(Part 2) Best book about suicide according to redditors
We found 1,607 Reddit comments discussing the best book about suicide. We ranked the 205 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
From the article -
>Every year we lose as many as 400 promising, talented doctors, whose lives our society can ill afford to lose, to suicide.
Check out Why Physicians Die by Suicide: Lessons Learned from Their Families and Others Who Cared.
There's a new biography out called You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman (which I really want to read) and I was reading an article about Phil and the book where they linked to a video of his from SNL that I hadn't seen. It's him seling some countersink flanges which doesn't mean anything but it's just so funny in it's randomness and earnestness.
Of course, that led to a marathoning of clips of Phil doing his many, many great characters from SNL. He managed to make smarminess endearing somehow. Like he does with Troy McClure. Troy's the biggest hack that ever existed. He will shill ANYTHING if there's a paycheck and the possibility that his star will burn on even in it's diminished state. It's like "This isn't ridiculous. This is SHOWBIZ BABY! And there aint nothing better."
1990s SNL and Phil Hartman Simpsons go hand in hand as some of the best things from my childhood even if I didn't get all of it at the time. Now that I'm older, I appreciate what Phil brought to the screen so much more because it was so perfect and layered.
Unfortunately, things out of his control took his star away from everyone way too soon. I hope I am always able to conjure up the sound of his voice in my head. There's something wonderful about that "Hi, I'm Troy McClure!" intro. Something hilarious was about to happen. It reminds me of all those hours my brother and I spent watching reruns laughing like we had just heard the joke for the first time even if it was the 100th time that day.
RIP. There are few people that just understand how to make people laugh. He was one of them.
David Kopel, a lawyer, writing for the Washington Post has some of University of Colorado, Boulder's history with concealed carry on campus and here is another from the Austin-American Statesman written right before the University of Texas implemented campus carry
From the second link: "For 136 years, the University of Colorado banned anyone but law enforcement officers from carrying a firearm on campus. That changed in March 2012, when the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that a 2003 law expanding concealed gun carry rights in the state overrode the university’s Board of Regents.
The impassioned debate at the time of that ruling has long since subsided, even at the flagship campus in Boulder, a liberal outpost in the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
“The concealed carry issue is not much on the radar screen these days,” said Bruce Benson, president of the University of Colorado system, which includes the Boulder campus and three others.
There haven’t been any significant incidents at the University of Colorado since the accidental discharge of a handgun three years ago by a staff member who was showing her weapon to colleagues at the university’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, 35 miles to the southeast of Boulder. The staff member and a co-worker sustained minor injuries, and the staff member no longer works at the university."
The write up by Kopel includes some statistics:
As the brief explained, Colorado’s law, like the law of almost every other state, provides an objective process for issuing permits to responsible adults. In Colorado, an applicant must be at least 21 years old, pass a fingerprint-based background check, and a safety-training class taught by a nationally-certified instructor. Even if a person meets all these conditions, the statute instructs the Sheriff to deny the application “if the sheriff has a reasonable belief that documented previous behavior by the applicant makes it likely the applicant will present a danger to self or others.”
As a result, in Colorado, as in other states, persons with carry permits, tend to be highly law-abiding. For example, in the five-year period between 2009-13, there were 154,434 concealed handgun carry permits issued in Colorado. During this same period, 1,390 permits were revoked. 931 of these permits were revoked following an arrest. Contrast this with the arrests of over 200,000 Colorado adults in 2013 alone.
The Colorado Sheriffs’ support for defensive arms carrying is confirmed by national data. For example, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts in-person interviews with several thousand persons annually, for the National Crime Victimization Survey. In 1992-2002, over 2,000 of the persons interviewed disclosed they had been raped or sexually assaulted. Of them, only 26 volunteered that they used a weapon to resist. [In none of those 26 cases](In none of those 26 cases) was the rape completed; in none of the cases did the victim suffer additional injury after she deployed her weapon.
Professor Gary Kleck, author of the above study, then conducted a much broader examination of NCVS data. Analyzing a data set of 27,595 attempted violent crimes and 16 types of protective actions, Kleck found that resisting with a gun greatly lowered the risk of the victim being injured, or of the crime being completed.
But in 2013, a bill was introduced to outlaw licensed carry on all campuses. Rape survivor Amanda Collins testified before the Senate State Affairs Committee about how a ban on campus carry had affected her life. As a 21-year-old, Ms Collins had a Nevada defensive handgun license. But the University of Nevada at Reno did not allow licensed firearms on campus. She was raped in the parking garage of the campus police station, which was closed for the night.
The crime took place just a few feet from an emergency call box. “How does rendering me defenseless protect you against a violent crime?” she asked the Colorado Senators. State Senator Evie Hudak told Collins that if Collins had been carrying a gun, statistics showed that the gun would have been taken from her. Actually, statistics show that fewer than one percent of defensive gun use results in the defender’s gun being taken.
> and at Okinawa a bunch of people just committed suicide because...well, Japanese honor and shit.
It's a little bit more complicated than that. Contemporary Japanese propaganda of the US Marine Corps said that to enter the Marine Corps you had to kill your parents. This was meant to dehumanize marines as heartless beasts that were okay to kill, but once marine units moved in on villages it was a very widespread fear that you and your family would be raped to death. So people chose to kill themselves and their kids rather than have them suffer.
There was an extent to which honor in Japanese culture played into it (better to kill yourself than to be captured, and likewise better to kill yourself than to be raped to death) but from what I've read (can't remember any books' exact names but one was entitled "Kamikaze!" by a kamikaze pilot who didn't get to go on his mission before the war ended, published c. ~1955) the infamous suicide cliffs on Okinawa were out of fear, not out of honor.
Edit: uhhh I think this was one of the books
I'm not in the US, and thus didn't know suicide was this frequent among MDs. From the linked article:
> US psychiatrist Dr Michael Myers agrees. A chapter of his new book, Why Physicians Die By Suicide, dissects the different ways in which stigma kills doctors.
