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Mechoulam and his associates conducted clinical studies with THC at a hospital in Jerusalem, and found that it showed promise for treating a wide range of conditions, including neuropathic pain, Tourette’s syndrome, hypertension, and chronic hiccups (which can wreak havoc on a person’s health).
Smoke Signals
Martin A. Lee
The name “Bikini Kill” was a reference to Bikini Atoll, the coral reef in the Marshall Islands where the US government tested nuclear weapons after forcibly repatriating inhabitants. The military, Hanna writes, “taped a picture of Rita Hayworth to the side of one of the bombs, an act against Hayworth’s will that left her known as a ‘bombshell.’ ”
Girl on Girl
Sophie Gilbert
When we store up anger, sadness, or grief that we don’t allow ourselves to feel or process, it can often come out as explosive outbursts of either anger or meltdowns. Also, during trauma flashbacks, we can revert back to a younger age where we were emotionally dysregulated. Many of us who have been traumatized never learned how to properly regulate our emotions. Not to mention that trauma often changes and re-wires the nervous system in dysfunctional ways. All of these things can result in severe emotional outbursts.
10 Signs of Unresolved Trauma You Would Never Think Of
Gillian May
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