It has been interesting to me, as a counselor in America, to watch human psychology, with all its twists and dark corners, tackle mask-wearing. I wonder often why people haven’t really leaned into what is motivating a fear around wearing a mask. It seems the greatest and most repeated concern is that the government is trying to control us. This deserves some honest exploration and consideration of the layers underneath this statement.
First, a little about human psychology. I work daily with helping and teaching people to evaluate their thoughts. Thoughts are a constant flow and 95% of thoughts you…
We had a local shooting in our small town. A woman was wielding a knife in a home where two men were present. When the police showed up the officer suspected the woman was in a manic episode and called for medical. However, his protocol was then to secure the premises, which means to get this person disarmed. The officer did what he was trained to do. He pulled a gun and demanded the knife be dropped. The problem is this protocol does not work for someone in a manic episode. He shot and killed her.
My career requires seven…
I recently commented on an article suggesting what had been described as toxic femininity was actually women playing their role in toxic masculinity. It was met with exuberance from women and disdain by some men.
I want to explain why toxic femininity does not exist while also removing men from sole responsibility for toxic masculinity.
First, I would like to say I am not the ‘masculinity/femininity’ police, but I am using definitions of these words far beyond the silliness of the Webster or Oxford dictionary definitions. I didn’t create these expanded definitions of masculinity and femininity that I will touch on in this article. There have been many great minds over thousands of years who have studied and written about…
TK
Therapist, mother, and grown ass woman sharing what I’ve learned along the way
