Tanmoy
@toymango.bsky.social
User-survivor | Newsletter and creator economy geek | Creator, Sanitybytanmoy.com | Fivethirty.substack.com | Fellow, @reutersinstitute.bsky.social | Advisor, Centre for Global Mental Health, UK | Advisor, Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, India
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Not a fan.
White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.
Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.
Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
June 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Not a fan.
White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.
Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
White Western males have historically constituted a dominant group in the development of DSM classifications, leading to concerns about potential gender and cultural bias.
Significant financial ties between DSM panel members and the pharmaceutical industry have been documented.
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So interesting! This aligns with my new research focus on AI as amplifier, not replacement. I'm in the "both/and" camp, not either/or. The MH field could use this moment to address past shortcomings, but many are digging in their heels instead of embracing the opportunity.
June 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So interesting! This aligns with my new research focus on AI as amplifier, not replacement. I'm in the "both/and" camp, not either/or. The MH field could use this moment to address past shortcomings, but many are digging in their heels instead of embracing the opportunity.
Call it what is - the failure of the journalism *industry*, the journalism *business*, of the handful of moneybags who have no f**ks to give whether journalism and journalists live or die. <end>
January 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Call it what is - the failure of the journalism *industry*, the journalism *business*, of the handful of moneybags who have no f**ks to give whether journalism and journalists live or die. <end>
When you say journalism is broken, it becomes easy to shift the entire blame onto journalists. Easy for media owners to fire journalists by the thousands and destroy their livelihoods and their families' futures for little fault of theirs. +
January 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
When you say journalism is broken, it becomes easy to shift the entire blame onto journalists. Easy for media owners to fire journalists by the thousands and destroy their livelihoods and their families' futures for little fault of theirs. +
... and refuse to care that building a lasting journalism outfit is 100% about people and 0% about cool new tech toys or seductive algorithms. +
January 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
... and refuse to care that building a lasting journalism outfit is 100% about people and 0% about cool new tech toys or seductive algorithms. +
But what the f**k do I care whether it's "just anxiety" or a heart attack?!
Who gives a damn what recipe you used, if the food still tastes like shit?
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Who gives a damn what recipe you used, if the food still tastes like shit?
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January 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
But what the f**k do I care whether it's "just anxiety" or a heart attack?!
Who gives a damn what recipe you used, if the food still tastes like shit?
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Who gives a damn what recipe you used, if the food still tastes like shit?
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Both the cardiologists converge at the same conclusion:
"It's just anxiety."
They think that diagnosis will give me relief.
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"It's just anxiety."
They think that diagnosis will give me relief.
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January 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Both the cardiologists converge at the same conclusion:
"It's just anxiety."
They think that diagnosis will give me relief.
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"It's just anxiety."
They think that diagnosis will give me relief.
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So I go see another cardiologist in a big town close by.
Resting heart rate: ~130. "Tachycardia. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Probably abnormal ECG."
Echo cardiogram: Nothing.
TMT: I run the full 9 minutes without a problem. Heck, I feel athletic. +
Resting heart rate: ~130. "Tachycardia. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Probably abnormal ECG."
Echo cardiogram: Nothing.
TMT: I run the full 9 minutes without a problem. Heck, I feel athletic. +
January 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
So I go see another cardiologist in a big town close by.
Resting heart rate: ~130. "Tachycardia. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Probably abnormal ECG."
Echo cardiogram: Nothing.
TMT: I run the full 9 minutes without a problem. Heck, I feel athletic. +
Resting heart rate: ~130. "Tachycardia. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Probably abnormal ECG."
Echo cardiogram: Nothing.
TMT: I run the full 9 minutes without a problem. Heck, I feel athletic. +
So I am back at the cardiologist's - the one really good one in my little hill town. ECG shows elevated heart rate. "But don't worry. You're fine."
Two weeks later, boom. Something's again squeezing my heart like a stress ball. "Take deep breaths?" Where the f**k from? The fridge?! +
Two weeks later, boom. Something's again squeezing my heart like a stress ball. "Take deep breaths?" Where the f**k from? The fridge?! +
January 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
So I am back at the cardiologist's - the one really good one in my little hill town. ECG shows elevated heart rate. "But don't worry. You're fine."
Two weeks later, boom. Something's again squeezing my heart like a stress ball. "Take deep breaths?" Where the f**k from? The fridge?! +
Two weeks later, boom. Something's again squeezing my heart like a stress ball. "Take deep breaths?" Where the f**k from? The fridge?! +
Then mid-December, for an entire day, my resting heart rate refuses to dip below 100. I'm no longer short of breath. I'm out of it. You can't borrow breath from your neighbours. It's very inconvenient.
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January 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Then mid-December, for an entire day, my resting heart rate refuses to dip below 100. I'm no longer short of breath. I'm out of it. You can't borrow breath from your neighbours. It's very inconvenient.
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April: I get a full-body checkup. All A-okay. "Don't worry. You're fine."
So for the next several months, I explain away the chest niggles and the shortness of breath with simple explanations:
Gas. Mountain air. Pot belly. +
So for the next several months, I explain away the chest niggles and the shortness of breath with simple explanations:
Gas. Mountain air. Pot belly. +
January 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
April: I get a full-body checkup. All A-okay. "Don't worry. You're fine."
So for the next several months, I explain away the chest niggles and the shortness of breath with simple explanations:
Gas. Mountain air. Pot belly. +
So for the next several months, I explain away the chest niggles and the shortness of breath with simple explanations:
Gas. Mountain air. Pot belly. +