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> A professor of clinical psychiatry at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, Myers is a specialist in physician health and says doctors with mental illnesses "often don't seek help due to the toxic stigma of becoming the patient". Doctors in the US die by their own hand at the rate of one a day.
Has anyone read Myers's book? No, I'm not he.
Just be careful with spending traceable money or using social media to promote political action.
"The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man...
...Revolutionary suicide does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. We have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible. When reactionary forces crush us, we must move against these forces, even at the risk of death. We will have to be driven out with a stick...
My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning..."
These are from a book called "...Or Not To Be". I bought a copy after my mom died. She left a long, crazy note and I kind of got into reading these notes as part of my processing of her death. amazon link
From the article -
>Every year we lose as many as 400 promising, talented doctors, whose lives our society can ill afford to lose, to suicide.
Check out Why Physicians Die by Suicide: Lessons Learned from Their Families and Others Who Cared.
The existentialism is real in the wake of losing your worldview. All the pep-talks in the world about "go live your life, the world is amazing!" meant nothing to me. I didn't know how to move forward. For some of us, the loss is huge and the existential dread (with its accompanying anxiety and depression) is absolutely consuming.
Ultimately, the study of philosophy and the nature of existence was the way out and the door to a meaningful post-Mormon life for me. I read and studied a bunch of stuff, but the below list was some of the most helpful. I ultimately chose to go with a personalized form of stoicism to fill the void left by Mormonism. Others prefer secular Buddhism, etc. If you still like Jesus as a moral guide (like I do in a lot of ways), this is a great short podcast about Jesus as a moral philosopher.
Anyway, I found the below very helpful in my transition:
If you're interested in stoic philosophy as a replacement for Mormonism:
 
Finally, it gets better! Take it a day (or a month) at a time and keep searching and you'll eventually land in a good spot! Good luck, and stick with it!
I'm sorry I can't answer your specific questions exactly, but I can give an anecdote that might help if I know some more information. Do you live in a small town or big city? Do you work for a school or company? Do you have permanent residence or are you here on a work visa?
I might be wary of letting too much info out to Japanese people unless you feel you know them *really* well, but then I don't know the regs on reporting and things like that. My closest Japanese friend whom I've known for 11 years only knows I go to a hospital for my 「心」and we've left it at that. You can PM me for details if you want. :)
Also I second TELL. I have never called them, but the have a good rep.
I got this book to help me. I don't know if you feel you have time to read it, but it can be delivered in a couple of days if you feel you can hold out until then. It's from amazon.co.jp It's not wishy-washy woo woo. It's practical.
How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention
You probably already know this site, but I usually read this over and over and over again when it gets really bad:
Metanoia
I know you have your safety plan, just thought I'd see if these might help, too. :)
Edit: Added "my closest Japanese friend." My foreign friends know a lot more. I have Japanese doctors and a Japanese therapist.
P.S. Agree with u/chibicb that there are a lot of people here that successfully treat their conditions, but, as you know, the secret is support. That's why I also agree with u/bulldogdiver. If you (as in anyone) come over here with no clue about how you're going to manage things and then have a freak out and no plan or support, then go home. You seem to have a plan and support here. If it's better for you here, get your care here.
Adam opens the show discussing some delicious salami that was entrusted to Mike August, only to be eaten by his dogs. He also talks about his new police uniform policy, and takes a fan phone call about the media’s response to ‘Road Hard’. Adam then speaks to Mike Thomas about the life of Phil Hartman. They also discuss some hilarious career highlights, and the circumstances of his tragic death. Bald Bryan then discusses the film ‘Chappie’ for this week’s Hooray for Baldywood. Later, Adam takes fan calls about his thoughts on tipping for takeout, and bachelor party etiquette when you’re in a long-term relationship.
The news opens with a story about Obama’s statement on why some people don’t vote. They also discuss a British Airways flight that had to turn around after somebody had left a disgusting mess in the bathroom. As the show wraps up, the guys react to a survey that says half of married men find their mother in law attractive.
 
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For books, you might consider:
The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn Saks, a professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist who has suffered from schizophrenia much of her life.
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison, an esteemed psychologist with bipolar disorder.
Also, some Memoirs by psychiatrists:
Danger to Self
Weekends at Bellevue
Sometimes Amazing Things Happen
Welcome to the field! Where are you going for residency?
Whew, okay. Pulled out my actual computer to answer this.
So, a lot of what I could recommend isn't short stuff you could read in an afternoon because 1. it's depressing as fuck, and 2. it's likely heavy with the sheer volume of references wherein at least one book attempts to bludgeon you with the facts that "this was depressing as fuck." Frequent breaks or alternating history-related books with fiction/poetry/other topics is rather recommended from my experience. Can't remember if I got onto this topic through Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States or Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong or just some random book found in the library.
The very clean cut, textbook Wikipedia definition of "sundown town", aka "Don't let the sun set (down) on you here.", (Ref: BlackThen.com), is:
> sometimes known as sunset towns or gray towns, are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of segregation by enforcing restrictions excluding people of other races via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation, and violence.
For my intro into the subject however, read Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America. This is a very emotionally draining, mentally exhausting book though, frequently with lists of atrocities in paragraph form. I think it's an important read, one which frankly should've been covered my senior year of highschool or so, but it's a difficult one. Also on my reading list is The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration which is a surprising and sneakily hopeful title for such a depressing topic, so only guessing the narration may be somewhat more accessible.
Also, 'cause I totally didn't run to my kindle app to list out titles before fully reading your post, here's some below, and relisted one above, by timeline placement, best as can be figured. These might not be the best on each topic, but they're the ones available to my budget at the time and some are still on my reading list.
The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion
Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America
The Mis-Education of the Negro
At the Dark End of the Street: A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
Assata
Revolutionary Suicide
Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
Sister Outsider
See also:
Black Street Speech: Its History, Structure, and Survival
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis
Black Feminist Thought
Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations by Bell Hooks
Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
First, you're not alone. I was in my early 30's when I lost my faith and it took me 2 years to get over the depression and existential vacuum that Joe's lies left behind.
