| 单词 | desensitize |
| 例句 | Rowan hadn’t thought much of it at the time, but now he understood; it stopped being gleaning the moment one became desensitized to the act. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And I beg—oh, how I beg—that I never become so desensitized to the death I must deliver that it feels normal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But this morning I noticed a real improvement when I went through the massage and desensitizing routine. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z By their constant contact with the chemicals these men keep themselves desensitized — as an allergist keeps his patients desensitized by repeated small injections of the allergen. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z All this information we get in gory detail until we too become desensitized to the violence. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s friendship with Neylan desensitized him to the moral quandary faced by members of the Rad Lab, especially its European-born scientists. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the process, we have become desensitized to art as well. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But in our consumption of these wildly popular tales, we become desensitized to horrific crimes. We need to stop giving the Ted Bundy treatment to violent men like Billy Milligan 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z The first five principles cleanse and desensitize our wounds. Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z It's impossible to make that trip without becoming desensitized to violence, and increasingly willing to rationalize the most horrific crimes. "Breaking Bad" recap: Season 4, Episode 1, "Box Cutter" 2011-07-18T13:19:00Z I wonder how the abundance of films and TV shows with these narratives desensitizes all of us to the global epidemic of violence against women. Dead women, killer ratings: “Game of Thrones,” “True Detective” and TV’s epidemic of violence against women 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Some women and men do everything “right” – they use gobs of lubricant, they start out slowly, relax, communicate well with their partner, avoid desensitizing or numbing gels/creams – and yet it still hurts. Anal sex: Science’s last taboo 2012-10-05T23:30:00Z I’m tired of being desensitized to the murder of black men. J. Cole issues 'Be Free' in response to Ferguson, Mo., shooting 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z At a moment when #MeToo allegations are coming at a seemingly incessant clip, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by, and maybe even desensitized to, the barrage of stories. Review | A new novel will reignite your #MeToo rage 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The experience made him resent the way war desensitized soldiers to human life. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z “After time, after so much footage of dead bodies washing up on the shores ... you just become desensitized to the whole issue,” he said. Cannes sea disaster gives adventurers a taste of migrants' horror 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z We grew up in different times, and I think our generation is desensitized to violence. Authors Steve Cavanagh and Adrian McKinty: How growing up in Northern Ireland's Troubles shaped them 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z I was by then desensitized to the business of divorce. Modern Love: In Bitter Moments, Reaching for the Sweet 2010-09-03T19:50:00Z He’s become desensitized to looking on such horrors, assuming a mystical role as the Three-Eyed Raven, timeless seer of all. Fire, ice and fate: Endgames arrive for ‘Game of Thrones’ 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z But after ten years of success, numbers are falling as tourists become increasingly desensitized to seeing these once long-extinct beasts. Watch the New Teaser for 'Jurassic World' 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z "We see it on all these stupid shows on TV and so we are desensitized, and so disconnected" Gabby Petito case triggers domestic violence survivors: 'The video was disturbing' 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Form matches content in "Good Kill," a movie about the desensitizing effects of drone warfare. 'Good Kill,' with Ethan Hawke, targets human costs of drone warfare 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z "Sweet Tooth" also portrays the unfiltered reality of how the wealthy will do whatever it takes to protect themselves, and are desensitized to the tremendous violence required to maintain their way of living. Sweet Tooth’s shocking twist is a critique of eco-fascist values 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z The theater’s aim is to measure the emotional experience of each viewing method and explore whether Shakespeare still shocks modern audience members, who are perhaps desensitized to violence onscreen. Royal Shakespeare Company to Monitor Heart Rates at ‘Titus Andronicus’ 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The perverse effect, Mr. Kiwan said, is to desensitize viewers to suffering. Syrian Film Collective Offers View of Life Behind a Conflict 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z “A lot of what it's about is training fear. How much can I take before my mind cracks? You train that fear response, and you start desensitizing that fear response,” Corliss asserted. Idaho BASE jumpers rebuff regulation, control fear when leaping off 500-foot bridge 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Search Google for “empathy + technology” and you’ll read that “Studies have shown that increased dependence on technology has resulted in the diminishing of empathy” and “ The Internet desensitizes us to shocking images, diminishing our empathy.” As Fitbits for Feelings Emerge, Whither Empathy? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z They resist clichés of audiovisual thought, which are as desensitizing to the individual mind as they are deluding in the forum of social debate. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The clumsy foreshadowing notwithstanding, the scene’s anticlimactic nature exposes a fundamental paradox of the show: The stakes of the series’ very first scene were possibly too high, and thus desensitizing. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 6: Walk, Talk ... Duck! 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z I’m conscious now that I’m still desensitized to violence — I don’t write violent books, but sometimes my editors tell me I do have to tone down some of my scenes. Authors Steve Cavanagh and Adrian McKinty: How growing up in Northern Ireland's Troubles shaped them 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z “People who love horror, who are so desensitized to blood and guts, they can work in restaurants because not much bothers them.” What Does Horror Taste Like? ‘Carnage Asada’ and Bloody Cocktails 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The Ranger Indoctrination Program is undoubtedly brutal, desensitizing infantrymen to the realities of violence. ‘Ranger Games’ Investigates a Crime and a Soldier’s Mind 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Just when Mary is getting used to — or rather, desensitized by — her daily parade of depravities, she thinks she recognizes somebody in one of the videos under review. Review: The Internet and Real Life Blur in ‘Sin Eaters’ 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z “If you eat too much, and you get too much in your mouth, you overload your palate, you desensitize it. I don’t wanna do that.” Celebrity chef Guy Fieri won’t eat these two foods 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Stretch it out too long, as in the very different “The Walking Dead,” and you create an endless circuit of frying pans and fires that becomes desensitizing or unendurable. Review: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 2 Moves Into a Dark Future 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “But I’m pretty desensitized to everything. I’ve lived inside me for a long time, so I don’t think I’m especially perverse. Maybe I’m just used to me.” Will Forte Is Still Waiting for ‘MacGruber’ to Blow Up 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z How minutes eek by and murders lose meaning only speaks volumes to our strange ability to get desensitized. 10 Films We See in the Grand Theft Auto Games 2013-09-24T22:17:56Z The reaction built momentum, and culminated in the threats and anger to which I later became desensitized. I killed the beloved hero of my books, and reader reactions were intense. Would I do it again? 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Jesse might not just have been shocked and depressed by his first killing; he might have become desensitized, too. "Breaking Bad," 4x7: "Problem Dog" 2011-08-29T14:30:00Z If anything, the trend has showcased how desensitized people are to violence and abuse. Lance Bass mocks Amber Heard's testimony in now-deleted post, jumping on a nasty TikTok trend 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z But, more importantly, Hitchcockian fixations and modes shaped espionage, suspense, horror and action pictures generally — so widely that audiences may have become desensitized to that influence. Review | In ‘The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock,’ it’s the contradictions that made the man 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The listener is desensitized to the meanings of the component words. Some Personal News From Samantha Irby 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z I found myself rapidly desensitized to online images. Did porn warp me forever? 2013-01-13T02:00:00Z “There’s a part of me that’s completely desensitized,” said Mr. McGuire, sitting on a recent evening in Union Square Park, where he enjoys people watching. Did You See That Video of the Subway Rat Hauling the Crab? 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z I felt there was a way I could absorb this place and be this outsider that is not desensitized and taking things for granted. "We leave these places in ruins": How the white lens on "Kandahar" reflects the human cost 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Of course, 16 seconds in, the first mother to talk about breastfeeding chimes in, saying, “I think I’m desensitized, almost, because people talk about whether I breast feed or bottle feed so much.” Do you really want to end the “Mommy Wars?” Stop buying into what these commercials are selling 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Human cockfighting makes us mean and desensitizes us.” Dead Tree Alert: Blowhardball: The Not-So-Special Comment of HBO’s The Newsroom 2012-06-21T12:53:34Z “It made me uncomfortable and made me think about a part of the world that we sort of desensitize ourselves to.” How Netflix helped ‘The White Tiger’ movie become a reality 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Interestingly, a diet high in these foods also desensitizes the taste system, making animals and humans perceive food as less sweet. Diet can influence mood, behavior and more — a neuroscientist explains 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Danny operates in a state of constant surveillance that goes unrecognized by people desensitized to the comforts of their citizenship. Review | In ‘Amnesty,’ an immigrant is put in an impossible position 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z There are methods in psychology for lessening and softening and integrating such traumatic memories by going over them, desensitizing the patient to them. My cat died and I feel blinded 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z "We are desensitized to what it means to have this kind of music out there," she says. Odd Future booking puts Pitchfork festival in an odd position 2011-07-12T07:00:00Z “It works by desensitizing those nerves that send the itch sensation to your brain,” Mr. Graedon said. The Getaway: Sick on the Road? Try