The Bridge @BridgePsych

@JonathanPieNews …a trifle totalitarian.

@JonathanPieNews Aaaaarrrgghh. ‘Productivity’ Growth’ FFS

WTF

Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews

3 years ago

Why is this not front page news? The sneaky bastards.

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Indeed. They’re just setting up their workday for tomorrow by pretending to have ‘missed’ you today. It doesn’t matter about customer inconvenience. There are no ‘customers’ any longer. Only doormats with credit cards.

Here is Robert De Niro’s full statement about how Donald Trump should NEVER be president again: “I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly. I see an evil one. Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.  Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped. Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them. We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016. The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags. The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse. Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously. So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America: This is our last chance. Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator. And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided. So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them. Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

Hold a party at No10 Put a hair dryer up your nose Paint two jumbo jets And then bury all your WhatsApps... #CovidInquiryUK

Love this story! "My phone rang and it was a number I didn’t recognize. Knowing my kids were in the afternoon hours of getting home from school I immediately answered knowing it was one of them. You know how your Mama instinct just knows something is up? On the other end his little cracking voice said “Mama, I got on the wrong bus.” This is his first year in middle school. Can we even imagine what a new middle schooler deals with these days, I mean, it’s a different kind of stress. I knew my little guy was stressing out. After all it was only his second afternoon riding home. As I am talking to my son and he is speaking with the bus driver I could feel his frustration. The tone of his voice when he told the bus driver “I’m so sorry” was one of worry. Then on the other end of the line I heard a calming nurturing response as she said, “oh honey, you don’t have to aplologize. That’s my job, to get you home safely. And that’s what we’re gonna do.” My Mama-heart melted knowing she was comforting him. I can’t help but think of the many other responses he could have received. She went out of her way to console him. Before I could even get to pick him up she had him call me back and ask permission to take him in to get a drink. Cue the tears. What a thoughtful person. She actually got him an ice cream while they waited for me. (Again tears) When I arrived at our agreed upon location she walked him over and explained how she noticed he felt terrible and anxious. He had even asked if he “messed everything up.” My poor guy. She wanted to make sure he didn’t have to tell me everything and stress over it again. ♥️ I pray everyday for good people to be placed in our paths and in the right places to watch over my children when I’m not there. And today that happened. This angel truly showed love in her actions and care for my son. I won’t let her actions go unnoticed and this story will be shared with her leaders. I’m not sure how your day is going. But I encourage you the next time you are inconvenienced to take a look around. It might not be about you after all." Credit: Jennifer Slate Cipriani

@MartinPeacock3 @JonathanPieNews He’s difficult to ‘recognise’ as a human being.

We couldn’t agree more. Please RT if you do too.

@psychmag Don’t over-pathologise. In 30 years the media and social media will do that for you. Help people learn to handle a perfectly normal emotional range.

It’s concerning how much we are now having to assure people that normal emotional reactions are not *illnesses*. No, you are not ‘depressed’; you are unhappy. You are not ‘traumatised’; you had a really unpleasant experience. You do not have ‘anxiety’; you’re a bit fearful.

Allen Frances @AllenFrancesMD

3 years ago

Recently recommended screening for anxiety disorders is dreadful mistake: 1)Huge false positive rate 2)Worried well massively overmedicated 3)Diverts very scarce resources away from really sick 4)Stigma 5)Turns normal/adaptive worries into mental disorder wsj.com/articles/scree…

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NHS Million @NHSMillion

3 years ago

Could you afford treatment without the NHS?

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We’re trying to get as many followers as Rishi Sunak so we can show the government just how many people are prepared to fight for the NHS and its staff. Please can you help by following us and retweeting this?

If I was found in contempt of court, I would be imprisoned. If you were found in contempt of court, you would be imprisoned. So why hasn’t Boris Johnson?

Although motivated by money concerns, the sense this makes for children is huge. Why should the children ‘move house’ every wk when a marriage breaks down?This continuity of ‘home’ will dramatically reduce the toll #Divorce takes on the kids. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

You don’t need to spend £1100. When the heat waves return, just wet a few pair of cotton socks, cheap cotton gloves (available on — we’re sorry — Amazon), and a few face cloths and FREEZE them. #HeatWaves scientificamerican.com/podcast/episod…

THIS. please.

CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism

3 years ago

”The famous Italian diver Enzo Maiorca dove into the sea of ​​Syracuse and was talking to his daughter Rossana who was aboard the boat. Ready to go in, he felt something slightly hit his back. He turned and saw a dolphin. Then he realized that the dolphin did not want to play

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A useful, hopeful article.Most of us hover somewhere between despair&indifference: rage, panic, cynicism.But we always end up at: what to DO? #globalwarming #climatechange #climateactivism If you want to talk about it, get in touch. newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

@YoungMindsUK That it is never ‘over’. It changes and transforms. But grief remains with a bereaved person for years, for decades, sometimes a lifetime. To expect a person to ‘move on’ is botn cruel and unrealistic.