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Personally, I don't use but I gotta ask b/as long time SA Counselor & Clinical Neuropsychologist,
What ARE these people so on re weed about? Theres NOTHING abt weed comes anywhere close to t/individual, 1/

@GoadGatsby relational, marital familial, societal and physical and mental health damage done by alcohol (ism) daily. PERIOD FULL STOP

& Research that was so long denied has found a plethora of bennies.

That's not to say no abuse occurs or is possible, (however, [stick with me here] 2/
@GoadGatsby I see a variety of WS groups currently abusing [t/great American symbol of home family & motherhood] MILK these days...
Hey, if it's a substance/any substance or something transduced or processes by your chemical brain [neurochemistry baby] use misuse, abuse addiction & 3/
@GoadGatsby deadly addiction is a thing, A BIG THING including "thought addiction," [we MH profs call this obsession] which seems a likely group DX for folks on the right who are virtually obsessed with weed as if it were Hitler, meanwhile they're tryna convince themselves he had a 4/
@GoadGatsby rational national plan on repeat. But I digress).
Bottom line: Cannabis Use/Abuse Disorder is far less (note t/word LESS) common, far less damaging both in t/short- & long-term & pop #s for Cannibis Use/Abuse are no where near those of alcoholics & the resulting death maiming 5/
@GoadGatsby & injury via drunk driving & weed is not typically associated w/DV, murder, violent rage & general societal mayhem etc.

However Cannabis/Weed IS SO HIGHLY ASSOCIATED w/the abuse of Black folks by police & our racist CJS as the perpetual excuse to lock Black folks up that you 6/
@GoadGatsby might as well say it's first outta the gate as the White Supremacist rationale for all the above and maybe THATS WHY THE RIGHT CLINGS SO HARD TO WEED AS THE BIG BAD BOOGIE MAN (or Boogie/Boog Bois).

So WTF do these people not get?

Oh yeah I forgot theyre 7/
@GoadGatsby addicted to their obsessive paranoid thought patterns tape no. 107,634 "fear and loathing of all things & just plain living period" ..in fact, that's not just their NEUROCHEM fix for anxiety, 8/
@GoadGatsby THATS THEIR FIX FOR LIFE (i.e., no living, & certainly no living differently [from them] allowed).
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More from kateneuropsych Dr. Kate Shaw MA/MS/PsyD Auntie Fa

@KathyGrants @slomoshun1966 @kk131066 @foe_us @nature_org @jane__eden @impakterdotcom @sillymickel @vegix @how_sustainable @JamesrossrJames @climatemessages @sustainableuni1 @LolaGayleC @ResisterForever @mmpadellan @AdamParkhomenko @glennkirschner2 @morethanmySLE All the clinical Neuropsychological and forensic testing manuals that match the clinical measures we use...
Then made cheat sheets. (ok geek comment alert) the reason to do this is because if you don't understand the base rates and how they were derived, the populations 1/

@slomoshun1966 @kk131066 @foe_us @nature_org @jane__eden @impakterdotcom @sillymickel @vegix @how_sustainable @JamesrossrJames @climatemessages @sustainableuni1 @LolaGayleC @ResisterForever @mmpadellan @AdamParkhomenko @glennkirschner2 @morethanmySLE sampled to gain those "norms" and the year in which this was done, your interpretation of testing data will be significantly "off". If you can't assess the accurate diagnosis (meaning you misdiagnose) you end up causing pain and suffering not to mention treatment especially 2/

@slomoshun1966 @kk131066 @foe_us @nature_org @jane__eden @impakterdotcom @sillymickel @vegix @how_sustainable @JamesrossrJames @climatemessages @sustainableuni1 @LolaGayleC @ResisterForever @mmpadellan @AdamParkhomenko @glennkirschner2 @morethanmySLE if it involves psychopharm (meds)doesn't treat what actually ails the patient. When this happens, at best no one's treated for the actual illness they have which causes undue pain & suffering, at worst symptoms are exacerbated and or meds cause adverse reactions that can 3/

@slomoshun1966 @kk131066 @foe_us @nature_org @jane__eden @impakterdotcom @sillymickel @vegix @how_sustainable @JamesrossrJames @climatemessages @sustainableuni1 @LolaGayleC @ResisterForever @mmpadellan @AdamParkhomenko @glennkirschner2 @morethanmySLE have lasting effects (more pain and suffering) not to mention totally messing with the outcomes of legal cases
In short an inaccurate Diagnosis totally messed with people's lives.
. ..... So, if I use a measure you can bet Ive read the manual and understand the cautions, and 4/

