The roots of mental illness | Column | Opinion I’m going to delve into that topic that no one wants to talk about: suicide. It seems strange to me that one of the leading causes of death for young people is kept so far away from our eyes and ears. There may be a lot of sensational coverage of suicide, but maybe it’s not touching on the right issues. Is this done to show respect to the family of the deceased? Whether our mainstream media will admit it or not, suicide is a real problem that needs attention. Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) was an early sociologist. This is what happened in the '60s and what resulted was a massive counterculture of drugs, music, art, and fashion. But what about when people drop out of a society or economic system and are overwhelmed by feelings of loneliness and helplessness tied in with their very real struggle with depression or other mental illness? I’m not going to pretend that I know why people commit suicide. This could help families and friends recognize early-warning signs of mental illness.
40 Life Hacks That Will Change Your Life There are always these pesky little obstacles in life that make everything so difficult – pot always boiling over, zipper constantly unzipping itself or ice cream melting on your clothes. All these first world problems can easily ruin your day. Luckily, internet is full of handy life-saving tips that can help you! Show Full Text This awesome list of life hacks will teach you how to quickly make your beer ice cold, hammer nails without hurting yourself, keep your greedy colleagues away from your lunch, cover up dings on wooden furniture, keep your take-out pizza warm and many more! Unfortunately, these life tips are so widely spread that it is impossible to track and credit the original authors. Sources: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Stop externalising your life | James Shakespeare Recently the Barbican museum in London held an exhibition called the Rain Room. It was an installation in which water poured from the ceiling, but sensors detected where people were standing and would turn off the taps above their heads so they didn’t get wet. It was a clever and engaging piece of interactive art and was immensely popular. During the time this installation was open, my Twitter stream was filled with photos of people standing in the Rain Room, accompanied by the caption ‘Rain Room @ The Barbican!’ This stream of homogenous photos got me thinking. I’ve just spent a month in Singapore. It’s natural to want to share experiences with the people you care about. There are plenty of ‘Facebook is bad for you because X’ posts, but I’m talking about a mindset that goes beyond any single web service. I don’t think that it’s inherently wrong to want to keep the world updated about what you’re doing. Discussion over at Hacker News Back to Blog
Latest News | Latest News | One Direction Pay United A Visit Newcastle United were paid a visit with a difference on Wednesday when the world's biggest pop band - One Direction - dropped in to the Club's training ground between sell-out shows on Tyneside. Ahead of their third and final Metro Radio Arena appearance of their current tour, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson braved chilly temperatures to show their skills during a special training session in full Magpies kit. The session culminated in a one-off match against coaching staff including Alan Pardew, John Carver Andy Woodman, Steve Stone and Peter Beardsley, with the visitors falling to defeat despite Niall coolly converting a penalty. The chart-toppers, whose second album Take Me Home reached number one in 37 countries, rubbed shoulders with the Club's first team over lunch before resuming preparations for Wednesday's sell-out show as the players prepare for their own sold out appearance against Benfica on Thursday.
CoSign: Haim Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim are well-versed in the TRL traditions of pop: the synchronized dance moves, the windblown hair. They even filmed their video for “Falling” in the same location as Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor”. But unlike the lacquered groups of the late ’90s, Haim’s aplomb is bolstered by actual musicianship. After five years kicking around the local L.A. scene, the sisters are charming major music biz institutions without tarnishing their indie street credibility – a dual task that raises the bar for pop artists around the world. Though, it would be no small task for any artist to clear Haim’s bar right now. In February, Haim opened for Mumford and Sons at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn; one month after Jay-Z, and two months after The Rolling Stones. Este is loquacious yet laid back as she reminisces about strumming Lauryn Hill covers with Scarlett Johannson at “the dude from TV on the Radio’s house.” In fact, Haim the band owes its existence to Danielle’s madcap mind.