I was able to eventually work my way through it without meds or any serious counseling, but it was a grueling couple of years. Everyone has to figure out their own path, but what helped me most was reading from others who had faced the same existential vacuum and found a way to navigate it. A few titles that I would highly recommend are:
The above, coupled with a lot of patience, exercise, sleep, and proper diet got me through my deep existential crisis. The existentialism still shows up now and then, but it's totally manageable. Good luck to you! You'll have good days and worse days, but stick with it!--I promise it gets better!
Over the past several years I've personally gravitated toward a blend of stoicism and "secular Christianity." I know many others go the route of secular Buddhism (Noah Rasheta, who is also an exMo runs secularbuddhism.com which you might want to check out) and others (most?) simply go the route of ethical hedonism.
I personally gravitated toward stoicism because it isn't a religion and has no real religious underpinning. Instead, it's normally referred to as just a "philosophy of life." It has worked well for me as a backfill to religion. You'll also find that different people have different views of what it means to "practice" stoicism, so it's nice in that you can kind of adapt it to fit your personal preferences.
Here are some recommendations if you want to look into it:
Aside from stoicism, studying and learning about philosophy in general has been a huge cushion for me in dealing with the existential crisis that often follows losing belief in Mormonism. Google the Philosophize This! podcast and start at episode 1 if you're interested. It's great. I also really enjoy the Philosophy Bites podcast. Other than the above, the following were also very helpful to me in finding a approach to life without "God" and without religion:
All of the above combined with a few long years of figuring things out got me to a good place. But everyone's journey is different, so do what you think will work best for you...and good luck!
There's Turtles All the Way Down which is brilliant, about a girl with OCD, not exactly what you're looking for, but it's such a good book.
Are you looking for a memoir/non-fiction type book? If so, There's An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Edit: Didn't see that another commenter had already mentioned it. So you know it must be good!
JW bullshit aside, I'd like to recommend that you read this book: The Family Essential Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder. I'm not saying they are, or aren't, but I think there's a lot in there you might find useful. Holy f*ck.
An interesting read is ...Or Not to Be: A Collection of Suicide Notes. Not only a number of suicide notes but also a study and history of.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf
https://www.amazon.com/This-Nonviolent-Stuffll-Get-Killed/dp/082236123X/
https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0143122010/
https://www.amazon.com/Gunfight-Battle-Over-Right-America/dp/0393345831
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Guns-Liberals-Second-Amendment/dp/1610391691/
https://www.amazon.com/More-Guns-Less-Crime-Understanding/dp/0226493660/
https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Second-Amendment-Documentary-Commentaries/dp/0962366439
https://www.amazon.com/Armed-America-Remarkable-Became-American/dp/1595552847
https://www.amazon.com/Keep-Bear-Arms-Origins-Anglo-American/dp/0674893077
https://www.amazon.com/Targeting-Guns-Firearms-Control-Institutions/dp/0202305694
https://www.amazon.com/Second-Amendment-Biography-Michael-Waldman/dp/147674744X
Yo. I'm just gonna throw this at you. I highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/Stay-History-Suicide-Philosophies-Against/dp/0300186088
Related interview on Minnesota Public Radio:
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/05/28/daily-circuit-suicide-stay
Recently I read the book”Stay” by Jennifer Michael Hecht, an examination of suicide from the perspective of philosophers and writers from ancient times until now. I found it comforting and illuminating and I recommend it to clinicians and lay people alike. Suicide is far more common than I thought. More people die from their own hand than by war and homicide combined. Hecht argues that we are not the same people we were years ago and we are not going to be the same in the future as we are now. We owe it to that future self to stay and wait for help, wait for change. Your efforts to help are never wasted because even though they may not have the results you intended, they change the world in unforeseen ways and they bring you into contact with others like yourself, people who are dedicated to helping others hold on.
https://www.amazon.com/Stay-History-Suicide-Philosophies-Against/dp/0300186088
I'm very sorry to hear about your mother.
Shelly Kagan has an excellent open course on death that you can watch here. You can also read his book on death. For a shorter read on some of his death-related thoughts check out this fun piece from the chronicle of higher ed.
This mostly focuses on the metaphysical questions that death raises, trying to make sense of the badness of death, and the attitude one should have towards death. It does not directly discuss on the issue of the loss of a loved one, but maybe some of what he has to say will be helpful to you.
Fair point about the lone wolf attacks. However, where did you get the statistic for support of the attacks? The attack was disgusting, and it undoubtedly had support in the Palestinian territories, but I view it no differently to Israeli celebrations after an operation in Gaza, for example. Or perhaps burning pictures of the baby who, similarly to the Itamar victim, was killed in his home.
Cheering death is not exclusive to one party, but is present in almost every warring faction. That of course is an incredibly poor excuse on my part, and does in no way condone the massacre.
The Ibrahimi mosque shooting perhaps is a good example of mass murder by a lone wolf on the Israeli side.
Good point about lone wolves being capable mass murder, it escaped me, sorry for any incoherences.
A good book on the topic is Heroes By Franco 'Bifo' Berardi
I would highly recommend it.
If your mother has BPD, I'm very sorry for everything you have undoubtedly been through. This is one of those disorders that makes even the most experienced, educated and competent of shrinks absolutely dread the career they've chosen, so don't feel bad that you've been unable to manage. The way I've coped is to learn as much about the disorder as I can. It helps me feel less responsible for all of her madness (which is what the BPD mother instills in her children from birth). It has also helped me forgive her, understanding that she didn't choose to have this disorder and can't ever escape from it the way that we can. Some really good books that I've found to be very helpful in terms of learning about this disorder and how to cope with this are:
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Family-Borderline-Personality-Disorder/dp/1592853633/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280355017&sr=1-4
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Borderline-Mother-Unpredictable-Relationship/dp/0765703319/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280355076&sr=1-1
Therapy has also been invaluably helpful. Best of luck to you, from one BPD kid to another.
