Posted on 11/12/2024 4:46:23 AM PST by MtnClimber
The aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive election victory last week has offered a window into the mental health struggles of Americans many of whom have been showcasing their personal meltdowns publicly via social media for the past few days.
Now a Yale psychiatrist Dr. Amanda Calhoun is advising MSNBC viewers to break off ties with family members who refused to vote for Kamala Harris and to tell them why they are being shunned.
Calhoun was a guest on MSNBC host Joy Reid’s program in response to a report that calls to crisis centers from LGBT youth had spiked by 700 percent following Trump’s win in the presidential race.
The Yale psychiatrist, whose school profile affirms that she “also specializes in the effects of medical anti-Black racism”, told Reid and her viewers that those aggrieved by last week’s election results should avoid their Trump-supporting relatives and tell them:
“You know, to say, ‘I have a problem with the way that you voted because it went against my very livelihood, and I’m not going to be around you this holiday. I need to take some space for me.’”
Calhoun called it “essential” for people to establish boundaries for their own mental health.
The doctor has not explained how urging individuals to destroy their familial support networks over political differences equals sound medical or psychiatric advice rather than simply encouraging dogmatic behavior by equating one’s ideas with one’s livelihood.
Convincing those with mental health concerns that any form of disagreement is an attack upon their very existence, appears to have more to do with combining neo-Marxism and medicine than it does with healing the sick.
But not vice versa?
“I already took this advice in 2020 with my retarded commie lib relatives”
Same here but I began ignoring the shrews in 2002 - couldn’t be happier!
You can always tell a Yalie, but you can’t tell him much.
Well, she just got it a little backwards is all. Sorry you won’t be with us, but be careful about that one door when you leave as it is spring-loaded to close swift & hard.
Psychiatrists need their heads examined. Especially those at Yale.
They need to add, “black, woman”. Explains a lot.
The proof is in the pudding.
She is unable to evaluate the situation objectively.
I always thought Psychologists helped you deal with fears and failures.
The irony is that Trump will be good far ALL Americans - even those who voted against him and shun Trump supporters. I will never understand how some people insist promoting such a brazen misrepresentation of Trump.
WE are the ones that deserve to be angry.
THEY are the ones that now need to sit down and shut up.
Amanda is the one that needs a
psychiatrist!!
Another ObamaBot.
Hopefully this is coming to an end.
Is that the same Amanda who started life as Andrew?
Good catch!
An ObamaBot pretending to be a Psychologist.
Dr. Amanda Calhoun
Female - Check
Black - check
Liberal - check
“specializes in the effects of medical anti-Black racism” - What??
I have a prescription, needs more cowbell
This mental health professional recommended triggered people avoid a triggering event which is pretty standard.
We should be kind to our leftist friends and family. They may be closer to truth acquisition than you know.
You are not far off. I worked as a psych nurse for several years early in my career and I was chatting with a co-worker who told me candidly...”Did you know that you are one of the few sane ones that work with us? You don’t drink or are into drugs. Half the staff are into AA and actually go to AA with some of the patients who get admitted here off and on. Other staff are on antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds to keep themselves functional. You simply don’t fit in with many of us”
Now he wasn’t actually telling me that I should leave...we were actually friends, He unfortunately had lost his wife due to his drinking issues and was himself a member of AA.
Fixed it.
This Yale "Psychiatrist" is probably nuttier than his/her/them/that/whatever's patients. The patients probably should demand their money back.
Just think of the money you could save on Christmas presents and Christmas dinner this year. Breaking it off with your turd roller family and friends is a great inflation fighter.
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