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Mental Health Information

HereSince1628

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1. This event surprised and frightened 'the people'; they want answers

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2015, 04:36 PM

Mar 2015

they want answers even if they are the wrong answers, so long as the answers relieve 'the people' of their anxiety.

And that's the point...they want their anxiety lessened. If that further reinforces stigma and discrimination 'they' don't really give a good god damn.

Don't expect DUers to be significantly different from the general population, unless you seek disappointment

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This event surprised and frightened 'the people'; they want answers HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #1

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People believe things that reinforce what they already believe HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #3