Val's Take: U2's "Bad" is from 1984. I actually didn't hear it until working on it this past year with the Ukulele and Percussion Ensemble at Swallow Hill Music in Denver.
It meant a lot more to me now than I think it would have meant to me in 1984. It is about Addiction and how morally implicated and powerless the people witnessing that feel. You know you're not helping or solving things --- but you don't know what to do and there is GUILT. To make matters even more morally fraught, it is not just you or Bono who are lamenting, "If I could, yes I would. If I could, I would" --- it is often the person themselves. Further, you are NOT PERFECT --- maybe you don't have an illegal substance problem -- as you're guzzling your 7th Diet Coke of the day. Further, your intended recipient of this angst might be grateful they don't have some of your problems -- "There but for the grace of God go I." At the end of the day, this is about IMPERFECT PEOPLE HELPING IMPERFECT PEOPLE.
Astrocytes -- Another Glial Cell involved with the Neuro-Developmental / Psychiatric Continuum11/27/2024
Brain Foundation/ Kalil Alves de Lima, Washington University (2020)
T cells regulate anxiety-like behavior
Maternal Immune Activation is often associated with anxiety in offspring.
T-Cells are immune cells and the video below argues that T-Cells regulate anxiety-like behavior. One of the big challenges of "anxiety" is that it is often associated with anger and aggression in animals and humans. Most people mask anger and aggression as much as possible and they are not involved in the criminal justice system. Many people in the criminal justice system are dealing with high levels of anxiety. If we addressed T-Cell issues in people in the Criminal Justice System, could that help? |
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