Anthony

I'm studying how suffering affects cognition, emotions and social feelings.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

Since 1968 and the publication of this seminal chapter by Melzack and Casey, pain psychology has been almost solely curious about how our thoughts, emotions and social connection can modify pain. https://t.co/PtfhROqp3H

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@rjrs6 @ShereleMoody Training doesn't fix psychopathy.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@Peter_Fitz Maybe a semicolon. 🙂

[Brandon Luu, MD @BrandonLuuMD]

Psychiatrists were asked what they’d recommend for depression.

79% chose antidepressants for a patient.

But only 39% chose the same if it were them.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@MikeCarlton01 @DanFriedman81 Can't tell if he's being ironical. A good wheez if he is. 🙂

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@DrAnnieHickox @sanilrege @psycheureka Nice.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@PsyChiGuy @tylerblack32 Ron Hubbard (Scientology's founder) recommended antipsychotics and lithium for at least the short-term treatment of acute psychosis and mania.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

Agree.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@godmitzu So many people go through life with Cushing's without a diagnosis, thinking they have depression or some other mental illness.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@jennineak Rise and shine.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@DrAnnieHickox @divisionish @suzypuss https://t.co/yWJvGbnFfc

[Anthony @LancyCole]

There are over 1,000 responses here from mostly women told by doctors their symptoms were stress-related, who discovered later they were seriously physically ill.

Where is the thread of 1,000 people saying "I was in crippling pain that went away when I stopped stressing?"

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@im_PULSE Thanks. I didn't know about her podcast.

[Pequod @The_Pequod_]

Amazing section of Jane Goodall’s Wikipedia page

[Anthony @LancyCole]

Just how religious are the Iranian people?

[The Thinking Atheist @ThinkingAtheist]

67 percent of Iranians reject the idea of theocracy, and 72 percent reject having a religious figure as the head of the state. Nearly half identified as some form of irreligious—none, agnostic, spiritual, or atheist.

https://t.co/qC4cedVQ4w

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

It's not just an email. It's a prose poem that will be remembered for generations

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Pope Francis died a year ago today.  I would like to share one memory, which I think reveals something of what made him such a holy man.

In May of 2024, after it was reported that Pope had made some negative remarks about gay priests and used an Italian slur (“frociaggine”) in a meeting with Italian bishops, there was a firestorm of reaction. Even I wondered: How could this be? We had had several conversations and notes back and forth about LGBTQ issues. It seemed so out of character.

A few weeks later I was scheduled to be in Rome after helping to arrange a papal audience for a group of professional comedians. The pope invited me to see him, along with two friends who served as translators. I asked a cardinal friend how I could possibly bring up something so difficult—the question of gay priests and his use of language. My friend said, “Just say, ‘Holy Father, these things have been much in the news. What thoughts do you have?’”

The very first thing Francis said, as if he had been waiting to say it, was that he knew many holy, faithful and celibate gay priests and seminarians. When I suggested that it might help to say so publicly, he said, “Oh, but I think I have. And in any event, you can say that!” I wanted to make sure I understood him, so said, “So you’re saying I can say that you know many holy, faithful and celibate gay priests and seminarians?” He shrugged his shoulders and said, “Of course. Because I do!”  My friends also told him that he shouldn’t have used that slur.  He nodded sadly, and said, “Yes, yes, you’re right.”

For the next hour or so, we discussed the word he used, before moving on to other more general topics: the U.S. church, the political scene, and so on. It was a relaxed and friendly conversation, but initially about a tough topic.

A few days later, I saw him at the comedians’ audience, when he gave a beautiful reflection on humor in the Sala Clementina. When everyone lined up to shake his hand, I lingered in the back, since I had just seen him. But then several Vatican officials said, “Father, go ahead!” 

When I reached his chair, he laughed and said, “Ah, so now you’re a famous American comedian!” I laughed and started to move away, knowing he was probably busy and tired. But he pulled me back insistently.

Then the pope said, “Thank you for our meeting the other day. It was helpful for me. I really needed to hear that.” He smiled and then gave me a thumbs up. (Amazingly, a friend sent me video of this very interchange, linked here, where you can see what’s happening.)

I thought: Who does this? Who thanks someone for a difficult meeting? Who thanks someone for being challenged? The answer: a person who is open to the Holy Spirit. A person who is not afraid to listen. A person who is truly humble. Something like that doesn’t make you a holy person or a saint on its own, but it’s an important part of holiness.  May this holy man rest in peace.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@MrRexPatrick Is that a manatee sleeping on the bank of the stream?

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@DrEvgenyLegedin Fascinating. I'm pleased for Dr Cathy she hasn't experienced the sometimes serious side-effects of cingulotomy, and pleased to learn they are only removing a "pea-sized" piece of cortex in cingulotomy these days.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@AlinejadMasih @realDonaldTrump Thank you.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@DrLuisACenteno1 Robin.

[Anthony @LancyCole]

@IndianaGPA What a baby.