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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.

Who made this? … add this to LEGO and the internet is creating a narrative that cannot be controlled or can it?

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Big Think: Trauma doesn’t end when the danger does, and for decades, science couldn’t explain why. Rachel Yehuda, a leading PTSD researcher, has spent her career inside that question, uncovering the way that trauma can leave impressions on our genes, sometimes passing biological echoes of those events to the next generation.

Playback speed 1× Subtitles Share post Share post at current time Share from 17:47 2:41 / 50:00 Transcript My current research is really about understanding long-term effects of stress and really entertaining the question of why we are so transformed when we undergo traumatic experiences and why the effects can linger for so long. We are looking at a variety of hormonal and molecular mechanisms to try to help us understand that. I’m also interested in treatment of PTSD. And really what to do about the fact that so many people have effects of traumatic experiences that trouble them. They feel haunted by their traumatic experiences or they feel really stuck because of things that have happened to them in the past. So what’s the best way to get unstuck and what’s the best way to move forward following trauma exposure? So those are the things that my colleagues and I are studying. Why I’ve dedicated my career to studying the effects of trauma is because trauma exposure seems to be everywhere. And increasingly, the more we seem to be learning about the effects of trauma, in some ways, the more stuck we’re getting as a society. We see it as sort of an insurmountable burden or barrier when, in fact, there’s always been stress and there’s always been trauma. And truly, there must also be a way to go forward in the face of trauma and use the lessons of trauma to really achieve resilience and post-traumatic growth. I think what’s really helpful is to make the distinction between the experience of stress and the experience of trauma. So maybe what’s useful is to talk about the difference between stress and trauma. We experience both on pretty much a regular basis, according to statistics. Many people see it as a kind of continuum, with stress being maybe a less serious version of trauma, and trauma’s sort of at the other end of the spectrum. And that’s not entirely wrong. A stressful event is something that is challenging to you in the moment. It could be a trouble at work, trouble in interpersonal relationships. It could be an illness or coping with really any of a number of things. When most people talk about a traumatic experience, they’re talking more in the order of life threat, interpersonal violence, childhood abuse, combat, being in a natural disaster. So clearly there is a range of challenging events with trauma being at the other end of the spectrum. But the differences go even deeper than that because when we talk about a stressful situation, 38 1 3 A PTSD researcher explains MDMA-assisted therapy This isn’t a trip, it’s the … Continue reading

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Omid Memarian on X. The “U.S.’s stature as a singular outside superpower ….£

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100 Billion per year to Iran in $ in perpetuity … a point made in this clip worth understanding to the core

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LEGO … the latest. Great way to learn economics!

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Clash Report: Professor John Mearsheimer. Israel plays the tune

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Wimar.X on X Larry Fink BlackRock … prediction markets are forecasting oil at $130 by the end of the year

BREAKING PREDICTION MARKETS ARE FORECASTING OIL AT $130 BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BLACKROCK CEO LARRY FINK IS WARNING OF A U.S. RECESSION AT THESE PRICE LEVELS. LOOKS LIKE THE CRISIS ISN’T OVER YET…

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Fortune: Anthropic is limiting access to its latest AI model, Mythos. The real risks may already be out there

Subscribe for $1 Sign in CybersecurityAnthropic Anthropic is limiting access to its latest AI model, Mythos. The real risks may already be out there By  Beatrice Nolan Tech Reporter April 10, 2026, 11:00 AM ET Add us on Anthropic says … Continue reading

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What can Ireland learn here: New laws to crackdown on harmful pornography

Press release New laws to crackdown on harmful pornography Possessing or publishing pornography depicting incest or adults pretending to be children to be criminalised and tech execs could be held liable. From:Ministry of Justice, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Home Office, Kanishka … Continue reading

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How the Brain Replays Sight to Create Mental Images. Comment: as stated before post TBI I lost my mind’s eye. This is fascinating and contributes to Aphantasia

A new study explains that we generate mental images by reactivating the same brain cells we used to see the object in the first place. Credit: Neuroscience News How the Brain Replays Sight to Create Mental Images Featured Neuroscience Visual … Continue reading

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