Suffering from any of these symptoms since the election? “Recurrent, involuntary, and intrusive distressing memories?” “Avoidance of  . . . distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings?” “Persistent negative emotional state (e.g., fear, horror, anger, guilt, or shame)?” “Sleep disturbance?” (click here for source) You are not alone. These are just some of the symptoms of PTSD, […]

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Get ready for one of my more original socio-political experiments . . . We can choose so many responses when we are shocked, afraid, angry, or just plain perplexed.  The complexity of our emotional state is matched by the complexity of our choices in light of that state. The presidential election, as my grandmother would […]

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