League of Denial would probably be the best to use if you have to write a paper. Lots of different angles to discuss.
I read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Kamikaze-Japanese-Spectacular-Suicide-Squadrons/dp/0976154757 as a kid in middle school. Many years later I recall it pretty well. It is really a good read for anyone with any interest in the Kamikaze.
The author underwent Air Force training and aerial combat, then later joined the Kamikaze but the war ended before he flew his mission.
The good news is that there are many convincing arguments that say you need not feel existential terror over it!
Personal identity is not just about figuring out the continuity of physical objects, but understanding the weird relation of a conscious being caring about this particular lump of physical matter call it's brain (and, more indirectly, its body). That kind of "caring" forms a fundamental building block to how we value ourselves and others. We understand how it works in everyday cases (like how I don't put my hand on the stove because my 1-second-in-the-future-self would feel pain), but weird things happen in teleportation and even normal death. The concept of "caring" breaks down in weird ways. Think of Relativity: it doesn't say that time doesn't exist, only that our everyday concept of it doesn't apply in exotic situations like traveling near the speed of light. For that, you need a more complex conceptual understanding of time, involving frames of reference and the like. The same thing can be said of this "caring" in cases of teleportation and death. Many major philosophers on this subject (like Derek Parfit, Mark Johnston, and Shelly Kagan) would say that it's ok to have an everyday kind of fear of death, the kind of fear that makes you prudent and not burn yourself, but that this existential fear breaks down or is not exactly as real (or scary) as you might have thought.
I've already recommended a link about Parfit. Here is an article explaining the bare bones of Johnston's view, and here is Shelly Kagan's book Death and the video lecture series on the same topic.
I doubt many people will see this, but if you only buy 1 philosophy book in your life, it should be Shelly Kagan's. I really mean that. It's not light summer reading, but it's meant as a undergraduate intro text that tackles how personal identity deals with an issue that affects us all: our mortality. It talks about what it means to die and what the "badness" of death really is. It's actually a really positive book that, at least for me, lessened my fear of death and enriched my understanding of how amazing we conscious beings are.
My hope is that the Democrats take back the House and Senate, impeach him for illegally profiting from use of plagiarism in his book (a potential felony), and remove him from office.
How it became acceptable for a plagiarist (who is still profiting from his illegal acts) to become a Supreme Court Justice is beyond me, but I guess criminal acts are now only punishable if you're a Democrat or poor.
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman is a great read to go into much further detail about this - and Napoleon's more flexible artillery very effectively took advantage of the lack of desire to kill face-to-face.
This book has everything you need to complete this assignment.
https://www.amazon.com/Stayed-Alive-When-Brain-Trying/dp/0060936215
I read it while I was actively making suicide plans and had no one to call at 3am or whenever I was feeling desperate and ready to go through with it. It helped a lot. I'm still here, obviously!
I hope it helps you.
I read [Raven: The Untold Story of Jim Jones and his People.] (https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Untold-Story-Jones-People/dp/1585426784) It was written by a reporter who was present for the shooting of the congressman in Jonestown, Guyana.
Huey P. Newton - Revolutionary Suicide
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Too-Short-Tragedy-Robert/dp/0224091654
...Or Not to Be: A Collection of Suicide Notes or Final Exit
And I'll plug the book, which is very in-depth and worth the read if you're interested in concussions and the institutional cover up by the NFL.
It depends on how you classify a "mass shooting". Back in the 90's and 80's (as today) most of the mass shootings that happened in the US were drug related or targeted specific individuals. Today though the kind of "random pissed off individual killing everyone in sight" thing is, if not more common specifically, growing more frequent and intense.
Columbine I'd argue made it a meme. The media obsessed over how two teenagers could do something so hideous, and the result was that a multitude of unstable individuals realized a great way to get famous (and confirm their existence as a result) was to kill a bunch of people. I don't think it's coincidence that we tend to see these kinds of shootings in clusters. One after the other for a brief period, then maybe two or three months of silence, then another group...
The cultural factors that lead to this kind of thing are many and varied. It is certainly an American sickness, and despite what anybody says and our denial about this shit you do not see this kind of random mass murder happening in any other developed country. At least not like it does in the US. Sure, you have people like that asshole Breivik in Norway, every country has crazy, alienated, people. But only in America is pointless violence so common that we treat it almost as a force of nature. What Breivik did was the worst thing to happen in Norway for decades. In America what he did is more or less repeated every month by people with no relation, ideological or otherwise, to each other.
At least in Mexico when somebody throws a grenade into a nightclub or in Syria when ISIS beheads a bunch of people and throws their bodies in the town square they are doing it for a reason, repugnant as it might be. They have a specific financial/military/political goal they are trying to achieve.
People like Eric Harris are just pissed off at the world and alienated.
One of the best books I've read on this subject was this. He pins the blame on neoliberal/internet dominated culture and how it leaves people alienated and makes them feel like they are in constant competition with others (a competition nobody can ever win).
So to answer your question, "what the fuck is going on here?"....the answer is "America"
Maybe a philosophical examination of death might be good if you think giving him stuff to read about death is the way to go. (On that point, though, perhaps some professional advice should be sought first before you decide.) Professor Shelly Kagan wrote this book which I think is pretty much just a collection of lectures from his course on death, which he can watch if he doesn’t feel like reading.
It’s been a little while since I’ve seen it, and I remember the course does become a little rigorous sometimes, but Kagan does a good job explaining stuff along the way. If I’m remembering right, the course is pitched toward an undergraduate audience and a background in philosophy is not required or assumed.
This is how Kagan concludes the course:
> The reaction that makes sense in thinking about the facts of death is not to find it as some great mystery too dreadful to think about, too overwhelming. But rather, fear, far from being the rationally appropriate response I think, is an inappropriate response. Although we can be sad that we die too soon, that perhaps should be balanced by the fact of — the recognition of — just how incredibly lucky we all are to have been alive at all.
