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Blewett’s outlook changed only after a gradual reflection on the more unpleasant aspects of his sophomore season. He credits his mental turnaround to an exercise in positive thinking...
Blewett’s outlook changed only after a gradual reflection on the more unpleasant aspects of his sophomore season. He credits his mental turnaround to an exercise in positive thinking...
...Army sources say that Malka's criticism of the cabinet's plans for a gradual withdrawal from the Palestinian towns was probably coordinated with Mofaz and was intended to pressure Sharon not to pull the troops out. The chief of staff can't make a statement like that right now; two weeks ago, he was dressed down by Sharon for criticizing the government's instructions to the army in a press release. But army discontent with the politicians is growing. Sharon's circle believe Mofaz, whose terms as army chief ends next summer, is buffing his tough guy image...
...these feelings with alcohol or drugs. Left alone, PTSD can become completely disabling. Treatment with a trained therapist, however, can be marvelously straightforward. Reliving the experiences in a controlled way--by talking about them, calling them up and laying them bare--strips them of their power to harm. Gradual exposure to the things that trigger anxiety--elevators, skyscrapers, airplanes--can also help. In some cases, so may antidepressants...
...This is an old story that needs no belaboring. What I mean to get at - beyond the devastations caused to journalism by cut-budget venality on the owners' side and a gradual moronization of the audience on the receiving end - is a dawning intuition among some Americans (not all of them conspiratorial anti-globalization leftists) that these circuses may represent a misdirection, to use the magicians' phrase: a massive diversion...