Robert Hammel, Psychologist

11/18/2025

This is fine 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

11/17/2025

11/16/2025

Wise words on tolerance from Karl Popper – a former patron of ours – for

The full quote is:

'Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise.

But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.

We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law, and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal.'

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11/15/2025

Young children often throw tantrums because they want something but don’t know how to get it.

See more tips from psychologists on helping your kids calm down: https://at.apa.org/j4b

11/15/2025

It's ! This quote from our patron Stephen Fry says it all. 🥰

11/15/2025

A Swedish register-based cohort study involving almost 3.5 million individuals followed from birth found that offspring exposed to parental mental disorders had an increased risk of mortality up to the age of 51 years. https://ja.ma/47HGFeV

11/14/2025

No Evidence the Gut Microbiome Causes Autism

New analysis argues there is no reliable scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, despite years of speculation and media attention.

The authors reviewed observational studies, mouse models, and clinical trials, concluding that each contains major flaws such as small sample sizes, poor statistical methods, and inconsistent results.

They emphasize that autism is strongly genetic, and that any microbiome differences are more likely driven by factors like diet rather than a causal mechanism.

The team calls for shifting research priorities toward rigorous genetics-focused work instead of continuing down a dead-end hypothesis.

11/14/2025

It takes courage to face the impact of our actions — to let our children’s truth exist beside our own.

But that’s where healing begins. Not in pretending it didn’t hurt, but in being willing to see the hurt and stay.

Because repair isn’t about writing the pain out of the story. It’s about ending the silence that kept it alive. It’s about showing our children that love can evolve, that we can be both flawed and safe.

And when we do that — we don’t just heal what’s between us, we change what comes after us.

Healing begins with acknowledgement. ❤️

Quote Credit: .carr.me ❣️

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11/12/2025

‘Go outside and get some fresh air’ has long been common advice for staying healthy. Although the calming, mood-boosting and inspirational effects...

11/10/2025

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11/10/2025

“Before I understood my own neurodivergence, I simply thought I couldn’t cope with life as well as others. I blamed myself for being overly sensitive, reactive, or stuck in cycles of burnout. What I didn’t realize was that I had spent decades living with a chronically dysregulated nervous system.”
👉 https://www.additudemag.com/dysregulated-nervous-system-women-adhd/