Things I know about myself, things that exist without language — my hardware, my mental firing patterns, parts of me that are fundamentally, inexorably me — are being echoed on the other end, confirmed as a DNA match.
When I did a mental test fire in my head, they were as destructive as depleted uranium bombs.
Philip noted the hesitation in her voice, and made a mental decision to fire her later in the week.
The report said that annual violations of regulations governing mental health care, fire safety, occupational safety and hazardous materials increased significantly.
Only by noticing the way they ricochet about inside our heads like balls in a pinball machine can we learn to observe them dispassionately and let them come to rest, resisting the urge to pull back the mental plunger and fire off more.
An Iraq war veteran being treated for mental illness opened fire on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, killing three people and wounding 16 before killing himself, at the same post where more than a dozen people died in a 2009 attack.
Few stories are more poignant than the account of the New York first grader, glimpsing bodies falling from the flaming World Trade Center, who cried out, "Look, teacher, the birds are on fire!" Mental health organizations -- and even the federal Department of Health and Human Services -- have rushed to provide counseling and advice to parents and teachers on how to respond.
Rapid-fire mental dialogue takes over, presenting options and likely outcomes – all, of course, in English.
Meprobamate carved out an area of mental functioning and fired a chemical at it, a magic bullet, and the bullet made the condition disappear.