>Yet, at the same time, recognizing that sense of luck and being fortunate doesn’t mean that we’re always lucky to be remaining alive. For some of us the time will come in which that’s no longer true, and when that happens life is not something to be held onto, come what may, under any and all circumstances. The time could come for some of us in which it’s time to let go.
>What I then invited you to do, over the course of the semester, is not only to think for yourself about the facts of life and death, but I invite you all to come to face death without fear and without illusion. Thanks very much
Kagan also favorably quotes Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle near the end of the series (with some irony as an atheist) which is fitting with what I remember to be an overall salutary effect Kagan strives for in his lectures:
> God made mud. God got lonesome. So God said to some of the mud, “Sit up!” “See all I’ve made,” said God, “the hills, the sea, the sky, the stars.” And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud. I, mud, sat up and saw what a nice job God had done. Nice going, God. Nobody but you could have done it, God! I certainly couldn’t have. I feel very unimportant compared to You. The only way I can feel the least bit important is to think of all the mud that didn’t even get to sit up and look around. I got so much, and most mud got so little. Thank you for the honor! Now mud lies down again and goes to sleep. What memories for mud to have! What interesting other kinds of sitting-up mud I met! I loved everything I saw!
Kagan compiled all his thoughts from the lectures into an excellent book. Check it out: http://smile.amazon.com/Death-Open-Courses-Shelly-Kagan/dp/0300180845/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464567862&sr=8-1&keywords=Kagan+death. Quite compelling.
A book that might have some relevancy at this point in your life; How I Stayed Alive When my Brain was Trying to Kill Me.
http://www.amazon.com/Stayed-Alive-When-Brain-Trying/dp/0060936215
Look who wrote a book about it
Legally, I'm unsure of the ethics of it, and by the time you got everything together (psych evaluations, making sure the person choosing it wasn't coerced, etc) the patient would have probably died already. I feel like the existing standards in states where it's legal probably aren't enough.
Personally, I'm completely opposed to it but that's mostly a religious objection.
There's a wonderful biography of Phil Hartman called You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman that's very much worth reading.
http://www.amazon.com/You-Might-Remember-Me-Hartman/dp/1250027969
Blatant plug/Full Disclosure: I narrated the Audible Audio edition of the same book:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoirs/You-Might-Remember-Me-Audiobook/B00OP9EM1U
The book is a very interesting look at his life and career, and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in knowing more about Mr. Hartman.
I appreciate your conciliatory tone.
> Maybe I am way too cynical but I don't believe anyone in Congress or in Washington is pro-life
I would actually tend to agree with you somewhat. I think the overwhelming majority of those in Washington who claim to be pro-life are only paying lip service to the movement in order to get votes. There are individuals who are truly pro-life and fight for it, but it's a very, very small number. The current SCOTUS bench has not had an opportunity to vote against Roe, but the last time that opportunity arose, J. Thomas voted to overrule it. It's safe to assume he would do so again if given the opportunity.
>I get the argument that he is saying what needs to be said to get the job
I think this is where you're getting confused, not just with me but with everybody arguing against you in this thread. You've come into this discussion assuming that he's just trying to get a job and that he's "saying what he needs to say." But you're assuming, from the get-go, that his statements carry ulterior motives. You're assuming that the point of this process (and his answers to the questions) is to determine his feelings on abortion. What everybody's trying to explain to you is that that's not what this process is about. You're seeing Democratic senators drill him about abortion because they want to trip him up and get him to reveal his opinion. That's where the trap is. The abortion questions are a distraction. They have no place in senate confirmation hearings. The goal in asking those questions is to try to get him disqualified because he is likely so staunchly pro-life. Those entire exchanges that you're reading and quoting only exist because they fear he's pro-life. His answers were artful and precise. He didn't fall into the traps. If you want to see what happens when a nominee falls into that trap and starts inappropriately giving their substantive views on issues like abortion, read the transcripts for Judge Bork's confirmation hearings.
Justice Gorsuch wasn't saying things "to get the job." He was saying them because they were the correct, appropriate thing to say. Even if he didn't want the job, he should have said those things. He never sought this job. He was offered this job. He's not a politician. He's never ran for office. He was given an opportunity, and he appropriately handled the offer of the opportunity when the confirmation hearings came about.
> I have my doubts about his true beliefs of the matter.
You know what? That's fine. I think your doubts are entirely unfounded, but you're certainly allowed to have your doubts. Just don't let those doubts cause you slander people and spread falsehoods about them. There's a world of difference between saying "I have doubts about his views on abortion" and "he think's the law of the land is above God's law." Don't let your distrust in political systems cause you to make extreme, unbiblical accusations against people who have never adopted such positions. That doesn't help the pro-life movement. If you want to fight against Roe, (which I certainly hope you do), then spend some time learning about the US justice system---how it works, how change actually happens---and fight for change that is actually possible. And if you want to know about Gorsuch's views, then read what he's written. Don't take tiny little snippets from the confirmation circus. He's never made any public comments regarding abortion, but he has written a thorough volume on right to life issues in the euthanasia debate. It's a forceful defense of the sacredness of life and the evil of killing. It's not 100% dispositive of his views on abortion, but it's certainly instructive.
Firstly, if this isn't just a philosophical question, please seek help. 1-800-273-8255 Suicide Hotline.
Secondly, Stay by Jennifer Michael Hetcht does a fair job looking at various philsophical responses to the problem of suicide.
I started reading a book titled 'On Killing', which suggests (surprisingly) that it really isn't terribly easy (mentally) to kill someone using a gun.
I like historical nonfiction a lot. I've got one about Jim Jones that I found at the used book store that I've been putting off reading for a while because I know I'll disappear until I've finished it.
Hi!
I am in a similar position -- diagnosed ADHD-PI, but I have some "autistic traits" that don't seem to be covered by that diagnosis.
I wanted to share some things that might provide context or additional information.
As a disclaimer: ^(by no means am I commenting on your specific situation or diagnosis. I don't know you; I'm not a doctor; I'm not) ^(your) ^(doctor; I can't diagnose you.)
