Carolyn
@carolyncredible.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist by day, Binge watcher by night. Oxford comma activist. Not much fun at a party. DND fan both in RPGs and on Microsoft Teams. In meetings I keep my mic muted even when I’m the one talking. Interests: chronic pain, sleep, neuroscience
October 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Corro- well, let’s see how we say that … Corra… layshun. Correlation? Is that OK?
#tylenol #autism #NotCausation
#tylenol #autism #NotCausation
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Corro- well, let’s see how we say that … Corra… layshun. Correlation? Is that OK?
#tylenol #autism #NotCausation
#tylenol #autism #NotCausation
Fight, flight, or freeze?
Unexpected FaceTime call.
Unexpected FaceTime call.
August 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Fight, flight, or freeze?
Unexpected FaceTime call.
Unexpected FaceTime call.
My dog’s face just unlocked my Face ID phone if you are wondering how my week is going
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My dog’s face just unlocked my Face ID phone if you are wondering how my week is going
What's Up?
4 Non Blondes · Bigger, Better, Faster, More ! · Song · 1992
open.spotify.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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One answer to the Why? behind Fear and Anxiety week here on Bsky (+ their BFF Stress).
Our fight or flight is designed to flee from tigers. Not to be “on” all the time.
One of my favorite papers on this, by the late Bruce McEwen.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Our fight or flight is designed to flee from tigers. Not to be “on” all the time.
One of my favorite papers on this, by the late Bruce McEwen.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
January 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
One answer to the Why? behind Fear and Anxiety week here on Bsky (+ their BFF Stress).
Our fight or flight is designed to flee from tigers. Not to be “on” all the time.
One of my favorite papers on this, by the late Bruce McEwen.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Our fight or flight is designed to flee from tigers. Not to be “on” all the time.
One of my favorite papers on this, by the late Bruce McEwen.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Reposted by Carolyn
One of my friends has a grant from the #FDA to look at disparities in clinical trial research and just submitted a manuscript with the findings. She was told today by the collaborators from the #FDA to rescind it.
#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.
#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.
US FDA drops web pages on improving clinical trial diversity
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pulled draft guidance from its website requiring companies to test medicines and devices in diverse populations as part of a purge of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at U.S. health agencies.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
One of my friends has a grant from the #FDA to look at disparities in clinical trial research and just submitted a manuscript with the findings. She was told today by the collaborators from the #FDA to rescind it.
#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.
#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.
Those of us in America who didn’t FA and are bracing to endure the FO — are pissed.
January 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Those of us in America who didn’t FA and are bracing to endure the FO — are pissed.
If any of the UFO/UAPs actually do contain extraterrestrial visitors, we’re sorry - this is not our best.
January 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If any of the UFO/UAPs actually do contain extraterrestrial visitors, we’re sorry - this is not our best.
happy sell losing stock to reduce 2024 taxes week to all who celebrate
December 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
happy sell losing stock to reduce 2024 taxes week to all who celebrate
Reposted by Carolyn
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, this week I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
The amount of time I spend looking at and saving internet cooking videos is approaching infinity
December 18, 2024 at 4:57 AM
The amount of time I spend looking at and saving internet cooking videos is approaching infinity
Reposted by Carolyn
I have 8000+ photos saved of things that seemed important to document at the time. Here’s one:
December 9, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I have 8000+ photos saved of things that seemed important to document at the time. Here’s one:
sounds similar to many chronic pain conditions where the brain uses context cues including attentional and emotional factors to determine (to guess, really) whether to “pump out” pain - for nociplastic pain, the guess is often inaccurate despite our brain’s best effort
Context is everything: How context influences the way the brain processes concepts.
Context is everything
How the brain processes concepts is influenced by contextual information, such as what a person is seeing, suggests new study.
buff.ly
December 8, 2024 at 2:48 PM
sounds similar to many chronic pain conditions where the brain uses context cues including attentional and emotional factors to determine (to guess, really) whether to “pump out” pain - for nociplastic pain, the guess is often inaccurate despite our brain’s best effort
In a carnival mirror type of twist, the United Healthcare CEO succeeded in Uniting the country
December 7, 2024 at 12:44 AM
In a carnival mirror type of twist, the United Healthcare CEO succeeded in Uniting the country
It’s like A Christmas Carol only the Ghost of Denied Claims Past had a firearm
December 5, 2024 at 12:43 AM
It’s like A Christmas Carol only the Ghost of Denied Claims Past had a firearm
I had about convinced myself to start a professional YouTube channel until 2 hours ago when I was listening to someone’s recorded meditation on YouTube - and the recording was interrupted with a fairly graphic commercial about a natural cure for impotence. What the … ?
November 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I had about convinced myself to start a professional YouTube channel until 2 hours ago when I was listening to someone’s recorded meditation on YouTube - and the recording was interrupted with a fairly graphic commercial about a natural cure for impotence. What the … ?
Spending Thanksgiving Day eating pie and cranberry sauce and trying to finish Last of Us on PS5 so I can then try to finish Last of Us 2 before the show drops, as one does
November 28, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Spending Thanksgiving Day eating pie and cranberry sauce and trying to finish Last of Us on PS5 so I can then try to finish Last of Us 2 before the show drops, as one does
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Psychologists:
CBT-From 0 to 100%, how strongly do you believe the cup is half empty
ACT-How does this cup align with your values
DBT-“CUP” is an acronym no one ever remembers
Psychodynamic-<silence> Cups seem significant to you
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Psychologists:
CBT-From 0 to 100%, how strongly do you believe the cup is half empty
ACT-How does this cup align with your values
DBT-“CUP” is an acronym no one ever remembers
Psychodynamic-<silence> Cups seem significant to you
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Zoning: the cup can only hold 8 ounces of water, must be on this coaster, on this table, and at least 6 inches from the edge to mitigate harm to the $100 rug from target when you spill it.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Zoning: the cup can only hold 8 ounces of water, must be on this coaster, on this table, and at least 6 inches from the edge to mitigate harm to the $100 rug from target when you spill it.
November 25, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Psychologists:
CBT-From 0 to 100%, how strongly do you believe the cup is half empty
ACT-How does this cup align with your values
DBT-“CUP” is an acronym no one ever remembers
Psychodynamic-<silence> Cups seem significant to you
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Psychologists:
CBT-From 0 to 100%, how strongly do you believe the cup is half empty
ACT-How does this cup align with your values
DBT-“CUP” is an acronym no one ever remembers
Psychodynamic-<silence> Cups seem significant to you
Reposted by Carolyn
Standard Time is “like taking off tight shoes and putting on comfy slippers.” Tell legislators to restore permanent Standard Time for natural circadian health! #DitchDST
November 25, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Standard Time is “like taking off tight shoes and putting on comfy slippers.” Tell legislators to restore permanent Standard Time for natural circadian health! #DitchDST
Passed BLS re-certification today, cursing five times at the automated guide including saying the fan favorite, “Quit telling me that I’m doing it wrong, Mom!” Happy to report the adult and the baby finally made it through the ordeal
November 23, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Passed BLS re-certification today, cursing five times at the automated guide including saying the fan favorite, “Quit telling me that I’m doing it wrong, Mom!” Happy to report the adult and the baby finally made it through the ordeal
Reposted by Carolyn
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
chronic pain is different from acute pain and must be treated differently
November 17, 2024 at 6:53 PM
chronic pain is different from acute pain and must be treated differently