Ministry of Truth Daily Update - 09 Apr 2025 - Social Battery

 

Social Battery

A term for how much social interaction an individual can take before mental stress sets in.  Signs your battery is running low include:  feeling tired, irritable, or withdrawn from conversations.  To recharge, find quality alone-time, get more rest and relax, do mediation, take time to contemplate life goals, and pursue hobbies. 

More info: 

• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/social-battery
  

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Ministry of Truth Daily Update - 26 Feb 2025 - Systemic Inflammation

 

Systemic Inflammation

High levels of anxiety and depression resulting from fear of deportation among immigrant communities (especially among Latinx young adults) .  Proposals are being accepted for government-funded studies that will show that the remedy is more political activism and anti-racism training.

More info: 

• https://www.dailywire.com/news/government-to-fund-study-on-fear-of-deportation-leading-to-systemic-inflammation
  

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Ministry of Truth Daily Update - Forest Bathing - 10 Feb 2025

 

Forest Bathing

A way to escape the stress of political losses by spending time in natural settings, such as a forest, to improve your health and well-being.  Shared grief, communal crying, and primal screaming over loss of freedoms and rights, also help to overcome the sense of hopelessness brought on by current events.

More info: 

• https://nypost.com/2025/01/19/us-news/therapists-suggest-group-crying-for-liberals-to-cope-on-trump-inauguration-day-report/
  
• https://adventure.com/forest-bathing-oregon-japan-history/

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Ministry of Truth Just Kidding Update - 25 Oct 2024 - Parental Stress

 

Parental Stress

The Top Doc issued a warning that while raising children is sacred work, it is also a major cause of stress, depression, and other mental health issues.  To help alleviate parental stress, raising the next generation is best left to government professionals.  Under Big Brother's tutelage, the tremendous pressures of worrying about their kids’ health and safety, gender transitions, financial concerns, navigating tech and social media, and youth mental health crises are taken away.  The Ministry of Plenty is tasked with providing more affordable daycare programs, mandatory time off work for family sickness, and more access to mental health services. 

More info:  

• https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/08/parenting-can-harm-mental-health-biden-harris-admin-warns/

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Ministry of Truth Daily Update - 09 Feb 2024 - Nomophobia

 

Nomophobia

(aka "no mobile phone phobia") Increasingly, many people feel panic and anxiety when they have to brave the world without a phone immediately handy.  They experience a great degree of anxiety when they misplace their phone or have no network coverage.  These feelings of stress and uncertainty that come from the loss of connectedness are a leading cause of mental health issues for many.

More info:   

• https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3194406609463-nomophobia-is-on-the-increase-do-you-have-it

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