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>I still struggle with things like eye contact, fidgeting, self esteem,inner monologue anxiety, and displaying emotion
ADHD shares many symptoms with ASD, which causes the diagnosis to be very difficult. Actually several of your points here are shared with both:
Don't cite the gun facts document directly use the sources they cite and read through them yourself. I have found that Dr Gary Kleck's articles and books are both more useful and credible. I am using his book, Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control right now, it is by far the best resource I have found on gun control. Most of the things you will find for or against gun control are full of opinions and not facts based on credible research. The Kleck stuff is refreshingly scientific and logical
> 'suicide by cop'
raises eyebrow incredulously
I'm familiar with the concept, I'm curious about the juxtaposition you've just created here and I'm none to sure I'm comfortable with it-even as I'm glancing across the room at a certain book on the shelf
Forgive me if I'm repeating myself from other threads, /u/HardAsIs, but I highly recommend giving League of Denial by Mark Fainaru-Wada a read. It goes into CTE in great detail and will change the way you look at Football.
I would start by asking your child's therapist to point you towards resources that they recommend.
Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents is a good read, as is The Essential Family Guide.
I'd sign up for bpdfamily.com boards and ask for advice from the son or daughter board.
I'd also look into your local NAMI chapter and see if they have a monthly support group for family members.
Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
Long, detailed book that writes about the beginning of the church, their time in San Francisco, and how people started moving down to Guyana. You really get a better sense and scope of what happened. It's not just about the tragic end, but about the people who were there. They author who wrote this was injured on the airstrip. The book is disturbing though.
There is a great book called How I stayed Alive when my Brain was trying to kill me. The author has bpd and tried to kill herself many. many times. She talks about addictive/compulsive suicidal thoughts.
Anyway, one of the great takeaways is to say to yourself, I feel angry, sad, betrayed, unloved, lonely, etc and I have thoughts of suicide. So you learn that "suicidal" is NOT a feeling, it is caused by what I am feeling that I do not acknowledge or want to feel. Highly Recommend it.
https://www.amazon.com/Stayed-Alive-When-Brain-Trying/dp/0060936215/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=16VALLPQRHAKU&keywords=how+i+stayed+alive+when+my+brain+was+trying+to+kill+me&qid=1551094286&s=gateway&sprefix=how+i+stayed%2Caps%2C214&sr=8-1-fkmrnull
try this
From the article:
>Every year we lose as many as 400 promising, talented doctors, whose lives our society can ill afford to lose, to suicide.
Check out Why Physicians Die by Suicide: Lessons Learned from Their Families and Others Who Cared.
Currently Vince Gilligan has the rights to produce a miniseries based on the book Raven for HBO. No word on when the series is going to actually happen but it should be great if it does. I read the book earlier this year and it is absolutely fascinating.
Here's the website with all of the books they read for research.
I would say read Raven which was written about 4 years after Jonestown if you want something that was more "in the moment"
I thought this was well known. This was talked about a lot after Columbine. Books have been written about it for a long time. The Copycat Effect: How The Media and Popular Culture Trigger The Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines
Yeah, I heard that you specifically had to make grandmother stew to be a Marine. What happens when you don't have one?
Source
Check out the the last century of per capita murders here (US, pg. 38) and here (UK, page 14). For the most part, they have roughly tracked, with the US murder rate being between 7-12 times that of the UK per capita, despite the fact that for the vast majority of that time, there was no meaningful gun control. Interestingly enough, over the last 20 years, the UK murder rate has increased, while the US rate has decreased (to the lowest since the 50's), narrowing the gap significantly (currently slightly over 4x; in 2002 it was less than 3x), regardless of gun control policies. There are a lot of things that affect murder rates (social issues, economics, population changes, etc), but gun control isn't one of them, as one of (if not the) best works on gun control statistics has determined. Also, if you want an overview of the history of gun/weapon control in the UK (biased, but factual and cited), I suggest you read this.
I would say that these suicides are suspicious, increasingly suspicious - but frustrating, as it gives us no solid information to go on.
Best non-conspiracy explanation would be the Copycat Effect() - suicide is actually a contagious disease!
That said, this case doesn't fit the classic Copycat Effect parameters. Copycat effect victims are often, though not always, in close geographical proximity, and are often, though not always, younger people. Neither of these apply here.
Also, as the medical officer quoted in the article points out, the very public nature of these suicides is unusual (and, I'd add, also not predicted by the Copycat Effect).
BUT if the suicides are trying to call attention to some sort of wrong-doing or mystery, why aren't they leaving notes or the equivalent of notes? It could be that some of these notes are being covered up, but with the internet today, you can leave a "note" to thousands of people at one time...
It could even just be coincidence. Coincidence happens surprisingly often. At some point, after some number of suicides, it can't be coincidence any more - but when is that? Intuitively I'd say, "There are already too many deaths for coincidence," but I know that my intuition can be wrong about statistics.
I personally do not believe that it's a coincidence but I've been wrong many times in the past. As a skeptic, I need to also be skeptical about my own unproven beliefs.
You certainly can't deny that this is fascinating, and deeply suspicious, and I wish I had "the answers in the back of the book". We can hope for more information, or if anyone has the time to do more research here, I'm sure everyone would be fascinated by it!
( - note: my friend wrote this book...)
By 1944/45 both Germany and Japan were recruiting teenager to fill up their depleted ranks.
http://www.amazon.com/Kamikaze-Japanese-Spectacular-Suicide-Squadrons/dp/0976154757
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze#Cultural_background
Look at that photo, disgusting that governments talked their children into doing shit like that.
The US currently operates a system of slave labor camps, including at least 54 prison farms involved in agricultural slave labor. Outside of agricultural slavery, Federal Prison Industries operates a multi-billion dollar industry with ~ 52 prison factories, where prisoners produce furniture, clothing, circuit boards, products for the military, computer aided design services, call center support for private companies. ^1, ^2, ^3
Make no mistake about it, the US is a slave state with reality TV and sports. I highly recommend reading about the experience of people who had to go through the US prison system, with its isolation, holes(solitary confinement), and rewards for ratting on other prisoners. Some good ones by comrades are George Jackson - Soledad Brother, or Huey P Newton - Revolutionary Suicide.
