Dr. Lanza

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Replying to @Secret 🫰🏻 Conflating legal standards of proof with cultural victim-blaming misses the entire point. Low conviction rates aren't just about a "lack of evidence.” They are driven by institutional bias and systemic failure. Stop using legal outcomes to excuse a broken culture. #TraumaTherapist #SystemicChange #Accountability #TraumaInformed

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If the courts admitted that survivors did everything right and the system still failed them, the entire structure would collapse. Victim-blaming isn't an individual flaw, it's an institutional shield designed to protect power and avoid accountability. #LegalSystem #TraumaTherapist #Accountability #Cornell #cornell

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Pathologizing basic infection control isn't a clinical observation, it’s a psychological defense mechanism. When people call COVID consciousness or mask-wearing a "mental illness" by misusing terms like OCD, they aren't making an objective assessment. They’re engaging in projection and cognitive dissonance reduction. Here is what is actually happening: The Material Reality: COVID-19 is still active, airborne, and causing lifelong, debilitating reactions, including long COVID and cumulative organ damage. Taking proportional precautions is rational risk assessment, not pathology. The Defense Mechanism: Acknowledging an ongoing mass-disabling event requires psychological labor that many people are unwilling to do. To soothe their own discomfort, critics weaponize therapy-speak. The Ableist Dismissal: Labeling caution as "illness" actively dismisses and erases disabled and chronically ill communities who are forced to protect themselves because society has abandoned public health. The Core Ethos: Choosing to mask and protect others isn't about fear, it’s about community care. It’s the foundational recognition that we keep each other safe because we belong to each other, regardless of individual risk profiles or systemic gaslighting. Stop misusing clinical diagnostics just to ease your own cognitive dissonance and participate in mass amnesia. #covid #Masking #CommunityCare #Disability #ChronicIllness