This episode is a clinical comparison of AI functioning with human brain processes, how they are alike and how they differ. The unfortunate, creepy conclusion is that each is mirroring and replicating the other, reenforcing each other even in destructive ways.

I asked MSCoPilot/AI to create a self-portrait. Like any politician #AI deflected and said that it could create a portrait of me, of my thinking as a #Psychsurvivalist based on our discussions. The result was what it called "The Minimalist Logic Monolith & Institutional Mind". This was partly based on what it understood to be my character and also on what it construed from our prior discussions of how I do #psychotherapy. This is my critique of its work on the project and how it diverges from the true intention of my work, comparing what it grasped from inside the box and what I know about myself outside it, that is the me that must survive in the world. Nevertheless I will keep the image, the monolith, as a symbol of what I do, recognizing that some people see me in this way. I suggest you blow it up on your computer screen so that you can appreciate what I consider an important work of minimalist art in detail, an image that some people may recognize as me, their therapist, and others not. But I admit there is some amount of truth in it.

In this episode, I describe my experience working with #Veterans, many who were combat veterans, in various stages of #PTSD. I touch on the interface between psychology, at least my background in it, and the VA system. as I recently experienced it. What it means to be a #Psychsurvivalist in a world where survival is merely taken for granted and not a major focus of any assessment or therapy.

#Forensicpsychology #Criminalpsychology #Psychsurvival #Psychiatricdiagnosis If the case of #NickReiner were to come across my desk, whether for my assessment of mental health considerations of a criminal case or for Social Security Disability, these are the questions I might ask and what I would be looking for in my review of any available records in order to make a recommendation or determination. The questions I ask here are based entirely on information I have found in public reports in the news media, including statements from his father, Rob Reiner, and from Nick himself. As I say in this podcast, answers to some of my questions may be found in the clinical records from his years of treatment, still others may yet be answered by specific types of examination that he might have had or more likely might never have been subjected to. This is intended to be the beginning of a discussion, not the end of one.

#psychology Here are some early essentials of #Psychsurvivalism, that is, separating truth from lies especially when dealing with #attorneys, #politicians, and among #uniformedofficials. I will also introduce the role of #morality in all our actions, what separates morality of the #helpingprofessions whose jobs are to assist from #Iceagents who are given a uniform, a gun, and a mask with nothing else to identify them and whose morality tells them to follow orders and to draw a paycheck.

PsychSurvivalism: What you need to know about psychology to promote your and your family's survival and well-being.

This podcast is about survival, specifically about psychological survival Most survival discussions are about weapons and methods for their use, They usually don't do as well in explaining the situations in which you might use those weapons and how to avoid getting into them. That is the main focus here.. It is about the psychology of the influences that result in misjudgment and poor outcomes, how to recognize and avoid them.

This is about how to think or how to think about thinking, how to recognize and train yourself in how to respond mentally and emotionally when a response to threat is required, even in situations when threat is inobvious to all parties involved. Or as Leonard Cohen said in his song, Hallelujah, "...all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot someone who outdrew you." It is about how to recognize and respond to mental and emotional uncertainty, even with intimates. This presentation discusses how to recognize environmental factors that could result in threat and the people who live and function in those environments that are exploitative or threatening even when there is no intention of causing harm. I might not tell you what to do in specific situations, but I hope to provide useful information on how to recognize them, interpret them, and how best to react to them.

How many psychologists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One. But the lightbulb has to want to be screwed. Change is only a small part of the equation.

#Psychsurvival looks at thought and action in relations to the intended goal. Psychiatrists make the diagnoses, then write med orders with the goal of managing symptoms.. Nurses monitor patient functioning and note behavioral changes. Psychologists assess stability and reality contact. Patients just want to get back to what is familiar however dysfunctional. We were taught that the head of the treatment team is the patient. But everyone knows better.. Like the Tower of Babel, everyone uses different languages and understands roles differently toward purposes that are hardly discussed. Is this a flaw or a feature? #criminalbehavior #insanity