Nobody should make diagnoses over the internet, but, based on what you've said about her here, it's my personal opinion that your sister most likely has BPD.
To answer your question: there is a very high correlation between BPD and drug/alcohol abuse (just as there is between bipolar and drug/alcohol abuse). People with these disorders often turn to substances in order to numb the emotional pain that they're feeling when they're unable to use healthier coping mechanisms. Of course, the mental illness and the drug abuse combined make each respective problem even more problematic, so it's a particularly difficult cycle. It sounds like your sister would benefit from some dual-diagnosis-oriented treatment, but I'd say that the therapeutic work regarding her personality is the first priority here.
As far as how you should conduct yourself around her: this is a very complicated issue. I would personally recommend that you get your own therapist; even though they may not have specific experience in working with family members of those who have BPD, they should be able to help you deal with some of the difficulties that have arisen in your life because of your relationship with your sister. Also, I'd suggest getting some books about this topic, here are some good ones:
The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells
I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
I'd recommend the first one for starters, and the second is good also.
One argument I remember hearing about was from the book Stay, which not only traces a lot of different philosophical responses to suicide, but the author posits her own argument based on the communal nature of people. She argues that since the best predictor of a suicide is knowing someone who committed suicide, so by choosing to abstain from suicide, you are not only preserving your life, but you're helping others stay as well. She was featured in the On Being podcast, which gave an interesting overview of her ideas.
There are two books I highly recommend you (and your parents) read:
I haven't read Randi Kreger's book The Essential Family Guide to BPD, but I imagine this might even be more appropriate for you/your family given this is your sister. Randi is one of the leading authorities on the subject.
Good luck, I'm sorry to read that you and your family are going through such a rough time.
I've had to read quite a few books about religious cults in particular as part of a study a while back. Some that were helpful to me (obviously I don't know what your study is supposed to be) then:
Under the banner of heaven by Jon Krakauer
Raven: the untold story of Reverend Jim Jones and his people by Tim Reiterman
Jesus Freaks: A true story of murder and madness on the evangelical edge by Don Lattin
Reading rainbow!
I'd love this book!
Worth a read. http://www.amazon.com/You-Might-Remember-Me-Hartman/dp/1250027969
Not exactly an autobiography, but A Life Too Short about Robert Enke was a very interesting read to me.
Fair enough. Some sites are better than others with varying degrees of support, etc. I just perused search results and tried to link to some of the better articles. There will probably be some overlap. Also some books on the subject. Hope it helps.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/the-media-needs-to-stop-inspiring-copycat-murders-heres-how/266439/
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/kidding-ourselves/201406/school-shootings-suicide-and-contagion?tr=HdrQuote
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/29/do_media_vultures_perpetuate_mass_shootings/
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/30350
http://www.jaapl.org/content/36/4/544.full
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115937/copycat-suicides-are-real-are-copycat-school-shootings
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/12/91/abstract
http://www.lorencoleman.com/copycateffect/index.htm
http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/09/copycat-effect-2014.html
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/does-media-coverage-of-school-shootings-lead-to-more-school-shootings/Content?oid=20329038
http://www.riskinstitute.org/peri/images/file/Coleman_Copycateffect.pdf
http://intentious.com/2012/12/15/why-should-mass-school-shootings-get-media-attention/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%E2%80%93suicide
https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Copycat_suicide.html
http://www.amazon.com/The-Copycat-Effect-Tomorrows-Headlines/dp/0743482239/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414098489&sr=8-1&keywords=school+shootings+copycat+suicide
I agree that people should be allowed to kill themselves. I like hearing all arguments about things, and it sounds like you do too. I just read a book called Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It. The first part of that book is extremely boring because it talks about while suicide appears in history and in the bible, but if you start around chapter 5, you might find it interesting. I don't really agree with the author's reasons, but I'm glad I read it.
https://www.amazon.com/Future-Assisted-Suicide-Euthanasia-Forum/dp/0691140979
Thanks just checked this out on amazon, and I'm going to order it.
I'll post the link here for it. If linking not allowed, Mods please remove it.
https://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Everybody-Else-Know/dp/1886941343
Yes, very much so. It is probably the worst part of ADHD.
Reason: Most communication is complex and most meaning is conveyed non-verbally. That means tone, body language, context, etc is important. All those details, and I'm too busy thinking about the trying to remember the words alone. Effectively, a person with ADHD isn't great with people early on and that builds on itself. Others will be pushed away, less social experience to practice right and wrong ways to interact, and still having the disorder that makes good listening just out of reach.
Great source, though a relatively old book: https://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Everybody-Else-Know/dp/1886941343/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494214727&sr=8-1&keywords=what+does+everyone+else+know+that+i+don%27t
Not OP, obviously, but I wanted to share some good books with you that might help.
The Essential Family Guide to BOrderline Personality Disorder
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Family-Borderline-Personality-Disorder/dp/1592853633
And
Stop Walking On Eggshells
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572246901/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687682&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1592853633&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0B9Z1FD4N51N5S9K72NC
I've heard 'What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don't" by Dr. Novotni get recommended at least once on this sub, and saved it for later consideration/purchase. It is a social skills book specifically designed for adults with ADHD. Haven't read it yet, so I can't personally speak to it beyond to it being exactly about this topic, and liking the title.
I am sure there are also other social skills books that might not be specifically geared to ADHDers that would be good -- maybe even better?
I was scanning some papers I still had laying around, and that included some copies of chapters from two separate books that I remember thinking of as being potentially great resources. The first one is 'The Assertiveness Workbook' by Dr. Paterson -- which I suspect would be targeted more towards social anxiety, but might be helpful in that it would be explicit about how to assert yourself without being too submissive or too aggressive. Though, a potential drawback is that it might assume basic social skills -- though it might not, given that social anxiety would potentially cause one to doubt their understanding of social skills, thus making a review of social skills more defensible. The other was 'The Feeling Good Handbook' by Burns, a psychiatrist, specifically a chapter on "five secrets of intimate communication" -- I am not sure that would be worth buying the whole book or not, but the chapter looked good to me.