the Grocery Store 2012-08-22T14:35:05Z To terrify an increasingly desensitized customer, Universal relies on lighting, fog machines, room temperature, water sprays, music cues, smells, video projection, wind and even fake snow. At Universal Orlando, Halloween Fright Is a Full-Time Job 2011-10-25T17:25:57Z Frequently overeating highly palatable foods saturates the brain with so much dopamine that it eventually adapts by desensitizing itself, reducing the number of cellular receptors that recognize and respond to the neurochemical. Junk food is tricking your brain: The depressing science behind your binging 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z "You start to get desensitized to numbers as a meaningful thing," Helbig said. Digital star Grace Helbig takes on TV 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z "It's not that there's so much a desensitizing" of the culture, Dergarabedian said. Family, investigator question 'pizza bomber' movie 2011-08-07T17:05:11Z Images of the horrors of war are so ubiquitous in the age of the camera phone that they threaten to overwhelm and desensitize us. Human Rights Watch Film Festival, the 25th Edition 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z In humans and animal models, elevated consumption of refined sugars and saturated fats – a combination commonly found in ultraprocessed foods – promotes eating by desensitizing the brain to the hormonal signals known to regulate satiety. Diet can influence mood, behavior and more — a neuroscientist explains 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z East Baltimore guys like us hide behind our male bravado and pretend to be desensitized by murder, but it’s not really true. Gunplay is all I know 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z There’s a sense that our fictions should be of Earth-shattering import in the obvious ways, and this perhaps desensitizes us to other examples of subversion and narrative. Jeff Vandermeer on the delicious satire of 'Sourdough' by Robin Sloan 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z There’s no hemming and hawing about how they’re desensitized to violence or they cost too much to send to college. “Game of Thrones’” overstuffed finale 2012-06-04T15:26:00Z But what such stories really hope to do is humanize their readers, listeners, spectators: the desensitized consumers of news. Valeria Luiselli Traces the Youngest Casualties of the Border Crisis 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Regional anesthesia desensitizes a large section of someone’s body by injecting drugs into the spine that block nerve signals to the brain. The hidden dangers of going under 2014-03-20T11:50:00Z The whiplash of it all keeps viewers from becoming desensitized. Welcome to a world of chaos and collapse, brought to you by ‘WTF?’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Maybe it speaks to how desensitized we are by now to two-person sex scenes. Reign’s Royal Scandal: What’s So Shocking About Masturbation? 2013-10-15T14:51:02Z The hysteria hit a peak in 2001, with fundamentalist activists accusing the books of trying to “desensitize readers and introduce them to the occult” and “trafficking in evil spirits.” 10 weirdest right-wing Christian conspiracy theories 2013-09-05T17:28:00Z Did you become desensitized to the violence as the series went on, or was it still a shock to be immersed in during every episode? Emmys 2022: Lee Jung-jae Would Stay in the ‘Squid Game’ Contest 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z We've become desensitized to shootings and yeah, we don't value life like we used to. Chelsea Handler opens up about long-buried grief: "I'm not fully fixed or complete" 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z American society has become desensitized to the word. Creating “Luke Cage,” the First Woke Black-Superhero Show 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z There’s the endless violence, to which all protagonists are apparently desensitized. TV for the fake news generation: why Westworld is the defining show of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z My growing fear as a Black parent is becoming desensitized to it, then unprepared to combat this type of racism. How racism found my son on Fortnite 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Over a long period of time, our nerve cells become desensitized to insulin - stopping them from detecting it all together. Eating junk food while stressed is more likely to lead to weight gain, according to experts 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z They argue that cremation can also have a desensitizing effect on families. The stunning rise of cremation reveals America’s changing idea of death 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z And at worst, it desensitizes us to violence by turning it into an attractive spectacle. 'The 14th Factory' art exhibition, despite all the hype, is an $18 ticket to spectacle 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s the classic phenomenon of “crying wolf,” whereby people become desensitized to alarmist claims. "Plutocrats and populists": The GOP's "contradictory principles" make a perfect recipe for fascism 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The simulations can help patients practice organizational and decision-making skills learned in cognitive behavioral therapy -- currently the standard treatment -- and desensitize them to the distress they feel when discarding. Virtual reality helps people with hoarding disorder practice decluttering 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Facing scary things can desensitize some people to their triggering effects since nothing bad happened, but it can also have a downside. This is why getting scared can feel so good 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z “I feel like our nation has become desensitized to it. … Most of America is shielded from this carnage.” Doctor who treated Morgan State shooting victim is gunshot survivor himself 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z By contrast, home therapy has lower time demands and less pain and risk — while still desensitizing the immune system by repeated exposures to the allergen. Virtual clinics embrace allergy drops as an alternative to shots 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Ruffcorn says there is an agenda to desensitize kids to sex. Book battles are raging nationwide. A WA library could be nation’s first to close 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Trainers begin by desensitizing the chimps to the sound, doling out bananas, Cheerios or other treats as it plays. Extreme Weather Is Coming. Someone Has To Tell The Chimps. 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z She added that children become desensitized to crime when they’re surrounded by it. Girl struck by stray bullet inside D.C. home as innocent children can’t dodge city’s violence 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z To address canine separation anxiety, for example, an owner might need to dramatically change their schedule to stay home with their animal while it’s gradually desensitized to longer periods left alone. Inside the growing U.S. movement to breed healthier, friendlier dogs 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z In the 2009 study above, 17% of women reported experiencing low-grade desensitizing affects that lasted anywhere from a couple of hours to a couple of days. How to have better orgasms, according to science 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z It works by desensitizing the nerves in the skin that transmit an itch sensation. Hot spoon can quell itch from mosquito bite 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Min Yun-geun, a college student in Seoul, feared that false alarms, if repeated, might desensitize people to actual emergencies. Sirens and Chaos Rattle Seoul After False Evacuation Alarm 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “I think the American people have kind of gotten desensitized to mass shootings,” he said. 4 victims identified, but mystery still surrounds Mojave Desert mass shooting days later 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z She worries they are becoming desensitized to the violence affecting Black children. In wake of Ralph Yarl shooting, Black teens face fear and resignation 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z “It desensitizes you to handcuffs, to steel, to concrete, to cold, to institutions,” said Roybal, now 38 and a physical therapist. 900 kids between age 10 and 12 are arrested in Colorado every year. Is that too young to be criminally prosecuted? 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z “I’m more desensitized to it than anything,” said Finn McGirk, 16, a sophomore who was in the auditorium for the assembly when Tuesday’s lockdown was announced. At a Denver high school, another shooting leaves students shaken 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Anyeji says that the sender might be desensitized or numb to the disturbing content, which is also a sign of the sender’s traumatic distress, which they may unknowingly be passing along. How (not) to watch viral videos of police brutality 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Moreover, it can desensitize people to acts of aggression against victims — and even inspire violence in its viewers, scholars of political violence say. White Supremacist Propaganda Soared Last Year, Report Finds 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z In our polarized country where extremism is being mainstreamed, we are becoming desensitized to anything but the most egregious acts of hate. After a man burst in with a gun, a San Francisco synagogue confronts hate 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z But I suppose none of this should surprise us, as the chef’s kiss of this entire charade is the reality that parents, too, are desensitized. Parents, wake up: Your kids aren’t your friends, and neither are their screens 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Ms. Dummer said that the onslaught was threatening to desensitize dispatchers and divert limited resources from true emergencies. ‘My Watch Think’s I’m Dead’ 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s easy to become desensitized to the news of yet another restaurant closing — especially if you have no personal relationship with that restaurant. How to close a restaurant? We go behind the scenes of Miri’s at Golden Gardens 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z But by 2011, after one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history ripped through Missouri, researchers concluded that many residents had become desensitized to sirens and warnings. The complex psychology behind keeping Californians safe in a megastorm 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The padded figures on the field have been so commodified and exaggerated all out of shape that the viewer is desensitized to what they experience on even the most ordinary, innocuous play. Perspective | The breathtaking violence of an ordinary NFL hit 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “One of the most dramatic examples of violence being desensitized is people who have information about homicides are not coming forward,” Mr. Pannell told The Washington Times. D.C.’s bloody start to new year inspires anti-violence campaign with Biblical message 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Football is a spectacle where excessive violence is mundane, because hits that cause injuries are a constant occurrence, and spectators are desensitized to it. Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Highlights the Violence Black Men Experience in Football 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Maybe it was because we had become culturally desensitized to loss in general because of the accumulated toll of the Vietnam War. Progress in society, NFL 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z “It sucks. It definitely sucks to watch. But I feel like I’ve been desensitized to it.” The ‘moment of humanity’ when a cart drives off and an NFL game goes on 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z “We can’t become desensitized,” the “Bad Moms” star told the magazine. Mila Kunis describes 'meet-cute' with Ukraine's Zelensky before he became president 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The plea comes at a time when many Americans have become nearly desensitized to mass shootings. Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Lorenz added that, despite his outrage, he doesn’t expect this report to land with the same effect that previous disclosures did, partly because people have been desensitized. Probe of Baltimore Archdiocese finds over 600 clergy sex abuse victims 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Still doesn’t sound very glamorous, I admit, but that’s only because you and I are long desensitized to the magic of plastic wrap. Taking stock of the vanishing landscape of 'Russian Hollywood' 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “We will not accept or tolerate anti-Jewish hatred in our community and will not allow antisemitism in any of its forms to be normalized or desensitized,” Friedson said Monday. Antisemitic graffiti found near Bethesda Trolley Trail 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z It also leads them to be desensitized to the victimization of girls and women in real life, and it translates into an increased tolerance for sexual violence and harassment. On-screen and off, men are subjects, women are objects 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The dude is so tough it feels as if we’re starting to become desensitized to his ability to play through — well, to play through just about anything, it seems. Four Downs with Bob Condotta and Adam Jude: Answering 4 questions after Seahawks’ Week 8 win 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z And it is not simply that Elizabethans were desensitized, possessed of a different threshold for disgust. Why Do People Love Gross and Scary Things? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z "We don't want people to ultimately become desensitized to this," Farrah said. U.S. autonomous vehicle group picks ex-Senate aide as director 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “You kind of become desensitized to it after awhile,” left guard Andrew Vorhees joked. Caleb Williams mastering the art of escape as USC's football Houdini 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z The rare vocal complaints of a Christen Press fell on such deaf and “desensitized” ears that as late as 2019 — long after the exposure of the Larry Nassar scandal, mind you — top U.S. Perspective | Another ‘report’ on abuse in women’s sports. When is enough enough? 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Then, the horse needed to be desensitized to the sights, sounds and textures he might encounter. Some Kids Play Sports. These Kids Train Wild Horses. 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z “When we become desensitized to it, we fail to be proactive,” he said. ‘Tape or chewing gum:’ Twitter’s lapses echo worldwide 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Our modern sensitivity — actually, our desensitized condition — challenges the museum. Opinion | D.C.’s new Victims of Communism Museum tells a vital, unfinished tale 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “The patient was very motivated, and the one thing we knew was that if a patient has an allergy to a topically applied medicine, one way to desensitize is to give very low doses orally.” An Old Medicine Grows New Hair for Pennies a Day, Doctors Say 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “Another new report of an increase in lives lost may feel a bit like Groundhog Day, but we must not become desensitized to the tragedy of roadway deaths,” said Jonathan Adkins, the group’s executive director. U.S. traffic deaths jumped in early 2022, hitting 20-year high 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z “We so desensitized to catastrophe at this point it’s like well what’s next.” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z In interviews, many Republican strategists thought such comments were unlikely to make a difference to voters already desensitized by right-wing celebrities’ embrace of offensive and personal attacks. Some Republicans fear party is too extreme on abortion and gay rights 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The goal: reduce separation-related panic through repeated exposure until a pet is desensitized to the panic’s trigger. As humans spend less time at home, Seattle dogs wrestle with separation anxiety 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z But the younger generation has been “desensitized to it,” Perrotta said. Court rulings loom over July Fourth celebrations in Washington region 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z To do that, Americans must try to overcome the “coarse, desensitizing, dehumanizing political vile” that has become the vernacular of public life. Analysis | Ignoring the Jan. 6 hearings? Michael Luttig explains why you shouldn’t. 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z “They desensitized and diminished the threats that walked alongside our children in the hallways.” Students sue for review, changes after Oxford High shooting 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z In May, as reports of turkey attacks grew, experts speculated that the bird had become “desensitized to people,” perhaps because someone routinely fed it, encouraging it to come back to humans for more. Aggressive wild turkey vanishes after months of attacks on D.C. trail 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z As a self-confessed horror fan, Schofield is much more desensitized than the average person. The Callisto Protocol’s director on his return to horror: ‘I don’t know what too scary is’ 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “You can’t shield the youth, the young children, from it because they have access to it. ... I think maybe you do become, in order to survive, maybe you do become a little bit desensitized.” After Uvalde shooting, people consider an 'Emmett Till moment' to change gun debate 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z “Messing with somebody or making somebody feel bad, or saying that is just horrific that they’re so desensitized to, that gives them a feeling of belonging.” Don’t Believe Everything You Read About the Man in This Photo 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “We cannot climb into the heads of people,” said Mr. Sutkovy, adding that some residents had stayed behind because they were too poor to move or desensitized to danger after weeks of being bombarded. Evacuating the Vulnerable Amid the Terror of War 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Children who witness such violence, for instance, can experience anger or post-traumatic stress disorder, become withdrawn, and become desensitized. Fact-checking the connection between guns and mental illness 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Some people may become desensitized to violence as a defense, she said. Mass violence takes toll on Americans’ psyches 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “I refuse to believe that people are that desensitized.” After Uvalde shooting, people consider an 'Emmett Till moment' to change gun debate 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Some have reacted by acting desensitized, but for others, the pain has roared out. After the shock fades, fear rises in the aftermath of Buffalo shooting 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z One theory is that he has become “desensitized to people,” Rauch said. Fowl play: A wild turkey keeps attacking people on a D.C. trail 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Hochul, a Buffalo native, said the nation has almost become desensitized to the devastation of mass shootings and gun violence, and the spread of extremist ideology online. After Buffalo massacre, NY governor seeks action on guns 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z One of the candidates on the slate, Nancy Allen, said the state’s health education guidelines were desensitizing children to sexual content and were not aligned with academic standards. Some Md. parents argue a new health curriculum is unfit for young students 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “We have just had a report showing gun violence is at historic levels, and now his happens. What are we going to do about it as a country? Are we really this desensitized?” What Do Most Mass Shooters Have in Common? They Bought Their Guns Legally. 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z By the final ambiguous scene, a culmination of Bella’s hard-fought aspirations, all of the terrors she’s witnessed have nearly desensitized her. Review: 'Pleasure' interrogates the male gaze through a porn lens 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “He does not see the problems associated with a school administrator desensitizing both adult nudity and child nudity by exposing it to children under his care,” the board wrote. Mississippi school board upholds firing over ‘New Butt’ book 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z People are “becoming desensitized to the severity of the drought. You don’t hear people talking about it quite as much as you did in 2015 and 2016.” California drought conservation has been a bust so far. What gives? 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Researchers at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia were able to use a similar "synthetic odor bouquet" to desensitize witnesses to their traumatic memories. A perfumer's obsessive quest to recreate the fragrance of lost love 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Others grapple with the recurring sense that we are simply desensitized. Perspective | Why did it take Ukraine to remind us of war photography’s relevance? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z They have become desensitized to what not long ago would have been judged unconscionable. Don’t be fooled: The GOP love affair with Putin is worse than it looks 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z But Thompson’s life changed forever in 1999 when he filed his first gaming lawsuit, claiming that the perpetrator of the Heath High School shooting was desensitized by a collection of computer games. Jack Thompson still has a grudge 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z But Golon said that standard is outmoded in an era where video games and other re-creations of violence have gradually desensitized viewers. How journalists decide which images from Ukraine are too awful to publish 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z For instance, Atkins had to be desensitized to sounds such as the screech of the dentist’s drill. Snuggle-ready dogs are available to anxious patients at some dentist offices, but some patients worry about the risks, from slobber to nips 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z “I had to take Benadryl before I went to sleep. For the right woman, I’d get allergy shots to desensitize myself.” Date Lab: He met her friends and beloved dog. A positive sign? