465&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F15%2Fwhats-more-loaded-than-a-skid-row-bum%2F TAC rhetoric! Hands down the most mind-blown example of Orwellian doublethink going on in the national discourse. Alison Hymes correctly identifies TAC as a political action committee that promotes wicked discrimination while claiming itself a leading advocate for the mentally ill. The following is from her post about TAC’s Craig’s List ad for a new director. Here I attempt to unpack their language and get to the bottom of it: The Treatment Advocacy Center seeks a dynamic and passionate leader who can continue a commanding track record of success into its second decade. The Treatment Advocacy Center (www.TreatmentAdvocacyCenter.org) is a national nonprofit based inside the Washington Beltway (Arlington, VA). TAC has an expert legal, communications, and support staff in place ... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=801465 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:46:00 +0100 801465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=794244&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F12%2Fprocess-entails-stages-we-can-see-ourselves-in%2F Wait, work with me here. From A Fragile Revolution, a book about our little niche liberation movement: Lord and Hutchison (1993) found that the process of empowerment usually begins with individuals getting angry or, more properly stated, becoming aware of their anger. In the context of their new awareness, they also have to have the opportunity to try out new behaviours and, paradoxically, the freedom to fail. Further, it is critical that they are supported by the external material resources that constitute the most basic of human needs, secure housing and an income, so that they can have at least some measure of control over their public, as well as private, selves. Finally, Lord & Hutchison insist that no one can become empowered on their own. They must have the company of their pee... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=794244 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:54:24 +0100 794244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=781452&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F05%2Fdesperate-times%2F I just read this paper by Shery Mead, describing what’s become of alternative support systems in the age of accreditation. It resonates totally with my own experience, for which I’m grateful, as I’m still trying to get my bearings in understanding how mental health took such a bad turn, and why the old models, which do exist and to put it mildly, have not been officially discredited, are, nevertheless ignored in making policy. In the past 25 years I’ve been a client, paraprofessional, support group member, paid direct care staffer and worked in all types of mental health agencies and settings. The difference in how things were 20 years ago compared to today are stupifying, more so because the blatant devolution is touted as progress. The origins of peer support is ... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=781452 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:32:48 +0100 781452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=745475&cid=t_108264_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2007%2F07%2Fwuh-duh-meat-ha.html Meat is murder on the environment Vegetarians and vegans have been saying this for years! But now it's news? NewScientist.com news service Daniele Fanelli A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home. This is among the conclusions of a study by Akifumi Ogino of the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, Japan, and colleagues, which has assessed the effects of beef production on global warming, water acidification and eutrophication, and energy consumption. The team looked at calf production, focusing on animal management and the effects of producing and transporting feed. By combining this information with data from their earlier studies on th... I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=745475 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:40:09 +0100 745475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=706526&cid=t_108264_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2007%2F06%2Fbushs-policies-.html I am excerpting most of this story here -- just because it is so freaking disturbing. Its source is truthout.Bush, Mideast Wars and End-Time Prophecy    By JP Briggs II, Ph.D., and Thomas D. Williams    t r u t h o u t | Special Report     Friday 29 June 2007"Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society."- Former US President Thomas Jefferson     P... I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=706526 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:19:29 +0100 706526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=690095&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F22%2Flocation-location-location%2F Until yesterday I haven’t said a word about Rebecca Riley, because it’s my pattern to clam up when something makes me this angry. Not the best pattern for a blogger, but you know how it goes, when I can I will. Rebecca’s sad, sordid story has gotten major traction in the blogosphere, I read what [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=690095 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:52:30 +0100 690095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=687082&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F21%2Fpissed-off-psychiatrist-calls-bullshit%2F And fingers Joseph Biederman, kingpin of the Harvard bipolar child mafia, which directs child psychiatry the world over. Biederman is of course a pharma whore and therefore arrogant prick and major mouthpiece for biopsychiatry, the theory that dysfunctional home environments are irrelevant in the cause of bi-polar disorder, which he maintains can start “from [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=687082 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:32:28 +0100 687082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683525&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F19%2Fthird-times-a-charm%2F I wrote 2 long and demoralizing posts today that made me loopy. I’m arguing with another commenter at Amanda’s blog and can’t make heads or tails of what’s going on. I see some folks are here today, I tell you what, I’ll just download the chat function so we can talk in real time when things [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683525 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:20:41 +0100 683525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676770&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F13%2Fstart%2F This is a cut and paste of the usual fare here. I collect these pieces, in anticipation of the disappearing. I have to say reading it scared me, not because of what it says, but that it needs to be said at all. These are new times. Mind over medicine Guardian UK Mental health professionals should look beyond [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676770 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:02:13 +0100 676770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676774&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F10%2Fwhoopsie%2F Time to have a go at the do-gooders, the latest critique on the anti-stigma campaigns finds a few bugs in the system. Who asked for an anti-stigma campaign, anyway? No one I know, everyone I know says nothing about us without us, good day. I swear to god this is the edited version. A definitive worldwide [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676774 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:23:04 +0100 676774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676775&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F09%2Fdont-believe-what-hype%2F This hype, silly