Note, I linked to Amazon on all books because it is a fairly standard, mainstream place for reviewing and purchasing books via the internet, and because it often includes previews of books -- it might be worth googling any one of these titles if any of them seem interesting enough. The lattermost one, for instance, is from the 1980s, so I am not sure what else you could find on it at little-to-no cost, and certainly local libraries may have one or more of these in stock as well. I was surprised to find my college library has some workbooks online for unlimited viewing (though limited copying/saving) through their website.
Hope this helps!
I try really hard too. It's a struggle to stay on track with structure. When I was diagnosed with BP2, I told a friend I knew had BP1 and he told me to do a few simple things: No drugs or alcohol, 8 hours of sleep a night, limit if not avoid caffeine, and read this book
Of course I try to do these things but it's difficult and currently it's really not working. It takes a lot of effort and sometimes we slip up and then start forgetting to stop and take care of ourselves. My ideal plan is to: sleep 8 hours, only 1 cup of coffee/tea a day if I decide I'd like one, remember to eat substantial healthy food everyday, at least one hour of quiet time before bed to pray/meditate/whatever spiritual or comforting activity fits, consult r/bipolar for understanding and encouragement, take meds at same time each day, try to stick to structure, always remember that my life is not just my own - it is dedicated to helping others and helping my family. exercise. Currently, I'm trying to get back on track after the semester has just ended and I've met a new schedule shift.
It's hard. But I believe our suffering is something to be learned from. I try to accept what comes my way and most days I believe the hand I've been dealt is for some sort of strange unknown reason. You're alright, not alone. We just get stuck.
I've read that most species are not known to kill another of their own species. When confronted there are three typical reactions: 1) They posture in hopes the opponent will retreat 2) Fight not to the death but rather into submission 3) Retreat
They rarely kill another of the same species. At least, according to this book that's the case. It talks about how it's not natural for humans to kill other humans in war and how the military intentionally desensitizes people to make them more effective killers, and how that impacts their personal life.
Think about this the next time you're at a bar and you see two douchebags angry at eachother over some seemingly charming skank. Watch how they posture, maybe fight into submission, or retreat to another bar with slightly older skanks, but almost always leave the other alive to fight another day, and rarely kill.
I'm a little perplexed about this guy though, not being a cobra... being of a different species. I certainly would not choose to put myself in that situation no matter how superior I consider myself over the cobra.
Were these optimum statistics ever achieved in reality? I can't imagine ever being able to fire aimed shots every 5 seconds in those conditions, with the soft cartridge jams, heat exhaustion & 1000's of Zulu warriors roaring towards me.
On Killing has some fascinating accounts of the reality of musket/rifle volleys, which came nowhere near achieving their theoretical killing power, to the frustration of military tacticians.
There's like 20 different antidepressants out there, and each affect you differently. I would try more than two before giving up.
Plus there's hypnotherapy, exercise theraphy, acupuncture, massage theraphy, and a ton of other things that are worth trying before you give up. Even changing your diet and/or sleep habits could help.
Make it through as long as you can. You might meet that one person or try that one medication that could change your life. I'd also recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/Stayed-Alive-When-Brain-Trying/dp/0060936215/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335492343&sr=8-1.
If all else fails, laugh. I've heard of laughing curing diseases before. If it can do that, maybe it can cure depression.
May not be totally football since it's a biography but I highly recommend "A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke - Ronald Reng".
A real tear jerker.
Available to purchase.
Have been in the exact same boat and I feel like it took me a lot longer to work through it than most. Also went from being very focused to not being able to focus on anything at all, worried about my job performance, unable to get out of bed on weekends, etc. Prior to my learning that Mormonism was false, I had never experienced a day of depression in my life, but after my world came crashing down it became a long, dark tunnel. Anyway, it's called an existential crisis if you haven't read up on it already. Give it time and keep working on things and I promise it will eventually improve. For what it's worth, these four books were game changers for me (check them out if you're interested:
You may not agree with everything in the books above (I didn't) but they provided me with a lot of invaluable perspective in working through my own loss of faith and the existential vacuum that followed. Stick with it and know that you're not suffering alone! And I promise things will get better.
You may find this new book of mine helpful. It addresses many of the issues raised here. http://www.amazon.com/Stay-History-Suicide-Philosophies-Against/dp/0300186088/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381454577&sr=1-1&keywords=Stay+hecht
Just about everything the league has done in regards to head trauma as detailed in League of Denial. So sickening that I hate myself a bit for still being a fan.
I saw a rec for this book. Might be useful?
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886941343/additudemagaz-20
I understand completely and I'm in my 30s. I still feel like I miss some things even though I do my best to be aware of everyone around me. But like today, I felt really dumb at work. I'm not even sure if it's in my head, or I did something to make things awkward with a certain person. I broke down and bought this after having it in my cart for a while:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1886941343/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Not sure if that would help out you or anyone else here, but I thought I would give it a shot.
Here's a whole book as an example.
https://www.amazon.com/Future-Assisted-Suicide-Euthanasia-Forum/dp/0691140979/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FNWZZZ556894KVSBYJB8
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>President Bolsnaro issued his first decree reforming some of Brazil's extreme gun laws on 15 January 2019. How could his decree have such a dramatic effect in such a short time? It is unlikely that the total number of Brazilians with legal guns increased significantly in from January 15th to the end of February.
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>The answer is an inversion of the copycat effect. Just as some people are more likely to commit horrific crimes because of media publicity, criminals are less likely to commit a violent crime if they perceive the risk to be great because of media coverage.
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>When their perception is that crime has a greater risk, crime rates decrease.
J’aime bien ce sub, les news qui dérangent sont bas votés, les fake news qui plaisent sont hauts votés