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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.

OCD – Obsessed with Writing. (Age 12 new school, it was Mr Mangan history teacher, class exam, the walls were a shocking pink. You see I had a problem, my handwriting was an obsession. I changed from backwards to straight to forward but then I had the answer, I would write with a ruler underneath but the key was not to let anyone notice. Mr Mangan stood by me and that was the end of the test for me. My writing would not have been perfect enough, for me!) The same applies to order in the kitchen, working until all work done leaving a clear desk was core to my workaholic philosophy. Aged 60’s now and the warning signs were there all those decades ago.

https://www.treatmyocd.com/what-is-ocd/common-fears/writing-ocd-fears

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Harvard Medical News: Building Models of the Brain to Take Them Apart: Computational neuroscientist probes how the brain learns, remembers, and decides. By CATHERINE CARUSO December 5th, 2023.

Building Models of the Brain to Take Them Apart Computational neuroscientist probes how the brain learns, remembers, and decides By CATHERINE CARUSO December 5, 2023 Research 6 min read Image: MicroStockHub/iStock/Getty Images E+ Collection Kanaka Rajan describes herself as an ever-curious, “stick-my-finger-in-the-electrical-socket kind … Continue reading →

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Christmas is coming; for some tension is in the air and fear too. Recommend identifying situations and learning a skillset to cope. This is an interesting one. “Narcissistic Deflection”.

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Israel wages all-out war against the people of Gaza Fr. Shay Cullen

Israel wages all-out war against the people of GazaFr. Shay Cullen8 December 2023 The massive on-going invasion by Israel of the Gaza Strip and its blockade of humanitarian aid to 2.2 million Palestinian civilians deprive them of the means of … Continue reading →

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9th December 2023. Our world at war. Ukraine The President’s Wife Mrs Zelenska pleads for US and other supporters to have MERCY. Meanwhile GAZA is pummeled by weapons and IDF from all directions, leaving ruins in its wake and too many dead and injured people by ISRAEL; Gaza is being wiped to the ground by IDF in search of Hamas; their wish; and that of US, to have exterminated Hamas so that it never raise can any of its “snakes heads” again. Piers Morgan (Talk TV) interviews a historian I greatly admire; he used to write for the Sunday Times, Professor Niall Ferguson. I highly recommend this conversation … and reference to any of his books, his Hoover Institution talks, and so much more. To date ie since October 7th 2023 – the “Scale of Grief” accounts for people carrying out their work, literally doing their duty: 100 aid workers have been killed, 220 doctors, nurses and paramedics have been killed and 61 journalists have been killed (4 Israelis, 3 Lebanese and 54 Palestinians). We are talking about Palestine … December month as Religious lore tells us the month of the birth of the Baby Jesus. Religion is driving these wars. Islam and its splinter groups; Christian be it the Pope in Rome of Christian Orthodox in Russia. War must end. There has to be another way to stop the slaughter of innocents.

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World at War: Yesterday, I suggested Cistercian Monk Thomas Merton, an article dated 2018 from the Irish Times and then his poem Original Child. Today: in order to remain aware of the horrors of what is happening in both Ukraine and Gaza … a levelling exercise of those who wish to be empirical and in control. Nuclear weapons – we need to know the details because anger can lead to trigger happy and if we listen to Medvedev Russia – he is master of threats! Did you know about Nuclear Ban Week November 27th to December 1. Being aware is essential. ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. Please take the time to explore. Gaza … could be the incendiary device to World War III.

https://www.icanw.org/

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Signs of Emotional Dysregulation And What To Do About It? Source: YouTube Psych2Go 4th March 2023. Have you heard of “Flouncing”. Excellent video that explains behaviours we need to be able to identify with. Why we need to continue to learn. One could wrongly call a person a narcissist, a word that is bounced around so freely now … STOPP

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Brain Implant Sparks Remarkable Recovery in Patients With Severe Brain Injury. Source: Singularity Hub: Shelly Fan

Brain Implant Sparks Remarkable Recovery in Patients With Severe Brain Injury ByShelly Fan December 4, 2023 At 21 years old, a young woman’s life was turned upside down after suffering a blow to the head and severe brain injury during … Continue reading →

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“Nuclear” … heinous wars. Putin has put his name forward for fifth term. Original Child by Thomas Merton below. Beware, be Aware, we live in unsafe times.

THE ORIGINAL CHILD Cistercian Monk Thomas Merton I found this poem in 2001 in search of personal inner peace.  Each year I try to remember to circulate it; joining Twitter ensures that my canisgallicus followers receive the links too; alongside … Continue reading →

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Geographic Spread, “I came, I saw, I conquered” Caesar. Rome the empire spread to Syria, Gaul and so far. Empire raises its head again. Palestine is being flattened by bombs from Israel, with increased funds from the US $14 billion. Palestine described as one of the most densely populated remnants from the theft by Zionists with the British and French are mostly women and children suffering death, carnage, unjustifiable onslaught from an extreme of Right Wing President Netanyahu of Israel (before the courts for fraud) while seeking to lessen the power of the Israeli judiciary changing the very core of the Separation of Powers, the Checks and Balances basis of the Rule of Law. Netanyahu must be stopped from this murderous onslaught. Then we have Russia and Putin taking over Oblasts in Ukraine with its aim to regain its Empire and encroach more on Europe. US like EU, UK and other countries are supporting the Ukraine but the US are waivering, an election looms and Republicans may not be so supportive of the Ukrainians and the funds they need. But then this Christmas we need to start thinking about what “murder”. Day in Day out human beings, some children, and infrastructure is being flattened to the ground and where will all this end. I think it is time to take “Nuclear weapons” and who has them as a serious matter. I will introduce you via an article in the Irish Times to Thomas Merton, Cistercian monk. If you go to Poems on this blog and search Original Child then you will understand in depth nuclear bombs and the concept of “cute” names so those who engaged in their manufacture and decision to use, would not feel so responsible of the aftermath. Palestine … Sykes Picot. Recommend search Detente on this blog. Then consider the attrocities being carried out by Israel and Russia — Netanyahu and Putin —. Thomas Merton, the Cistercian monk, it is time and a duty of people the world over to reflect this Christmas time 2023 and reflect on what nuclear weapons do … See “Original Child”.

Opinion When Pope Francis addressed the American Congress in 2015 he listed Thomas Merton as one of four exemplary Americans who provide wisdom for today, besides Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King jnr and Dorothy Day: “Merton was above all a … Continue reading →

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