Old enough to remember when the Cluster B/reverse-CBT all-or-none shrieking to “Abolish” was about police and ICE. Now the same bucktooth backwoods hucksters giggling about that are like “Abolish the DOE!”

As a center-left person, meaning that I fall generally in the center on most issues, and on the left on a handful of others, and on the right on perhaps a few things, I really think that one thing people on the left absolutely need to stop doing is assuming that everyone aligns with them politically.

Surprisingly, ignoring worries can improve mental health. Evidence: After practice blocking out fears, people were less anxious—and less depressed 3 months later—especially if they had high anxiety or PTSD. Not all concerns demand attention. Some thoughts are worth dismissing.

“If the therapist is unable to explore and tolerate the patient’s frustration…may react w/ a conscious rationale to become more revealing, perhaps by disclosing some personal information with the idea that the patient will benefit from learning of some similarity between them.”