Elie Calhoun

MPH, Johns Hopkins | Edmund Hillary Fellow

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@peterboghossian Rebuilding public trust in health systems and the information they share will become even more essential than improving our infrastructure. Priority #1.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@HealthcareAIGuy @HedgieMarkets Incentives need to urgently realign to put, not profits, but patient care and quality first. People expect AI to deliver health and lifespan gains. We'll need to deliver on that to rebuild public trust in the healthcare system.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@KanikaBK AI psychosis will become a massive public health issue that we'll need to deal with.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@ayushtweetshere This is what every health system in the world will need to protect patient data and maintain sovereignty. Like DHIS 2.0, but a whole open-source digital health system optimized by AI. Building bespoke systems is only going to get cheaper and easier.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@calhounpoems So amazing to see you and your work in The London Magazine -- and at the top of the homepage as well. Huge congrats!

[nathaniel calhoun @calhounpoems]

first time on the front page of anything :)

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

This happens more than people realize. Psychedelics induce staggering levels of nervous system dysregulation that, for many reasons, can induce a long-term nervous system response. I've seen people with debilitating anxiety, paranoia, and intrusive thoughts years after these "experiences." People have little idea of the risks.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@alexathallow So beautiful. Thank you for sharing her encouragement. This also reminded me of Fr. Martin Lucias's 'Come to Me in the Blessed Sacrament', which I need to find a new copy of.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@melodymlyons I see this in my work with couples all the time. He's often co me in out of a crippling porn addiction and their intimacy is in shambles. She still wonders why she isn't "enough" and his dopamine response remains fried. It's a tough road. And on him to lead them out of it.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@beherleader Stop blaming a pornography addiction on anyone other than the person choosing to consume pornography. Take accountability for your own behavior and the impact it has on you --and your partner. Your partner didn't cause it, can't control it, and can't cure it. That's up to you.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@hillbillythings I taught myself how to cook too! When I left home, I didn't know how to hold a knife to peel a potato! Now, I must have dozens of books around the house and cooking for others is my love language. I'm celebrating how you learned to provide this nourishment and care.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@BowTiedKong This is why I only see people for a six-month arc to resolve trauma symptoms. Clear goal, pre-agreed end, and it's up to us to get where they want to be together. Creating dependency is avoidable and gross.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@LailaMickelwait Thank you for sharing these heartbreaking stories and standing for justice. The way your are holding tech platforms to account for their part in child sexual exploitation and abuse is an example we all need to follow.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

There is no way to thank you enough for the tireless work you do to bring digital child sexual abuse traffickers to justice. Because of you, this is now a global conversation, backed with legal precedent. I hope it brings some solace to the victims whose childhoods were robbed and who carry the burden of these horrible crimes.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@SawyerBlatz Sending you lots of best wishes for a complete recovery -- no matter how long it takes. Bit by bit, you'll get there.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

Great article on "Seemingly-Conscious AI" from Mustafa Suleyman. "It disconnects people from reality, fraying fragile social bonds and structures, distorting pressing moral priorities. We need to be clear: SCAI is something to avoid. Let’s focus all our energy on protecting the wellbeing and rights of humans, animals, and the natural environment on planet Earth today."

https://t.co/0Itk90L8aB

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@BreatheLesss This is what makes Butyeko an ideal breathing practice for trauma resolution. Instead of pushing ourselves to try harder, we train ourselves to relax and shift the tension into presence, focus, and calm. Pivotal and can be done anywhere.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@sporadica Right? These exercises help me move out of shutdown and freeze like nothing else. As essential as brushing my teeth. Trauma incidence would be a small fraction of what it is, if we all did these a few minutes daily. Thank you for sharing them!

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@AdamLaneSmith The experience of being loved -- the rest, connection, and emotional safety it provides -- corrects feelings of isolation and self-worthlessness. We heal how we see ourselves when we're in safe, caring relationships.

[Elie Calhoun @ElieCalhoun]

@AdamLaneSmith Thank you for saying this. Porn use creates massive barriers to intimacy. Even when normed and out in the open, it's corrosive (and often traumatic for one or both partners). All the more so in the situation you describe.