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Michael

Jimmy Kimmel on Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas

"Not a time for moments of silence" (by itself, again and again) - Jimmy Kimmel tonight, tears in his eyes

So tonight I saw this and compelled to come out of web retirement and update my resource on Children and Violence in order to share this video, mostly. Because nothing much has changed since Columbine, Parkland, Sandy Hook, one after another. (Yes, "woke", there are many mindful Americans who are equally baffled by the religion of guns before human life, and why we've just let the thoughts & prayers be the only result time after time.

So I updated that page, which - let me check if it's more than zero... yes, 101 people (or bots) visited today, not bad for a 21-year old page, unpublicized or promoted. I put it up in the immediate days following the attack, while working with children who witnessed it, teachers, and counselors. With PTSD like everyone else. Auto-pilot for a long while, right brain hazy and horrified and driven to do SOMETHING. In the next days I saw children's drawings and heard how they brought cookies to the firemen at the pit barricades.

Everyone can do something. besides sending thoughts and prayers. (Not that these are bad. But things much change! No?)

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[wonder if anyone reads past the new normal 7secs attention span? If so, congratulations, thanks, and this is 7th-inning stretch]

Fast forward, Columbine. Got me back to pursuing reasons and solutions for violence. (Spoiler: It's exponentially worse now)
But I worked with APA (psychology) and MTV (media/teen audience) giving talks on "Warning Signs" of suicide/depression etc..

A few years of calm between mass shootings. Fast forward again, it's now a near-weekly event. Four years of #TrumpVirus added to existing PTSD amplified by COVID & a division and tribalism plus a big cult of conspiracy & alternative facts. Thank you #Fox/ #GQP)

Here we are. A depleted and tribal Congress ministering to NRA and #TrumpVirus, deadlocked and gone for va-cay ...
Anything at all - pressure on OUR employees, supposedly working for WE the PEOPLE - "representatives". (scary thought too)

#StaySafe #Violence #guns #massacres #psychology #Children #PTSD #Fenichel #USCongress #culture

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Michael

Take 2, with correct url/web address...

FWIW… I started this on Sept 12, 2001, as I sat in a daze trying to kick-start my ability to think and act, after the WTC attack.

Dr Mike

Children and Violence

I updated this page through around 2013, but by then the mass shootings were happening routinely and I simply could not keep up. Which is a good indication that a new “norm”, with desensitization and was underway. As others began years of PTSD…

20+ years on, again and again and again…
And “only in America!”. Streaming live in a Congress near you.
On auto-replay, with no way out, it seems.

#MakeAmericaSaneAgain #violence #trauma #PTSD #children #MentalHealth #fenichel

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Michael

FWIW.... I started this on Sept 12, 2001, as I sat in a daze trying to kick-start my ability to think and act, after the WTC attack.

Children and Violence

I updated this page through around 2013, but by then the mass shootings were happening routinely and I simply could not keep up. Which is a good indication that a new "norm", with desensitization and was underway. As others began years of PTSD...

20+ years on, again and again and again...
And "only in America!". Streaming live in a Congress near you.
On auto-replay, with no way out, it seems.

#MakeAmericaSaneAgain #violence #trauma #PTSD

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 15th, 2021

Marcus Pulis, Press Secretary

TheFreedomLine.com
812.605.3054 marcus@thefreedomline.com
Combat Veteran Injured and Denied Care By Colorado Police
This past Friday, December 10th, Adam Kokesh, Libertarian activist and combat veteran was arrested in Saguache County Colorado. The peace activist’s arm was injured during the arrest by Center Police Department. For over twenty-four hours Kokesh sat in the county jail without any medical attention. After calls flooded into the jail demanding he be treated for his injuries, the Sherriff finally had him examined by a nurse. No x-rays were taken even though reports said that his arm may have been broken. Along with Kokesh, his two dogs were also taken into custody and forced to stay outside in the cold Colorado winter weather. At this point, the police report is still unavailable.
Kokesh was to appear before the court Monday, December 13th on charges related to psilocybin mushrooms, which the veteran uses to treat his PTSD. Refusing to bond out of jail until he receives his possessions and an apology from the police for his treatment he remains in confinement. Supporters were allowed to call into the proceedings and the judge was surprised that so many called in to listen. He is slated to come before the judge again today at 4 pm Eastern/ 2 pm Mountain.
It is wrong to take a veteran's medicine from them. Arresting someone who has harmed no one is equally as wrong, but to withhold medical care from anyone who has been arrested is beyond human decency. It is not too much to ask for an apology and the return of his possessions. This is what passes for justice in America.
To call into proceedings today, December 15th call 720 650 7664. The access code is 927174122
To contact the jail where Kokesh is being held call Saguache Co. Sheriff’s Department at 719 655 2544.
To contact the arresting officer Cristian Guaderrama contact Center Police at 719 754 2442.
To contact the animal shelter contact Monte Vista Animal Shelter at 719 852 3366.
Adam Kokesh is an Iraq war combat veteran. Through his involvement in the Marine Corps, he discovered as Smedly Butler said, “War is a Racket.” He is a published author and a long-time Libertarian activist. For years, he has toured the nation, spreading the ideas of liberty. In January 2017 he announced his candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States, on the platform of a peaceful, orderly dissolution of the entire federal government. More recently he co-founded a 501c3 called Homefront Battle Buddies which facilitates alternative therapies for veterans, supports homeless veterans, and offers other veteran services. Following his ethical principles, Kokesh continues to spread the message of FREEDOM! and Localization through his show Adam Vs The Man.

To schedule an interview with Adam Kokesh, please contact- Marcus Pulis, Press Secretary, at (812) 605-3054 or marcus@thefreedomline.com.
To see what Adam Kokesh is all about, please check out his website https://adamvstheman.com/

#humanrights #freedom #adamkokesh #adamvstheman #liberty #ResistTyranny #ptsd #policestate #tyranny

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Wayne Radinsky

A drug called trihexyphenidyl, approved as a treatment for Parkinson's disease, has been discovered to reduce PTSD flashbacks and nightmares.

The drug is thought to work by blocking the action of a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine's primary function in the nervous system is to activate muscles, but it functions in the brain as well and throughout the nervous system.

In this case, the researchers believe that suppressing acetylcholine in a few particular spots in the brain, namely the basal forebrain, amygdala, and hippocampus, is what leads to the suppression of PTSD flashbacks and nightmares.

The basal forebrain, and in particular a part of the basal forebrain called the nucleus basalis of Meynert, is thought to have circuits that store traumatic memories, and these get activated by acetylcholine during PTSD-type flashbacks and nightmares. Note that this is different from the places in the brain where normal fear emotions are processed and normal memories are stored, which are the amygdalae and hippocampus.

(To read you have to click the grainy screenshot, which will download a PDF that has the full article.)

SOGO PTSD Institute Activity Report

#discoveries #neuroscience #ptsd

SOGO PTSD Institute Activity Report｜そごう心療内科クリニック

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