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Personal Perspectives
Cell Phones 1, Civil Society 0

Patricia Prijatel on November 14, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Public phone calls smack of disrespect for the people around us. How do we settle our bigger problems if we can't show basic consideration?

A Personal Perspective: Public phone calls smack of disrespect for the people around us. How do we settle our bigger problems if we can't show basic consideration?

Trauma
Why Am I So Cranky?

Patricia Prijatel on November 5, 2023

How do you get through the day with so much global chaos? Emphasize the day,

How do you get through the day with so much global chaos? Emphasize the day,

Health
What if Your Doctor Actually Talked With You?

Patricia Prijatel on August 28, 2023

Telling their stories can make patients’ lives more meaningful, and listening to them can help their health care team understand how to heal them.

Telling their stories can make patients’ lives more meaningful, and listening to them can help their health care team understand how to heal them.

Personal Perspectives
Why Am I So Tired?

Patricia Prijatel on August 13, 2023

Noise is physically exhausting. It’s associated with fatigue at work, in the classroom, and at home. And in the urban U.S., it's everywhere.

Noise is physically exhausting. It’s associated with fatigue at work, in the classroom, and at home. And in the urban U.S., it's everywhere.

Introversion
Have I Lost My Talent for Conversation?

Patricia Prijatel on August 3, 2023

A Personal Perspective: I remain in my own mental pandemic mode much of the time. In theory, I love seeing people again. In practice, I struggle.

A Personal Perspective: I remain in my own mental pandemic mode much of the time. In theory, I love seeing people again. In practice, I struggle.

Trauma
Did Trauma Damage Demon Copperhead's DNA?

Patricia Prijatel on June 19, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Barbara Kingsolver's novel "Demon Copperhead" shows how a life of deprivation and degradation can lead to what more privileged people consider poor choices.

A Personal Perspective: Barbara Kingsolver's novel "Demon Copperhead" shows how a life of deprivation and degradation can lead to what more privileged people consider poor choices.

Friends
I Don't Want to Lose This Friendship, But...

Patricia Prijatel on April 10, 2023

Personal Perspective: I can get so flummoxed by an opinion different from mine that I'm paralyzed and can't think of a response until it's too late.

Personal Perspective: I can get so flummoxed by an opinion different from mine that I'm paralyzed and can't think of a response until it's too late.

Anxiety
Overthinking Is No Joke

Patricia Prijatel on March 13, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Overthinking comes from a desire to control the unknown. But it can’t help us foretell the future—it just makes us stress about it.

A Personal Perspective: Overthinking comes from a desire to control the unknown. But it can’t help us foretell the future—it just makes us stress about it.

Friends
The Outrage of Louise Penny Fans

Patricia Prijatel on December 5, 2022

Personal Perspective: Outsiders are interpreting fans' inner worlds. Can they ever truly do it justice?

Personal Perspective: Outsiders are interpreting fans' inner worlds. Can they ever truly do it justice?

Wisdom
We Don't Talk Enough About This Way to Combat Aging

Patricia Prijatel on November 28, 2022

Personal Perspective: The self-perception of the wise and the wrinkled matters. Aging is a fact, but it doesn't need to be The Fact that manages our lives.

Personal Perspective: The self-perception of the wise and the wrinkled matters. Aging is a fact, but it doesn't need to be The Fact that manages our lives.

Cognition
What Makes Something a "House"?

Patricia Prijatel on November 5, 2022

Personal perspective: “House” is a semiotically loaded word that can symbolize stability and affluence, but that’s up to us. The way we define it reflects its cultural significance.

Personal perspective: “House” is a semiotically loaded word that can symbolize stability and affluence, but that’s up to us. The way we define it reflects its cultural significance.

Trauma
The Men We Lost to AIDS

Patricia Prijatel on October 14, 2022

These men lived the trauma of the AIDS epidemic, a lost generation who were the first to be affected by the deadly disease that decimated the gay community in the 1980s.

These men lived the trauma of the AIDS epidemic, a lost generation who were the first to be affected by the deadly disease that decimated the gay community in the 1980s.