Post No. 2,725 - Some interesting reading/viewing [Note: Content Warning - links to distressing reports on some topics. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

Here are some llinks that might of interest or value:

• “Answering White People's Questions About Slavery: The London History Show”   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GrYRPLy6g2g&list=WL&index=2&pp=gAQBiAQB   Well done - great answers to some ... concerning questions  

• “Why Narcissism And Severe Insecurity Can Look The Same”   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6p2E2kPWZAU&list=WL&index=3&t=2s&pp=gAQBiAQB   Hmm ... interesting - and surprising, in a “oh that does make sense” kind of way  
  

• “8 Signs of Eldest Daughter Syndrome”   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GkddXAf-578&list=WL&index=2&t=10s&pp=gAQBiAQB   

• “The Fijian myth of the greedy god - Raiana McKinney and Esther Wozniak”   https://youtu.be/CBWgOe8HsV0?si=v5hjMjb5fx6SqCc1   Well told - and some good teaching on attitudes that some still need to learn ...        

• “The Surprising Genius of Jealousy and Envy”   https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/on-emotions-and-empathy/202402/the-surprising-genius-of-jealousy-and-envy   From the excellent Karla  McLaren   

• “Therapist Reacts to His Own Deepfake Scandal”   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=87-GgbLFXjw   As the therapist explains, his own messages were being ignored because of massive problems with confirmation bias   

• “3 reasons you feel INVISIBLE or ALONE”   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTis4sKaeCA&list=WL&index=5&pp=gAQBiAQB     

• this week’s “afterlife report” by the  Zammits (see here for zoom meeting opportunities):  
  https://www.victorzammit.com/March1st2024/  
  

• my recent posts on my political blog:  
• From the news on:     society generally, and broader issues,     the climate crisis, environmental issues, and nuclear threats/issues,     human rights and humanitarian aid,     the war in West Asia,     and     politics & democracy, and international affairs;
  
  
• “The problem of non-apparent (“invisible”) disabilities in the workplace”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-problem-of-non-apparent-invisible.html   
  
  
• “A momentous - world shaking - action for Gaza?”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-momentous-world-shaking-action-for.html 
  

• also from YouTube:

• “Coping skills for introverts with high social awareness”   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kzcWHUkoo6M&list=WL&index=3  
  
  
• I have not finished watching this, but consider it worth including for you, Dear Reader, to consider. One point I would make - particularly on the basis of the comments - is that is high time medical science stopped choosing what has a mass market application and started looking more closely at what works for different people - e.g., CBT can be harmful for some people; this MAY be a variation of the same principle, although I have doubts. I’m not likely to follow the channel, by the way, on the basis of other videos I have looked at.   “A hard look at EMDR and its unscrupulous founder”   https://youtu.be/PZmvk30gJEQ?si=4xiCVeU8HEfiUUol   See also   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing&oldid=1210539672   and   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francine_Shapiro&oldid=1210537739  
  
  
• “How to sense and feel a cat's aura”   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bABpZgt168k  
  
  
• “JWST FINALLY Found Alien Life?!”   https://m.youtube.com/shorts/4_R64KULI00   At a cellular level - IF confirmed 
  
  
• from YouTube and elsewhere on neurodivergence: 
• “Dying Young and Misunderstood: Autism in Adulthood | Elizabeth Weir | TEDxCambridgeUniversity”   https://youtu.be/oy2pjULLZ6k?si=91CwdYzWS7nqrIaW  
  
  
• from Autism from the Inside:
  - “Should you change yourself for others? – Finding balance in relationships”   https://youtu.be/bE1lUTDPjwA?si=7Ol67M_hTO1xQtAw   This has wider application than the target audience  
  
  

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