Like celebrity in general (eg, the fueds between Courtney Love and Gwen Stefani), social media amplifies to a societal level things which should be limited to the local area, like the immaturities of high school. Inescapable humiliation often leads to suicide.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/03/can-gen-z-escape-fear-cringe-laughing-stock

#celebrity #socialmedia #society #immaturity #childishness #children #adolescence #highschool #courtneylove #gwenstefani #local #global #humiliation #suicide #mentalhealth

Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue 192

An unplanned theme - leading humans

#Careers #Management #AI #MentalHealth #Privacy

https://mikemcbride.substack.com/p/thought-provoking-things-worth-sharing-cf8

Self-Compassion: Why We're Harsher to Ourselves Than to Others

When you make a mistake, you put yourself down. But if your friend makes the same mistake, you understand. Why doesn't the compassion we show others work when we turn it on ourselves?

https://nefesh.live/blog/chippatsu-atzmit.html

#mentalhealth #hebrew #whatsapp #cbt #aiwellness

Lived experience of a mental health issue is often devalued in psychological research – embracing it can create more impact for minoritised communities

https://ebx.sh/nnP8Vq

#MentalHealth #health #minority #wellbeing

Busy Weekend Ahead

Yesterday I started the process of renewing my medical marijuana card. I found a doctor’s office that would do a telephonic appointment and submitted my paperwork online for the appointment I made. Around 11:30 am I did a “google meet” appointment with the doctor and he approved my application. So far it shows with the state the application was submitted, just hasn’t been approved yet. Not sure why it hasn’t been renewed at this point but I’ll be finding out why on Monday morning. I’ve got enough Rick Simpson Oil on hand to last for several days but my card expired yesterday so until the new one is approved I’m out of luck for a stronger product. It is probably something I didn’t do on my end, but I’ll call the doctor’s office on Monday and they can walk me through what to do. The card itself will be approved, I’m thinking the state just didn’t get to it to process it before they left for the weekend. Fingers crossed that is all it is. As soon as I finished my doctor’s appointment my husband was home for work and we headed over to help my niece and her family at the house. We were there for several hours because they are making great headway getting all the ceiling scraped off the old nasty popcorn ceilings. At one point I went outside and sat in the warm chair to warm my aching sciatic. It was 108 degrees out there with a light breeze, plus I was in the shade. I’m not going to lie, the warmth from the heated chair cushions felt good on my lower back and sciatic. We got home shortly after 4 pm so I took my ½ gram of RSO when we walked in the door. I threw a frozen pizza in the oven for dinner and my husband, who had been up since 11 pm the night before, was finally able to go to bed. I spent the evening high, relaxed and ache free like usual going to bed earlier than I normally do. I fell asleep and forgot to take my nightly sleep medication. That is the reason I kept waking up all night and spent a pretty restless night, finally just getting up at 4:30 am this morning. Right now my husband is at Home Depot picking up supplies and as soon as he gets home we are heading over to my nieces to hopefully get the ceiling prepped and textured this weekend. For myself, since I can’t do much lifting or working on ceilings, my niece told me to bring my swimsuit and use her pool for the day. She didn’t have to tell me twice, I’ve got my suit and towel in a bag ready to go. We are expecting another day of 108 degree temperatures so I might actually get in the water, if it is not still too cold. Then again with the heat, it is a “play pool” that goes from 4’-5’-4’ so the water just might feel good. Deeper pools take much longer to warm up. My little sister’s pool is a deep pool and it is still cool in August as maybe a better understanding when I say the water is still too cold to swim. It’s crazy to think it is the 6th of June and we haven’t been camping once. There has just been so much going on we haven’t even thought about it now and with the hotter temperatures, there is no way. Between losing our dog, my brother-in-law passing, graduations and graduation parties, we’ve been pulled in so many different directions I have days I’m just numb. Just as long as I don’t stay numb I’ll be okay. It has been hard to see almost an entire generation of my family now gone leaving me to be the oldest one standing in the room. The only one older is my brother and he doesn’t come around much except to meet for brunch. So that leaves me the oldest one in the room the rest of the time. Later today my younger daughter is going to come over to help at the house and swim with me so that will be fun. This morning my sciatic is giving me a break and I’m hoping it will stay that way for the day. I never went and bought any THC gummies before my card expired so I’ll be waiting for 4 pm if my sciatic wants to act up. I can always take my RSO earlier if necessary. It is all workable. All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!