@slomoshun1966 @kk131066 @foe_us @nature_org @jane__eden @impakterdotcom @sillymickel @vegix @how_sustainable @JamesrossrJames @climatemessages @sustainableuni1 @LolaGayleC @ResisterForever @mmpadellan @AdamParkhomenko @glennkirschner2 @morethanmySLE when to augment via clinical judgement. That often puts me at odds with folks in terms of opinions but I can back it all up via research and what's written in the manuals which often have caveats re use and application that people miss. More, as I went along it became obvious 5/
THREAD: TRUMP IS A CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATH
I think we've had this exchange B4 yes? Ive said from t/start (despite all who vociferously insisted over& over hes a malignant narcissitic) TRUMP IS A CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATH (whos dementing but that's a diff thread) & have written extensive 1/


threads (see @threadreaderapp) explaining what criminal psychopathy is and why Trump is a criminal psychopath, AKA more formally as Anti-Social Personality Disorder w/Psychopathy (ASPDp).

1) Trump is NOT a Narcissist. He does NOT have NPD and IS NOT a nalignant narcissist 2/

(which BTW isn't even a valid DX, is not in any iteration of the DSM and more importantly IS NOT backed by research)

Lastly (but very importantly) narcissists ARE NOT DRIVEN BY SADISM

2) Trump is NOT a sociopath (someone who due to poverty & social oppression with few if
3/

any other options, is driven to crime to survive; who does not particularly enjoy it but as the only way to survive, become a way of life...eventually you become numb as that's just a fact of life)

4/

3) Trump IS/HAS Anti-Social Personality disorder w/PSYCHOPATHY
which is driven by sadism

i.e. Trump is a PSYCHOPATHIC criminal

Trump IS NOT a sociopath. He does not now nor did he ever need to commit crimes to survuve. TRUMP IS DRIVEN TO CRIME BECAUSE HE ENJOYS 5/
Since 1980-90s WS successful ongoing intentional strategy to blend w/fundamentalist W Christian & infiltrate/integrate/take over these spaces; emerging in homeschooling tied to natural CB, attachment style parenting, Le Leche League, Natural child rearing & ecological mov'nts


Theres not a lot 1 can do abt this either. There are SOME divisions but not as many as one might like to think & there are an infinite number of fuzzy boundaries ie., as in vaccinations. This is a highly fluid & often volatile life stage to navigate married or single & 2/

things are muddy as hell (this is an area I've researched tracked, and personally experienced as part of that natural child birth community). Women are isolated by society and thats a problem on both the right and the left. Women are vilified & looked down on when they do 3/

have kids, and are pilloried if they stay home, go to work, if they breastfeed, for how long or not and are essentially cut off from an elder community that might help them navigate the enormous shift in their lives not to mention having to put up with petulant manbaby 4/

husbands who drag them via their own negative ideals, expections, insecurities fears angers hurts at the sudden usurping of their position as number 1 in a womans life when she has a baby, & especially the first baby. BOTH WHITE SUPREMACY AND FUNDAMENTALIST WHITE CHRISTIANITY 5/

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Some thoughts on this: Firstly, it might be personal preference, but I am not keen on this kind of campaign as I feel like it trivialises cancer. Sometimes the serious message gets lost because people are sharing pics of cats or whatever and the important context is gone.


More importantly, the statistic being used in the campaign is misleading. It says 57% of women put off cervical screening if they can't get waxed. But on further investigation, that's not accurate.

The page here goes on to say "57% of women who regularly have their pubic hair professionally removed would put off attending their cervical screening appointment if they hadn’t been able to visit a beauty salon."

So the 57% represents a concern not across the whole population of women, but only those who regularly get waxed. So how big of an issue is this across the whole population? And what else is stopping people getting smears?

I think campaigns for cancer screening are really tricky because there is so much nuance that often doesn't fit into a catchy headline or hashtag. It's certainly not easy and is part of a bigger conversation.
Let's talk honestly about "informed consent."
Someone with decades of training gives someone with none advice usually packed into 1-3 mins. Huge amount is based on trust. Huge potential for bias built in. But also there is no obligation to provide real alternative options.


I am classified as 'gifted' (obnoxious and ableist term). I mention because of what I am about to say. You all know that I was an ambulatory wheelchair user previously - could stand - but contractures have ended that. When I pleaded for physio, turned down. But did you know...

I recently was chatting with a doctor I know and explaining what happened and the day the physiatrist told me it was too late and nothing could be done. The doctor asked if I'd like one of her friends/colleagues to give second opinion. I said yes please! So...

She said can you send me MRI and other imaging they did to determine it wasn't possible to address your contractures.

Me: What?
Dr.: They did a MRI first before deciding right?
Me: No
Dr: What did they do??!
Me: Examined me for 2 minutes.
Dr: I am very angry rn. Can't talk.

My point is you don't even know if you are making "informed" decisions because the only source of information you have is the person who has already decided what they think you should do. And may I remind you of a word called 'compliance.'

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