I went to a UCLA seminar on triggering — and was triggered by a MAGA hat

latimes.com ^ | January 16, 2020 | JOANNA CHEEK

[atc23]

I was almost tempted to click on the link and read the whole article but then I remembered by New Year's Resolution.

I read it for you, sadly. It’s like reading the thoughts of my miserable drunk of a wife number 2. This old cow seems to be a borderline violent psychopath. Naturally the broad works in the mental health field.

[OldSmaj]

Joanna Cheek is a psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia.

And one of the specific reasons that I wear my MAGA hat every chance I get so that it may "trigger" some dumb ass liberal exactly like you.

Stupid idiot.

[dead]

I’ve never met a Trump supporter in the flesh

That’s really pathetic, such a sheltered idiot. I can say with certainty that I’ve never met a single person who hasn’t met a Trump supporter.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Note to self. Wear MAGA hat everywhere everyday.
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I have 3 styles of KAG Trump 2020 hats, and I wear one of them everyday in restaurants, malls, and on the streets. And almost everyday I have one or more people comment that they like my hat. No one has so far has said anything derogatory. Moreover, I’m beginning to see an increasing number of others wearing their Trump hats. In my view, wearing Trump hats and other apparel provides encouragement to his more timid supporters.

[American in Israel]

I think she should take up parapsychology, cause she has a demon... lol

[terart]

I actually read the article...I know- shocking! And if you can get past her being triggered in the first paragraph, she actually comes to a place where she tries to understand the other side and realize we are not going to get anywhere if people keep getting triggered and won’t be open to an actual discussion and open to another person’s opinion.

[monkeyshine]

[NFHale]

Needed to BE said... :^)

I can’t hep’s m’self....

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Now Joanna, go buy yourself s vibrator with Hillary Rotten Criminal’s picture on it.
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LMAO! Funniest line on FR today.

[TigersEye]

A “trauma therapist” who is in dire need of deep psychoanalysis. lol

Lord help the poor fool who pays this nitwit to help them with trauma.

[ladyjane]

“I’ve never met a Trump supporter in the flesh...”

She probably has met many Trump supporters but they were not willing to deal with her response.

What a psychotherapist who is not able to listen.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

I’ve never met a psychiatrist who didn’t need more help than they were capable of giving.
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When I was in college in the early 1960s we learned that the highest rate of suicide among the professions was in the fields of mental health.

[Texas Eagle]

Thank you for your sacrifice. I figured as much about Ms. Cheeky....errrr....Cheek.

[Tenacious 1]

She is someone who studies this irrational reaction and didn’t see the insane irony in here BS? There is no hope with these wackos.

So if the syndrome that plagues liberals over MAGA hats is based on some Traumatic experience, I’d like to know what her trauma was that warrants her clinical condition. She left that out of her self analysis bs article.

[BenLurkin]

trauma therapist who works with women and refugees — and who practices on Canada’s west coast

What are the qualifications for that kind of gig -- and who pays her salary?

[heartwood]

...I’m no longer capable of being curious or compassionate for all the experiences that make this man who he is: a human (like me) desperately trying to belong and survive, who (like me) is socialized by complex forces outside of his awareness and control, and who (like me) may feel fear, grief, powerlessness or shame hiding under his armor of anger.

Instead I slip into a false refuge of certainty. I know this guy — he’s a fascist, racist, misogynistic, homophobe.

She acknowledges her "false refuge of certainty, and that the man is a fellow human.

But implied is that "fear, grief, powerlessness and shame" is what drove this man into the Trumpian embrace, and stated without question is that the MAGA hat is "an armor of anger."

"What builds teams is a feeling of safety." How safe do any academic peers or students in another political camp feel around our author? Or does the question never arise?

[lastchance]

Tetched in the head. It is harpies like her that make me want to apologize for being female.

[Lurker]

See my tag line.

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[tired&retired]

She’s not a psychoanalyst. She’s only half a psycho-analyst!

Dr. Joanna Cheek, BHKIN, MD, FRCP(C)
Dr. Joanna Cheek, a Psychiatrist with Vancouver Island Health Authority and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of British Columbia, specializes in individual and group psychotherapy. She practices psychoeducation, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based interventions, dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) and psychodynamic therapy.

Dr. Cheek’s interests include stigma reduction and making psychotherapy and psychosocial wellness strategies more accessible and operational in our communities.

In her efforts to make psychotherapy and mindfulness more accessible, Dr. Cheek has co-created mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy programs, in addition to a post-partum mindfulness program in Victoria, BC.