wabbit, at Mixing Memory, via Dr. X.: About a year ago, there was an article in Seed Magazine titled “Seduced by the Flickering Lights of the Brain,” in which Paul Bloom argued that people are too easily seduced by neuroscience, believing that it made for good science, even when it doesn’t. At the [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676775 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:03:29 +0100 676775 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638446&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F25%2Ffrom-the-department-of-goes-without-saying%2F Victims of child abuse and domestic violence are mislabeled by professionals. They suffer from PTSD, not borderline personality disorder. So says Dr. Heyward Ewart, author of a new book showing how child abuse mangles the personality for a lifetime. I’ve been banging this drum for years without a goddamn word of confirmation from expert circles, better savor these words, we’re not likely to see them for another 20 years: Some authorities say that up to 60 percent of psychiatric patients, both in-patient and out-patient, report childhood histories of physical or sexual abuse or both. This estimate excludes emotional abuse and neglect. My experience confirms that very many patients are suffering from PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) as a direct result of childhood maltreatmen... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638446 Fri, 25 May 2007 22:45:30 +0100 638446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620673&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F12%2Falas-a-clue%2F I got involved in a thread again. I swear to god. These are liberals by the way. Feminists and liberals. I don’t know where to start, you have to start where people are, ok, but I’m just saying, pre-school is maddening. “Maybe psychiatric survivors are people, too, just like you and Johnny and Jane.” At least they’re talking, right? Out of their ass, for the most part, but it’s a start. (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620673 Sat, 12 May 2007 06:01:12 +0100 620673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552191&cid=t_108264_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F13%2Fwreckers-like-me%2F I may be that and no they don’t. I see my friends at the Dylan Shelter have a long thread on the PTSD articles I posted last week. The opinion I’m about to quote captures the typical beatdown victims receive for having the gall to recognize what’s happened to them and to consider it important. Grizz’s response is instructive for handling the sheer dicksuckery that comes with the territory of constructing an accurate personal narrative: Landshipping Legend: …Of course theres lots of horrible things happening in life I have nothing but pity for sufferers of PTSD, women and kids who are abused physically and mentally ,what civilised person wouldnt? unfortunately amongst all the genuine heartache you get this encouragement of being a victim. Let me give you two ... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552191 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:20:39 +0100 552191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=536273&cid=t_108264_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2007%2F04%2Fdoes_this_shock.html Read this story, contributed by SW.Professor who criticized Bush added to terrorist 'no-fly' listFiled by Michael RostonA top Constitutional scholar from Princeton who gave a televised speech thatslammed President George W. Bush's executive overreach recently learned that hehad been added to the Transportation Security Administration's terrorist watchlist. He shared his experience this weekend at the law blog Balkinization.Walter F. Murphy, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Emeritus, at Princeton University, attempted to check his luggage at the curbside in Albuquerque before boarding a plane to Newark, New Jersey. Murphy was told he could not use the service."I was denied a boarding pass because I was on the Terrorist Watch list," he said.When inquiring with a clerk why ... I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=536273 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:56:55 +0100 536273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=534658&cid=t_108264_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2007%2F04%2Fdon_imus_please.html I find racism to be truly the highest evil. Though as a journalist and former radio host for 12 years, I support free speech in all cases, hate speech by a public figure deserves suspension of Don Imus. And if he had the courage, he'd resign. He called the members of a womens' basketball team "nappy-heaed hos." Shock radio is one thing. This is pure hatred, shaming and racism. I think he should go. This is a man who speaks to millions. Children hear it. In short, it must stop. You can find the whole article here.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/media/10imus.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1176206231-jyYJM36yZ2paC+eCFM+2Yw (Source: I'm Gina Smith) I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=534658 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:02:33 +0100 534658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=529925&cid=t_108264_113_f&fid=34603&url=http%3A%2F%2Fginasmith.typepad.com%2Fgina_on_gina%2F2007%2F04%2Fleader_of_the_f.html Click here. Sent on to me by Steve Wozniak, whose joke list always brightens my day. (And p.s, the paperback of our book, I, WOZ, is coming out SOON.) Excerpt on the silly George Bush story below.Plug it in, fire it up, Mr. President Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation. Mulally told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank of Ford's hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid at the White House last week. Ford wanted to give the Commander-in-Chief an actual demonstration of the innovative vehicle, so the automaker arranged for an electrical outlet to be installed on the South Lawn and ran a charging cord to the hybrid. However, as Mulal... I'm Gina Smith blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=529925 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:54:28 +0100 529925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551388&cid=t_108264_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fthose-evil-liberals-what-bushiet-thinks.html This article illustrated with products from Shirt Lords (Union of Evil Overlords) and The Horror Haven (Baphomet poster). Please consider them for help decorating your evil liberal bodies and lairs.You can syndicate this site using our atom feed. (Source: Graphictruth) Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551388 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=509312&cid=t_108264_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F29%2Fas-illiteracy-stacks-up-patients-suffer%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Research, Environment, Daily newsIn 2003, 29 percent of the American population had only basic prose literacy skills and 14 percent had below-basic skills. Prose literacy measures the skills needed to understand texts such as new stories, brochures, and instruction manuals. People with basic skills can perform simple, everyday literacy activities. Those with below-basic skills are proficient in only the most simple and concrete literacy.How is it that these individuals, when they are diagnosed with a disease such as cancer, are able to understand the medical jargon thrown their way, the literature that piles up in front them, the complicated process we call the medical system?They aren't. And this leads to increased chances that people will be hurt, even killed, i... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=509312 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 509312