A video/podcast appearance where we discussed my experiences with suicide, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and recovery, trauma, overcoming adversity, resilience, finding purpose and meaning in our struggle, "exercise therapy" and other topics: 4/
My discussion with guest host @TaraSetmayer on the @smerconish show. We talked about tribalism, confirmation bias, conspiracy theories....and applying an addiction model to attempt to explain all of the above (no paywall): 6/ patreon.com/posts/56571154
I was struggling to find my words on this appearance (some days the Traumatic Brain Injury symptoms frustratingly resurface), but we talked about important issues....particularly co-existing with people who have different political beliefs: 7/
The "Muckrake Podcast" with @JYSexton/@CanYouHearMeSMH where we talked about the cognitive dissonance of "American Exceptionalism", Anti-vaxx as identity politics, politically tribalizing our children, and other topics: 8/
A discussion with @ConnorBeaton on the "Mantalks Podcast".
We talked about resiliency, trauma, sexual abuse, overcoming false narratives, the impact of fathers, what kills nuance, and the hijacking of masculinity for political gain: 9/ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nic…
Released January 19th.
Admittedly, I felt like a train wreck in this interview. Nathaniel Pearlman is clearly a miracle worker when it comes to editing.
Probably the most unique interview/conversation I've had publicly. 10/
An interesting study is linked in @michelleinbklyn's article on how politics negatively affect mental/physical health. The study utilized self-report instruments used to measure Alcohol/Gambling addiction...which is unsurprising based on the parallels: 1/
I've previously analyzed the multitude of factors that affect political impulse control, including social media "addiction"-related sleep deprivation that hyper-activates the amygdala (emotion), & deactivates the prefrontal cortex (reason/judgment).... 3/
The political/election version of rapture prophecies that just keep moving the promised date/outcome farther down the line, with "the delusional, non-occurring predictions reinforcing belief in the conspiracy".
I watched 3 hours of the Joe Rogan interview Dr. Robert Malone. Some observations about Malone, Rogan....and the complexities involving Covid/vaccines, “truth”, cancel culture, Big Pharma, the tribalization of science, political disinformation, and the “Trump effect”: 1/
First, it reinforces how catastrophic it was to have someone as pathologically dishonest as Trump as POTUS when Covid surfaced. I analyzed this extensively in the 70+ threads written between Trump’s covid “hoax” rally, and the 1/6 insurrection. 2/
"...One of the overlooked factors of Qanon: there’s an interactive, crowd-sourcing component where people compete, receive a “reward” (dopamine) for being the *cleverest*, connecting the furthest dispersed dots, & for (most absurdly) advancing the “story” the furthest/quickest."
Mind-numbingly dumb argument. 1. Trump's pathological dishonesty caused the "riot" 2. 147 Republicans voted to decertify (back Trump's lie) 3. A failed attempt does not negate intent 4. 58% of GOP votes still believe the lie... 5. ...b/c countless GOP politicians still support it
6. When the guy (Trump) who @benshapiro blames for the riot is the same guy who's a lock for the GOP nomination...it's not the focus on 1/6 that is "outsized".....what's "outsized" is the pathetic, intellectually dishonest dismissal of the threat. 2/