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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. Child mortality rates have plummeted due to better prenatal and postnatal care, vaccinations, and improved nutrition.

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

Mad in America

I said, “On paper everything’s great, but I’m struggling with this existential feeling of being 38, single, childless, increasingly aware of mortality.” If we’re experiencing a lot of false anxiety, our moods are this pinball game. It’s part of a self-actualization process so when it comes up, we roll with it.