Why Suicide Has Become an Epidemic--and What We Can Do to Help WHEN THOMAS Joiner was 25 years old, his father—whose name was also Thomas Joiner and who could do anything—disappeared from the family’s home. At the time, Joiner was a graduate student at the University of Texas, studying clinical psychology. His focus was depression, and it was obvious to him that his father was depressed. Six weeks earlier, on a family trip to the Georgia coast, the gregarious 56-year-old—the kind of guy who was forever talking and laughing and bending people his way—was sullen and withdrawn, spending days in bed, not sick or hungover, not really sleeping. Joiner knew enough not to worry. He knew that the desire for death—the easy way out, the only relief—was a symptom of depression, and although at least 2 percent of those diagnosed make suicide their final chart line, his father didn’t match the suicidal types he had learned about in school. What makes some people, such as Vincent van Gogh, desire death in the first place? Try Newsweek for only $1.25 per week
50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World Life hacks are little ways to make our lives easier. These low-budget tips and trick can help you organize and de-clutter space; prolong and preserve your products; or teach you something (e.g., tie a full Windsor) that you simply did not know before. Most of these came from a great post on tumblr. There is also a great subreddit ‘r/lifehacks‘ with some fantastic tips as well. 20. 40. Sources – muxedo task: 99 Life Hacks to make your life easier! If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends:
This Hilariously Enormous Infographic Shows That Sharks Don't Kill You, You Kill Sharks Despite their reputation as the ocean’s most deadly creature, sharks may have to cede that title to a creature that doesn’t even live there--humans. Consider the following facts: sharks kill just a handful of humans every year. Humans, on the other hand, kill tens of thousands of sharks every hour, or about 100 million per year, as a study published this March revealed. That information is convincingly displayed in an infographic collaboration between content marketer Joe Chernov and the design studio Ripetungi. Are you worried about getting eaten by sharks? There are 39 species of sharks that are now threatened around the world.
«Верить можно только по-настоящему грустным» : Джейсон Шварцман о Романе Копполе, Уэсе Андерсоне и о том, во что актера превращает Голливуд — Фильмы и фестивали — Это, кажется, третий раз, когда вы работаете со своим кузеном Романом Копполой. — Ну фактически да. Я снимался у него в двух фильмах — и еще мы вместе с ним и Уэсом (Андерсоном. — Прим. ред.) написали сценарий «Поезда на Дарджилинг». Я вообще очень люблю работать с новыми людьми — учиться у них, разговаривать с ними. — Это поэтому он писал сценарий «Чарли Свона» восемь лет? — Да, хотя он всем рассказывает, что писать сценарии — просто. — А вот, насколько я знаю, когда вы втроем писали сценарий «Поезда на Дарджилинг», то много ездили на поездах по Индии. — Понимаете, тут такая история. — Это называется прокрастинация. — Ну слушайте, это же чертовски сложно — писать. «Все фильмы Уэса Андерсона — это, как бы сказать, память о мечте» — Я, кстати, читала, что вы сейчас с Джонатаном Эймсом (создатель сериала «Смертельно скучающий». — Прим. ред.) пишете сценарий. — Ну да. — Хорошо, а как вам Чарли Шин? — Вы удивитесь, но прекрасно. — Настоящая комедия ведь не может состояться без трагедии.
How to Land Your Kid in Therapy - Lori Gottlieb If there’s one thing I learned in graduate school, it’s that the poet Philip Larkin was right. (“They fuck you up, your mum and dad, / They may not mean to, but they do.”) At the time, I was a new mom with an infant son, and I’d decided to go back to school for a degree in clinical psychology. With baby on the brain and term papers to write, I couldn’t ignore the barrage of research showing how easy it is to screw up your kids. Of course, everyone knows that growing up with “Mommy Dearest” produces a very different child from one raised by, say, a loving PTA president who has milk and homemade cookies waiting after school. But in that space between Joan Crawford and June Cleaver, where most of us fall, it seemed like a lot could go wrong in the kid-raising department. As a parent, I wanted to do things right. At least, that was the theory. My first several patients were what you might call textbook. I was stumped. At first, I’ll admit, I was skeptical of their reports. It makes sense.
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