"Members of disliked minority groups are often stereotyped as representing a danger to the majority's most vulnerable members. For example, Jews in the Middle Ages were accused of murdering Christian babies in ritual sacrifices. Black men in the United States were often lynched after being falsely accused of raping White women. In a similar fashion, gay people have often been portrayed as a threat to children."
Facts About Homosexuality and Child Molestation
Nigel
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Sunday, 29 July 2012
But, Not A Lot
Stress
"Stress is an unavoidable consequence of life. As Hans Selye (who coined the term as it is currently used) noted, "Without stress, there would be no life". However, just as distress can cause disease, it seems plausible that there are good stresses that promote wellness. Stress is not always necessarily harmful. Winning a race or election can be just stressful as losing, or more so, but may trigger very different biological responses. Increased stress results in increased productivity -- up to a point. However, this level differs for each of us. It's very much like the stress on a violin string. Not enough produces a dull, raspy sound. Too much tension makes a shrill, annoying noise or snaps the string. However, just the right degree can create a magnificent tone. Similarly, we all need to find the proper level of stress that allows us to perform optimally and make melodious music as we go through life."
AIS
http://www.stress.org
"Like a thief in the night, work stress robs millions of workers of their health and happiness, then goes scot-free while the blame lies elsewhere."
Veninga, R. L. and Spradley, J. P. (1993) The Work-stress Connection: How to Cope with Job Burnout, Boston: Little, Brown and Company
MBS?
Nigel
"Stress is an unavoidable consequence of life. As Hans Selye (who coined the term as it is currently used) noted, "Without stress, there would be no life". However, just as distress can cause disease, it seems plausible that there are good stresses that promote wellness. Stress is not always necessarily harmful. Winning a race or election can be just stressful as losing, or more so, but may trigger very different biological responses. Increased stress results in increased productivity -- up to a point. However, this level differs for each of us. It's very much like the stress on a violin string. Not enough produces a dull, raspy sound. Too much tension makes a shrill, annoying noise or snaps the string. However, just the right degree can create a magnificent tone. Similarly, we all need to find the proper level of stress that allows us to perform optimally and make melodious music as we go through life."
AIS
http://www.stress.org
"Like a thief in the night, work stress robs millions of workers of their health and happiness, then goes scot-free while the blame lies elsewhere."
Veninga, R. L. and Spradley, J. P. (1993) The Work-stress Connection: How to Cope with Job Burnout, Boston: Little, Brown and Company
MBS?
Nigel
The Black Dog
Depression
"Pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because it cannot be borne."
Darkness Visible, William Styron, 1991, Picador, London
"Normal Sadness is to depression what normal growth is to cancer."
Malignant Sadness – The Anatomy of Depression, Lewis Wolpert, 2001, Faber and Faber
"Depression is a word ... “That has slithered through the language like a slug, leaving little trace of its intrinsic malevolence and preventing by its very insipidity, a general awareness of the horrible intensity of the disease out of control.”"
Darkness Visible, William Styron, 1991, Picador, London
"I've been to hell, young man ... you've only read about it."
Marquis de Sade to Abbe de Coulmier, Quills
MBS?
MBS?
Nigel
"Pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because it cannot be borne."
Darkness Visible, William Styron, 1991, Picador, London
"Normal Sadness is to depression what normal growth is to cancer."
Malignant Sadness – The Anatomy of Depression, Lewis Wolpert, 2001, Faber and Faber
"Depression is a word ... “That has slithered through the language like a slug, leaving little trace of its intrinsic malevolence and preventing by its very insipidity, a general awareness of the horrible intensity of the disease out of control.”"
Darkness Visible, William Styron, 1991, Picador, London
"I've been to hell, young man ... you've only read about it."
Marquis de Sade to Abbe de Coulmier, Quills
MBS?
MBS?
Nigel
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