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Nurses have compassion fatigue, fatigue fatigue and alarm fatigue, becoming desensitized to the beeps of monitors. ‘Nurses Have Finally Learned What They’re Worth’ 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The mother seal has become desensitized to humans and pets. Bowman Bay at Deception Pass closed after well-known elephant seal gives birth 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z “The more they desensitize and legitimize illegal aliens voting, eventually the fear goes away,” he said. Noncitizens skip the vote despite efforts to entice participation in local elections 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Marcenus Earl is a little sheepish: “Some of the community has grown desensitized to this,” said the 51-year-old, who recently left Watts for Dallas and was back visiting his grandkids for Christmas. In Watts, a rise in homicides follows years of declining violence 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z For patients who dislike the "tactile sensations" of feeling the straps or mask against their face, Forman suggests that patients practice wearing their mask so they can grow accustomed and be desensitized. CPAP nation: Why millions of Americans willingly go to sleep with a hose strapped to their face 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z “I think we’ve become a little desensitized to it just right now, because it’s become such a common thing.” COVID-19 reunion: Tearful patients, nurses share memories 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Drug Enforcement Administration for fostering a culture of corruption that desensitized him to the implications of violating the law. DEA agent gets 12 years for conspiring with Colombian cartel 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z She was pleased the training featured a focus on trauma as children, like hers, and adults become so used to the violence that they become desensitized to develop defense mechanisms to cope. Training teaches teens to turn social media negatives into positives 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Most of these advocates have spent many years being desensitized to bloodshed; they have been told that a portion of their fellow citizens are the embodiment of evil and bent on their destruction. Opinion | How is the GOP’s coronavirus recklessness compatible with being pro-life? 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The shooting should be a wake-up call for new gun laws in a country that has become “desensitized to school shootings,” McDonald told reporters. Michigan teen, 15, charged in Oxford High School shooting 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z "We have to do better. How many times does this have to happen? How many times? Everyone knows, we have become desensitized to school shootings," she said. Michigan prosecutor says U.S. is 'desensitized to school shootings' after four students are killed 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Within earshot of Kaplan, who is Jewish and wore a Star of David necklace throughout the trial, defense attorney Joshua Smith repeatedly used the word “k---” in hopes that it would “desensitize” the jury. Spencer, Kessler, Cantwell and other white supremacists found liable in deadly Unite the Right rally 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z "Gore can also be quite desensitizing, but used well it can generate a strong emotional response that becomes a stand out moment," Chambers said. The psychology of gore: Why do we like graphic blood and guts in our entertainment? 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z It is dangerous to shout “antisemitism” where none exists because that will desensitize the public to real cases of antisemitism. Opinion | Virginia campaign mailer was hard-hitting, not antisemitic 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z “Covid has desensitized us to online buying, where we used to be more compelled to be there in person,” Ms. Arvin said. Pandemic Changes the World of Horse Auctions 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z She said she presumed that someone else on the water had been feeding the alligator, desensitizing it to humans and helping it associate paddlers on the river with food. Florida paddleboarder fends off attacking alligator with oar 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Watching a video of oneself touching disgusting objects should have a desensitizing effect over time. A New Way to Understand—and Possibly Treat—OCD 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z After years of tasting regular ice creams and being desensitized to their allure, owner Karin Sellers says the vegan ice cream is now her go-to. These D.C. shops show how delicious vegan ice cream can be 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Don't let this world desensitize you to what love is. Wife of father killed while shielding son, 1, at Miami Beach restaurant recalls final moments 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “It wasn’t traumatizing, because, again, I am desensitized to these things,” Tannan said. They took to the streets after George Floyd’s murder. Now, they fight to keep change going 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z What were the influences that desensitized Chauvin to hearing the pleas of a fellow human being? Chauvin trial ‘Collective responsibility’ 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z “In a social environment where censorship is commonplace, people are desensitized and even treat it as another form of entertainment,” Professor Huang said. Chinese Reality Shows Censor Western Clothing Brands 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z “My worry is that we are getting desensitized,” she added. Broadcasting ‘the Shock, the Horror, the Outrage’ Live, Again and Again 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Americans must “desensitize” themselves to violence, Nordean said in a Parler-linked video Dec. 31 in which his guest called Proud Boys “soldiers of the right wing” at war. U.S. investigating possible ties between Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Capitol rioters 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z To neutralize the dynamite, they poured diesel fuel onto the explosive and let it soak for about two hours, a process called desensitizing, Corcio said. Steady nerves and patience: How a bomb squad defused a box of old dynamite in Glendora 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Even when that is true, we become desensitized over time. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Capturing the content and context of the Capitol riot 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z And again, we are going to be desensitized to that as well, to some extent. Dr. John Gartner on Trump and terrorism: "If he can't be president, he will make his force felt" 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z “I don’t want us to get desensitized to it.” Broadcasting ‘the Shock, the Horror, the Outrage’ Live, Again and Again 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z “When you live with something, it is no longer urgent, and you tend to get desensitized to it.” Coronavirus cases are skyrocketing again in cities 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Health officials say a desensitized public could become the virus’s ally. Coronavirus cases are soaring in the D.C. region. Experts say the worst is yet to come. 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Beginning in the 1930s, wasp and bee allergies were treated by injections of extracts from whole ground insects to desensitize the immune system. Wasp venom can save lives. But the supply chain is shaky 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z We have become desensitized to all the deaths. Dr. John Gartner on Trump and terrorism: "If he can't be president, he will make his force felt" 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Once desensitized to the tragedy, we’re left with a shadow of truth, a candle with no light, a gnawing memory, searching for associations. The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden’s two newest works stir up dark associations 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z "We're not completely desensitized as probation officers, because we still hear things that shock us," she says. Covid-19: 'My pandemic work with dangerous prison leavers' 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z A sport in which, according to the ex-players, the use of desensitizing medicine often fuels performance as much as hard work. Hockey Needs Viewers. It Should Not Glorify Pain and Violence to Get Them. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z What I don’t want to happen is that people get desensitized. Insider Q&A: Accenture directs capital to Black start-ups 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Gradually, the predator will expose the victim to sexual behaviors, like light touching, in order to desensitize them to sex. Charge That Maxwell ‘Groomed’ Girls for Epstein Is Central to Case 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z “We’re somewhat desensitized, but this was beyond the pale,” the attorney said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Barr’s attack on his own prosecutors fed by frustration with both sides of political aisle, people who know him say 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z In addition to killing cavity-causing bacteria, the treatment hardens tooth structure, desensitizes the tooth and even stops new cavities from forming. With silver diamine fluoride, some dentists are obliterating cavities with a few brushstrokes 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z “We’re used to seeing Black death,” and so people are desensitized to those deaths, said Jimerson, the community facilitator for the county’s Zero Youth Detention program. ‘We want to live’: Seattle youth and their advocates call attention to gun-violence epidemic 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Because Miami-Dade’s rare bubble of Latino empowerment, which includes Latino billionaires, a U.S. senator, artists, business titans, judges and celebrities, has desensitized us. Opinion | Latinos can be racist, too. My community shows how. 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Afterward, according to prosecutors, Ms. Maxwell would begin desensitizing the girls to sex by undressing or massaging Mr. Epstein in front of them. Charge That Maxwell ‘Groomed’ Girls for Epstein Is Central to Case 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z You get used to dehumanizing behaviour when you’re a woman, you get desensitized to it. AOC represents the future of America: women who refuse to be silenced | Arwa Mahdawi 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z The series of messages also speculated that the fireworks are designed to “stoke tensions” through sleep deprivation and to desensitize locals to the sounds of war. NYT reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones says now-deleted fireworks tweet was ‘irresponsible,’ beneath her own standards 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z “We are working on desensitizing them to the traps to help this but this is a slow process,” they wrote on April 12. Three Cane Corso dogs saved after roaming Angeles National Forest for weeks 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Sensitizing or desensitizing these brain areas shows causal evidence that these circuits are involved in the enjoyment and motivation of music. Your Brain Will Thank You for Being a Musician 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z After being raised on chaotic news headlines, Generation Z is desensitized to crises. Opinion | How the Young Deal With the Coronavirus 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Cogito, in an ebook explaining the reason for its AI, likens call center workers to trauma nurses desensitized over the course of their shift, noting that the quality of representatives’ work declines after 25 calls. Robots aren’t taking our jobs — they’re becoming our bosses 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Not only do we become desensitized to the carnage, but these types of stories, Belair argues, are often antithetical to the open-world format itself. How tech and communities could change the future of open world games 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “We’re desensitized to it. Kids think it’s a cool image now.” Across L.A., hip-hop fans mourn the loss of Pop Smoke and other young stars: 'It's part of the culture now' 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z By now, you might imagine that I'd be at least somewhat desensitized to details about and descriptions of it. "The right to do whatever I want as president" 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s a difficult proposition, especially in a country so desensitized to the ugly externalities of car ownership. Civilized Cycles is an electric bike full of surprises 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Some physicians have already used this oral immunotherapy approach to desensitize people to peanut allergies using commercially available, inexpensive peanut flour. First peanut allergy drug approved by FDA 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Then they begin desensitizing children to sexual terms and imagery before asking them to send naked pictures and videos of their own. Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Therapists use it to treat P.T.S.D. and phobias by exposing patients to their worst fears in controlled doses, eventually desensitizing them to whatever is causing their anxiety. Taking Virtual Reality for a Test Drive 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Or might long exposure to such sights desensitize us? The Art of War in “Theater of Operations” 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “You get desensitized to it because you’re seeing so much fighting.” Cirque du Soleil, angling for a younger audience, bets big in Vegas on 'R.U.N' 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It is approved for children ages 4 to 17 and requires children to eat increasing doses of peanut protein to gradually desensitize their allergies. First peanut allergy drug approved by FDA 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The public, some Democrats fear, is becoming desensitized to Trump-related scandals, making the committee’s job convincing voters even more difficult. House Democrats eager to impeach Trump struggle to galvanize public support 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The drug — called Palforzia — would not be a cure, but would desensitize children to what can be life-threatening allergies. Analysis | The Health 202: Who is writing 2020 Democrats' health plans? We found out. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “It will mean that we accept the next inevitable tragedy. That we are desensitized to children running from schools and bodies littering parking lots, that our outpouring of thoughts and prayers will grow increasingly hollow.” Factbox: Democratic presidential candidates back gun restrictions... 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Another said aides were so desensitized to criticism that the backlash to the president’s trip last week was not going to faze them. ‘He’s Off the Rails’: Anthony Scaramucci, on Another Media Blitz, Criticizes Trump 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z What astounded me was that they were desensitized to the topic. Opinion | A simple equation on guns and mass shootings 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Pete Hegseth, a guest host on the morning Fox News program “Fox & Friends,” said on Monday’s broadcast that video games “desensitize folks to the violence.” Trump Echoes ‘Fox & Friends’ on Shootings. The New York Post Dissents. 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z If her American upbringing somewhat desensitized her to the values her family in China upholds as communal wisdom, then is she still one of them? How lies to my grandmother across the U.S.-Mexico border echo 'The Farewell' 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z It’s easy to become desensitized to all the big home run numbers these days. Home run hat tricks for Cano, DeJong, Cruz and Betts 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z But she said vulnerable communities, where firearm injuries are common, often become desensitized to the violence — and using a gun shouldn’t be considered a normal response to conflict or outcome to a mental health crisis. $1M in state funding will go to Harborview research to prevent injuries and deaths from guns 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z “I think in a way we’ve become desensitized to what the president has been saying,” Johnson said, choosing his words carefully. Dwayne Johnson brings Samoan heritage to 'Fast and Furious' spinoff 'Hobbs and Shaw' 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z “The idea is that you cut back on the number, so you don’t get the public desensitized,” Roman said. U.S. officials to make disaster warnings faster, clearer about life-threatening events 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z “The scene is subtle in order … to desensitize children,” One Million Moms wrote on its website. The US World Cup team is loudly, proudly claiming the applause women deserve | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z “People are becoming desensitized to them. Being harassed in your own yard simply because you are a 'big black man’ should never become the norm. New England Patriots' Elandon Roberts accuses Texas authorities of harassment after traffic stop: report 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z But as the number of deaths increases, “psychic numbing” begins to desensitize them. The psychological traps of gut instinct decisions on military action 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z “It’s really easy to experience a death and become desensitized,” Lauryn said. ‘It makes me angry’: After deaths of classmates, D.C. students say they feel unsafe on their daily commutes 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Although people in medicine, law enforcement and many other fields risk becoming desensitized to the people they encounter on the job, the Border Patrol officers’ posts are beyond the pale. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Investigational therapeutic approaches seek to desensitize the immune system and correct this immune response. A Possible New Way to Treat Peanut Allergy 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z A military veteran, he had become desensitized to seeing violence against people, he told me. Facebook moderators break their NDAs to expose desperate working conditions 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z "He desensitizes the American public and the world to what is right and wrong and does things in plain sight and the results are evil." 'Morning Joe' analyzes whether Trump is 'truly evil,' Deutsch says comments on political dirt 'demented' 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z And — because they are constant, public and hence desensitizing — they will inflict more long-term damage to America’s civic life than Nixon’s misdeeds did. Opinion | Impeachment would be a debacle 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z “But she seems to ignore the opposite risk: Underreacting desensitizes us to the dangerous severity of Trump’s dysfunction, normalizing the abnormal.” Citing his "serious mental illness," multiple psychiatrists call for President Trump to be impeached 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z In stroking their own arms, they had desensitized that part of their body to touch in general. ‘I will feel actual rage.’ Unusual responses to kind touches could help explain autism traits 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Have we become that desensitized to gun violence? Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Show a more accurate picture of Venezuela 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Ms Salter, from Weston-super-Mare, said it was an "awful excuse of a game" that desensitized children to "the fact that this is a living animal" and "made it a fun thing". Cow cull game removed from museum 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z “People were getting desensitized to all the shootings,” she said. Canadian trauma surgeons called for gun control. Gun groups had an NRA-style response. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Therapeutic approaches seek to desensitize the immune system and correct this immune response. A New Way to Treat Peanut Allergy 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z "I think that for anybody who's watching this kind of stuff you really need to know why you're watching it, I think. Because you don't want to desensitize yourself too much," she tells me. Is our love of true crime problematic? 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z One theory is that it desensitizes a certain receptor that is known to be involved in pain – the TRPV1. Does CBD Work for Pain Relief? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “If we did an alert for every missing person record, the alerts would be less effective as the public would quickly get desensitized.” Native women make up high number of missing person reports 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Barriss’ defense attorney argued that the notoriety of being a known swatter within the gaming community “became an intoxicant” to him and incrementally desensitized him to real world consequences. Man who made hoax call in deadly swatting seeks 20 year term 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z “I desensitized myself, I held my breath, I came out of my body,” she said. Pope slams child abuse by priests but fails to issue zero-tolerance rule at summit 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z "Life is best spent around good people doing good things, exposing yourself to the best things in the world that you can expose yourself to… we should never be desensitized to the horror." Is our love of true crime problematic? 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s only a matter of time before we grow desensitized to this degree of overreach by the president. Do we take Trump's Twitter threats seriously? Spoiler alert: We'd better 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Q. Can you desensitize yourself to a food intolerance? Can You Get Over a Food Intolerance? 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Are you worried that people are going to get desensitized to these graphics and stop taking them seriously? Why The Weather Channel keeps making these terrifying mixed reality warnings 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The juror said a female juror also commented that black people are “desensitized to killing people.” Teen convicted of murder seeks retrial after racist comments 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Researchers found success dressing biologists in crane costumes so the birds wouldn’t become desensitized to humans once released into the wild. 50-year whooping crane program will close at Patuxent refuge 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z We’ve also been desensitized by reality TV, the modern-day answer to the documentary, where scripted moments of drama are an acceptable and almost expected part of serialized “reality.” Why the 'P' word — propaganda — might be best for what we're seeing on our TV screens 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z As Warner saw it, Belichick also intended to condition the officials to seeing rough play so they might become desensitized to it as the game wore on. How to beat the high-powered Rams? Bill Belichick's Super Bowl XXXVI defense could be a blueprint - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z One possible explanation for this finding, the authors write, “is that long-term, persistent exposure to violent media may lead to subtle changes in one’s personality, desensitizing fans to violence and reinforcing negative social attitudes.” Dissecting the Bloodthirsty Bliss of Death Metal 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “At some point I believe we get desensitized to it,” Sherwin said. 'Devastating and soul killing': L.A.-area Jewish leaders respond to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Giving Jacob gradually increasing doses of peanuts, she hoped, would desensitize his immune system. A revolutionary treatment for allergies to peanuts and other foods is going mainstream—but do the benefits outweigh the risks? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z But, it added, the system “was always ‘red’” and “warnings were so common that operators were desensitized to them.” New U.S. Weapons Systems Are a Hackers’ Bonanza, Investigators Find 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z As with many things, Trump has desensitized us. Trump slams Democrats over Kavanaugh: “They just want to destroy and delay. Facts don’t matte... 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Though these crimes have shaken the community, “there is a tendency to be desensitized to violence,” says MacDonald, the filmmaker. Why are Native American women vanishing? And who’s looking for them? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Some people Ms. Johnson has prosecuted for violent crimes started with animal cruelty, “just desensitizing themselves.” A Serial Cat Killer Is on the Loose in Washington State 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z In recent years she had hoped to desensitize herself and fly again, “even if it’s just one more time,” she said in 2007. Aretha Franklin, Indomitable ‘Queen of Soul,’ Dies at 76 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z And then after a while you do get desensitized. Regina Hall on 'breastaurants,' 'Support the Girls' and the possibility of a 'Girls Trip' sequel 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z CBT might include exposing the child to their triggers to desensitize their anxiety. Your child is nervous about the new school year, which may be normal — or not 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z There were so many red numbers that it was almost desensitizing: Six players shot 65s in the morning wave. Perspective | Bellerive. It sounds like a good place to post a low PGA score. And players are. 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z They eventually do become desensitized to it—but that might spell trouble for them later on, too. Traffic Noise Makes Caterpillars' Hearts Beat Faster 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z “We don’t want to desensitize people to the urgency of that particular alert. If you over-utilize a capability like that, the public begins to tune out,” said Rodriguez. D.C. officials defend not issuing landline, cell alerts to warn of water problems 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z An axiom of Wall Street is that markets hate uncertainty, but they seem to become desensitized to it. Wall Street’s Summer Calm May Depend on Selective Vision 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Then, as the public becomes desensitized, the group can be singled out for hatred and harm. Opinion | The Bible in the hands of a bigot 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Are the Dutch, then, immune to hyperbolic discounting and the desensitizing effects of feedback? The "hurricane show" and the perils of poor planning 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z This desensitizes some people to the moral seriousness of prejudice. Opinion | Trump doesn’t just fail a moral standard. He enables cruelty and abuse. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Sharot noted that people “may desensitize to the president’s falsehoods in the same way that they do to overused perfume, making them less likely to act to correct this pattern of behavior.” Opinion | Trump’s not a liar. He’s a madman. 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z As with special effects in movies, consumers become desensitized to ads the more they see them. What Advertising History Says About the Future of Fake News 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Following February’s Parkland shooting, Trump invited video game executives to the White House to discuss how exposure to violent video games desensitized children. Doors, backpacks and Ritalin: what Republicans have blamed school shootings on 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The level of dilapidation is something we’ve all become desensitized to. 25-Year-Old Textbooks and Holes in the Ceiling: Inside America’s Public Schools 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Second mission: desensitize Americans and the world to the American action of first strike, so that there is less problem when the emperor wants to use it again later. ‘Mission Accomplished!’ But What Is the Mission in Syria? 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z It is difficult, after seven years of seeing these images and hearing about these gruesome atrocities, not to become desensitized, not to become cynical, and not to lose faith in humanity. How can we remain indifferent to the suffering in Syria? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “I think the audience has gotten really desensitized and bored with the playbook, so it is always about how do you stand out and sell the unique experience that the film delivers.” Inside Fox's strategy to market 'Love, Simon,' the first film of its kind from a major studio 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Lieberman led the charge in denouncing such games as desensitizing young players. When Mortal Kombat Came Under Congressional Scrutiny 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Films like Her and Ex_Machina and recent episodes of series such as Black Mirror portray these ideas very matter-of-factly, desensitizing contemporary culture to their extraordinary implausibility. Sentient Robots, Conscious Spoons and Other Cheerful Follies 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Many children were desensitized to violence through ceaseless indoctrination, paramilitary training and participation in various other crimes. Raised by ISIS, Returned to Chechnya: ‘These Children Saw Terrible Things’ 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z "If you've known him long enough, you kind of get desensitized to the outside perspective of him," Richards said. Winter of Mike Trout includes wedding, Super Bowl victory for his favorite team 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Now somewhat desensitized to the alerts, athletes have resorted to simply hoping that someone will tell them if there is an emergency. This Is Not a Drill: Another ‘Emergency’ Alert Is On Its Way 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Westerns doubled as a campaign against so-called savages in a way that desensitized us to the savages we’d become. The Cost of Being ‘Savage’ in a Supposedly Civilized World 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z In his drawings, some prisoners hang by their hands and others undergo other forms of torture, all while their cellmates eat their meals calmly, desensitized to the displays of inhumanity around them. Haunted by Memories of Syrian Torture, Saved by Art 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z There is also a great need in making more people aware of the circumstances in which individuals face homelessness continually as there are many of us desensitized and unaware. New Homeless Shelters Slow to Open, Despite de Blasio Promise 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Our kids are totally desensitized and lacking empathy for their peers. School Shooting in Kentucky Was Nation’s 11th of Year. It Was Jan. 23. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “The markets are getting desensitized when these things happen multiple times.” What debt ceiling worries? Markets hum along 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z His advocates are becoming desensitized to moral corruption. Opinion | Trump has revealed who he is. Now it’s our turn. 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The Washington press has left everybody fearful, befuddled, desensitized and suddenly, from their response to this book, people are able to say, ‘Yes I understand this...’ 'It's all explosive': Michael Wolff on Donald Trump 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z This is a “more professional White House”? Only if you have been so desensitized by Trump’s first year in office that you no longer recognize when your country is in danger. Opinion | There is nothing ‘professional’ about this president 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z She said she fears that the experience might desensitize even veteran doctors to the need to treat bodies, living or dead, with dignity. Special Report: At a hotel near you - Cadavers in the banquet room 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “The markets are getting desensitized when these things happen multiple times.” What debt ceiling worries? Markets hum along 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “I do worry that everyone in this country is becoming desensitized to violence,” Murphy said. Connecticut senator 'embarrassed' at political inaction since Sandy Hook 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “Both the content and the method of teaching desensitize and lower the inhibitions of our children and destroy their innocence, modesty, and privacy.” Sex Scandal (Part Three): The victimization of America’s children 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s crucial to talk about how commonplace this abuse is, but it’s becoming more difficult to do so without becoming exhausted or desensitized. SNL takes on sexual harassment: ‘Welcome to Hell’ 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z She said she fears that the experience might desensitize even veteran doctors to the need to treat bodies, living or dead, with dignity. Special Report: At a hotel near you - Cadavers in the banquet room 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z They often simply allow them to be abused by their fathers —toughened up, desensitized — I know the father's are the one's who make the monster, but every monster has a mother. Opinion | Brazilian Women Can Learn to Yell 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z One hypothesis is that officers got used to the cameras and became desensitized to them. New study finds little change in D.C. officers’ behavior with body cameras 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The Army then changed its combat training to desensitize soldiers to the humanity of the enemy. Opinion | Killing does not come easy for soldiers 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z He, like too many other men of color in this city, had become desensitized to being treated criminally. Sexual torture: when police touch black men against their will 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Because there was no real liberal dissent toward Obama’s continuation and even strengthening of many of Bush’s extra-constitutional metamorphoses, we have become well and truly desensitized by now. How we got from George W. Bush to Donald Trump: Liberals had more to do with it than we’d like to think 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z When we look at pictures of kids in Syria or you read about the guy who goes into a school and shoots kids — it’s not desensitizing, because we’ve always watched movies that were violent. Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson buddy up for 'The Hitman's Bodyguard' 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The body is desensitized with towel rubs, vibration, touch, compression and fanning, Sherry says. The strange pain that can overcome kids, especially high-achieving teenage girls 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Fleck said he thinks North Dakotans are becoming desensitized to all of the oil development. North Dakota park surrounded by oil development 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z They also tend to desensitize owners of the importance of voting by making them less likely to pay close attention to legitimate ballots. When voting on HOA issues, there's no room on the ballot for a straw poll 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z “She’s desensitizing her,” Billingsley says, “teaching her not to panic or spook when something touches her or comes into her line of vision.” Riding to rescue: Girls learn to train troubled horses 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z “It’s desensitized them in a way,” Wylie said. ‘Did you hear that?’: Amid Baltimore’s surge in killings, a faint cry in a locked car 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z “In the last five years, people have gotten desensitized to that,” Johnson said. Energy industry models featured at Houston conference 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z “The way it’s used nowadays, kids are desensitized to social media and it really does hurt people.” Computer-related charges filed after 11-year-old’s suicide 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Waters did not appear phased, but rather, desensitized to the remarks. WATCH: Bill O’Reilly snickers during his condescending apology to Rep. Maxine Waters 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z She says it was prominent in her circle of high school classmates, and she became “desensitized” to the danger, figuring it couldn’t be as bad as some claimed. Born addicts, opioid babies in withdrawal from first breath 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z No longer are they so fixated on narrating their own success—in fact, they seem a bit desensitized to the trappings of fame, reorienting themselves to the street and its familiar touchstones. Sampha and Migos Make Hits 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “I was desensitized whenever I got in the water. I started riding big waves for that rush, but now that feeling is nonexistent. I couldn’t figure out why I still ride these giant waves.” A Big-Wave Great Ponders the Surf After the Wipeout of a Lifetime 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z This gratuitous publication will horrify many, inspire a few, and, by a small but perceptible increment, further desensitize the rest of us. Friday Mailbag: Mar-a-Lago, Assassins, Migrants and Drugs 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Research on the molecular structure of tropomyosin may eventually lead to a way to desensitize allergic people, scientists say. Sinister Shellfish 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z “I think it will help desensitize us to criticism,” she says. Stat-checking software stirs up psychology 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z “There’s also a danger that when you have so many extreme experiences, that you become desensitized.” Auschwitz, sex assault and police shootings — where virtual reality is going next 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Your dentist might suggest a desensitizing toothpaste or, for persistent discomfort, an in-office treatment such as concentrated fluoride. Whitener, sensitive teeth, plaque fighter: How to choose a toothpaste 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z These findings suggested that the negative emotional signals initially associated with lying decrease as the brain becomes desensitized, Dr. Sharot said. Why Big Liars Often Start Out as Small Ones 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, there are only so many times one can watch an hapless victim fall prey to a pack of walkers eaten alive until audiences become desensitized to the horror. Negan promises he's 'just getting started,' but have 'Walking Dead' fans already seen enough misery? 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Or is the problem that the media has sensationalized the violence and desensitized people to the human consequences of these acts? How to Reduce Violence Against Women in Trinidad and Tobago 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “We do have to work to take care of ourselves and not get too desensitized when you’re seeing addiction problems every day,” she said. Addiction recovery group spends 40 years changing lives 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z I think Clinton is losing because people have become desensitized. Why a President Trump Could Start a Trade War With Surprising Ease 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z After making the film, even Spurlock says he's pretty desensitized to rats now. With 'Rats,' Morgan Spurlock delivers the rare doc that also functions like a shock-horror movie 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z I wonder if the effect of Trump has almost been to desensitize us to his sensationalist rallying of anger and frustration. AlunaGeorge on sexism, racism and forging a new sound - BBC News 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Is there a danger of getting desensitized to these events because there have been so many of them? ABC's 'World News Tonight' anchor David Muir reflects on two years behind the desk 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Learn to control your gag reflex by desensitizing it with regular practice and cultivating what Andrews calls “mind-body connection.” How to Swallow a Sword 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z At some point, everyone, no matter how desensitized by their online experience, is liable to get freaked out by a big enough or cruel enough threat. How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The Compassion Over Killing employee, who filmed the video while working undercover at Tyson, said the company’s processing facilities are part of a system that desensitizes people to suffering. ‘You can’t let nobody see’: Tyson workers caught on video mistreating chickens 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z One worry for Democrats is that Trump’s political rise would “normalize” his rhetoric, desensitizing voters to comments or behavior that were once considered out of bounds in politics. Can the Democrats beat Trump with his own words? (It didn’t work in the GOP primary.) 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Public service announcement: Given the extraordinary turbulence of this week’s news, we rounded up expert advice on how to keep from being overwhelmed, traumatized or desensitized. Turkey, Nice, U.S. Presidential Race: Your Weekend Briefing 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z He said it’s a matter not only of protecting children from accidental confrontations, but also preventing them from becoming desensitized to violence. Grassroots effort takes a stance against toy guns 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Black people are slaughtered on camera, and the public grows more and more desensitized. The trends of violence in the United States 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z "What happens when you get used to seeing black men shot down? Do you lose your sympathy or get spurred to action, or do you get desensitized to it, numb to it?" How the horror of police violence against blacks was shared in the years before Facebook 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z So it's possible that I have successfully desensitized him to loud, terrifying noises already! Keep your cat away from fireworks 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Many kids on the autism spectrum struggle with processing sensory information, becoming overloaded by -- or, sometimes, desensitized to -- touch, taste, sight and sound. Kids With Autism Welcome at Dollywood 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The optimal solution, vets say, is catching the response early, and desensitizing the dog with calibrated recordings of the offending noise, and positive conditioning. Why Thunder and Fireworks Make Dogs Anxious 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z “The attempt to force residents to participate in abortion is an attempt to desensitize those residents, so they will have less ability to think clearly about what that procedure is actually about.” Can Doctors Learn to Perform Abortions Without Doing One? 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z “The average Muslim is a little desensitized to politicians making negative comments about us,” said Corey Saylor, the director of the department to monitor and combat Islamophobia at the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Unsettling Political Climate Galvanizes Muslims to Vote 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z “It’s been offered that movies like ‘Fast and Furious’ and TV reality shows on street racing glamorize such conduct and desensitize our youth from the dangers of such conduct,” Justice Murphy said. Driver in Long Island Street Race That Killed 5 Gets Jail Sentence 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The more frequently we throw it around out of context, the more we desensitize ourselves to it and even normalize the concept. Donald Trump Misunderstands and Misuses 'Rape' 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z “Being desensitized to certain aromas does happen over time,” Dr. Mazourek says. Why Do Some Fruits and Vegetables Have Such Strong Smells? 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z "These birds," he said, "appear somewhat desensitized to traffic all day, every day. Everyone's been responsible, and we hope that it stays that way." For one pair of bald eagles, Scottsdale real estate is truly above par 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z “There is a perfectly reasonable expectation that as people engage in media, they get desensitized,” says Ward. Here’s What Sexist Video Games Do to Boys' Brains 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z “However, they also have the potential to desensitize you to normal, natural things and ultimately rob you of the one thing you thought they would give you, the ability to experience pleasure.” Porn and the Threat to Virility 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z As the launch date neared, the report says, CMS officials and workers became “desensitized to bad news about progress,” doing little to respond to warnings and remaining too optimistic. HHS failed to heed many warnings that HealthCare.gov was in trouble 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z But I hope Trump hasn’t desensitized us to such a degree that we’re no longer capable of surprise. Trump hasn't lost the ability to surprise 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z “There’d have to be a few dead people on the scene for us to gawk at,” explains a quickly desensitized Hazzard, “and patients who would rapidly die of their injuries without immediate intervention, our intervention.” Highlighting the humor in the paramedic’s world of blood and gore 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But when staffers become desensitized—a syndrome known as “alarm fatigue”—they often overlook the signals that are critical, leading to deadly mistakes. At the Hospital, Better Responses to Those Beeping Alarms 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Speaking of value, it’s interesting how many of us who work in the fashion industry are desensitized to hefty price tags, with one curious proviso. 5 Fashion Resolutions for 2016 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It desensitizes its wild-eyed fans, who seem to derive great glee from the barbaric sight of two men or two women brutalizing each other. Letters to the Editor 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Many of those times I just kept walking, trudging — desensitized. The Mayor of the Shelter 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z I think the American public is also desensitized to certain types of images. An Anthropologist Unravels the Mysteries of Mexican Migration 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z My daughter’s friend notwithstanding, I don’t think we are desensitized by this killing. Growing up in terrorist times 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “I worry that as a society we’re seeing so much of it, we are going to become somewhat desensitized to what this is.” The News Media’s Grim Playbook on Mass Shootings 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z His lyrics feature words rarely heard in punk rock, such as “desensitized” and “narcissistic.” ‘Use More Expressive Words!’ Teachers Bark, Beseech, Implore 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z "We live in a world where people are becoming desensitized by things, a world where it's hard to find someone who still genuinely cares, or is passionate about something," says Srouji, who's minoring in psychology. Arab Region Universities Target Nurse Shortage 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z We hear this statistic so often that we have become desensitized to just how alarming that is. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z “Maybe how when things like this happen so frequently it desensitizes people to violence,” she texted. Growing up in terrorist times 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z That disruption can lead to a condition known as insulin resistance, a precursor to full-blown diabetes, in which the body becomes desensitized to insulin and sugar builds up dangerously in the blood. Sugar and Your Heart: the Not-So-Sweet Truth 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Kids who are allergic to milk and eggs can be gradually desensitized by heating these foods for 30 minutes or so, Bird has found. An Overreaction to Food Allergies 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z “Consumers are becoming a little desensitized,” Sides said. This holiday season, we’ll be opening our wallets for more than just gifts 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z When juveniles become desensitized to violence, they can lose sight of the fact their choices and actions can have serious, potentially life-altering consequences, he said. Crimes by juveniles shock, bewilder 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z In the population that Piatak and Carraccia serve, this process is intentionally and often painstakingly slow in order to help desensitize children with strong sensory aversions to new foods. What Sensory Therapists Can Teach Us About Feeding Picky Kids 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z An impressive accomplishment for the scare-actors, since I have been completely desensitized to this type of frightening shenanigans due to years of marriage. Best Horror Attractions 2015: Universal Orlando’s ‘Halloween Horror Nights 25’ 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Now this paper isn't direct proof that tourism is actually desensitizing animals—it’s just a theory at this point. Wildlife Tourism Could Be "Domesticating" Wild Animals 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z “We are in danger of becoming desensitized to these events,” he said. ‘Here we go again’ _ Americans’ lament after Oregon shooting 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The first responder, Balram, said he had seen so much horror that he had become desensitized. Year of terrible headlines sees South Africa's homicide rate leap again 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Each additional encounter desensitizes a child that much more, and as comfort grows, so does willingness to try new foods. What Sensory Therapists Can Teach Us About Feeding Picky Kids 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z And while grown-ups get accustomed to the feeling of hair grooming, children are “not as desensitized” to the tugging and pulling at the scalp, Dr. Schmalenberg says. No More Hair-Brushing Hysterics With Your Child 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z And they concluded that human tourism—no matter how well intentioned—might desensitize animals. Wildlife Tourism Could Be "Domesticating" Wild Animals 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z She practiced in front of small, supportive groups to desensitize herself — she used a simulation. How to Increase Mental Toughness: 4 Secrets of Navy SEALs and Olympians 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Investigators believe the workers probably became desensitized to the presence of the gas and were unable to smell it, the official said. Match Lit at Manhattan School Exploded a Laboratory in Renovation 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z “The American public has become inoculated or desensitized to the danger of air combat,” said Christopher Harmer, a former navy pilot and defense analyst with the Institute for the Study of War. Trump's McCain insult shows ignorance of anti-air hell faced by pilots in Vietnam 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Have consumers become desensitized to the raw frequency of these announcements? Why Transparency Should Matter to Food and Beverage Companies 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Maybe I am becoming desensitized to too many post-apocalyptic dramas, yet I still often lose sleep after watching depressing events unfold in the AMC’s television tour de force “The Walking Dead.” Blu-ray reviews: Maggie and Last Knights 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Your customers are feeling, sensing beings in a world where people are increasingly desensitized to the messages around them. 3 Ways To Tap Into the Emotion of Customer Experience 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z His thesis: study allergic reactions at the molecular level and find ways to use immunotherapy to desensitize people from the triggers. Can Sean Parker Use $600 Million And Start-up Culture To Cure Cancer? 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z After the attacks, victims' families sued more than two dozen game makers, saying titles such as Doom, a first-person shooter that the two teen gunmen played, desensitized them to violence. Do Video Games Inspire Violent Behavior? 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Telling Detail Mr. McAlexander said his fingers were so desensitized by the chemicals used to treat brass instruments that he “could pull baked potatoes out of the oven and pick eggs out of boiling water.” Custom Horns and Feeders: The Tuba Fixer 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “And then you get desensitized to it, and then all of a sudden she is in an H&M campaign, or a Zara campaign, and it’s a bit more palatable.” Ashley Brokaw: Fashion's Most Unlikely Power Player 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z For one, the public becomes desensitized to this sort of thing, which means the hypocrites are able to survive their scandals. The GOP’s demented family values: From the Duggars to David Vitter, again and again, the social conservatives have horrifying hypocrisy problems 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Cook does not worry about the frequency of tributes at ballparks, because most fans attend games infrequently and don’t have a chance to grow desensitized. Military tributes at baseball games: True honors or hollow gestures? 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z His identity, carefully constructed, replete with a new body, a new psyche, desensitized and ruthless, is a soldier’s identity, a hero’s identity, and that conflicts with everything that he was; indeed, combats it. Anders Breivik’s Inexplicable Crime 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z An element of the police — on the evidence, a relatively small element — became desensitized during its daily application of power. Politicians must get bolder about treating America’s urban problems 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z She said the community can’t “act as if this is a normal thing and become desensitized to the issue.” Activists plan rallies in California over labor, police 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z A small but increasingly vocal group of gun owners have begun exploiting this loophole to seek confrontations in gun-free zones in an attempt to “desensitize” the public. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z But doctors and nurses can become desensitized over time, she said. Effort to reduce harm in hospitals centers on seeing patient as a person 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z I worry that society is becoming increasingly desensitized to all this loss. Sustaining the world depends on a reverence for life 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z “I was desensitized to it after the first couple of times,” Mr. Eubanks said. Online ‘Swatting’ Becomes a Hazard for Popular Video Gamers and Police Responders 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Yet it appears that the world has become desensitized to the mounting human misery. U.S. should boost resettlement of Syrian refugees 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Games like Call of Duty do desensitize them to basic human decency and the rituals of killing that have evolved over centuries of warrior practices to preserve the humanity of the survivor. Quora Question: What Do Military Veterans Think of 'Call of Duty?' 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Scientists are also experimenting with ways to treat food allergies by desensitizing the immune system to minute amounts of the allergen – similar to the allergy shots given to treat seasonal allergies for decades. Managing Food Allergies: 5 Surprising New Approaches to Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Desensitizing life at any stage or in any form runs the risk of desensitizing life as a whole. Sustaining the world depends on a reverence for life 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Beginners also use paint brushes, spoons and knitting needles to desensitize their gag reflexes. Sword Swallowers Share Their Stories 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z It’s a novel treatment that poses fewer challenges — and dangers — than allergy shots or oral immunotherapy, in which sufferers eat small amounts of reaction-producing foods to desensitize their bodies to the triggers, Tilles said. Peanut patch may be boon for allergy sufferers, study finds 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z To help, Rombom and the other psychologists in his practice work to “desensitize” patients from the incidents and “reintegrate the trauma into their psychological framework,” he says, adding that treatment varies from individual to individual. The Other Train Accident Victims: Rail Workers Who Face PTSD and Depression 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Aymenn al-Tamimi, an expert on rebel and Islamic extremist groups, said the video suggested the group's violence would only become more gruesome as its fighters — and supporters — became increasingly desensitized to human suffering. Experts: Pilot video shows militants are raising stakes 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z As a species, we have truly become desensitized to the world around us. The best and worst ads of Super Bowl XLIX 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The American people have been desensitized to the pain of others. After Scrutiny, C.I.A. Mandate Is Untouched 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z What happens when these foreign fighters return, hardened by battle and desensitized to violence? Islamic State Fighters Returning Home Pose Legal Challenge 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z When we become desensitized to what real failure entails, we underestimate the massive risks inherent in any new venture and become ill equipped to deal with the inevitable near-failures every start-up encounters. Failure porn: There’s too much celebration of failure and too little fear “I’m almost desensitized to these kinds of things,” Price said. Cases show racial bias hits all walks of life 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s still, when you think about it, as horrible as it was so many years ago, but it’s been a desensitizing number of years. First Person Mode Makes 'GTA 5' More Horrible Than Ever 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Obviously, we need trained people, who, to some degree, have to be desensitized to some actions or another, given the expectations that exist. After Scrutiny, C.I.A. Mandate Is Untouched 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Against the backdrop of increased depictions of sex and violence, as a society, we are becoming desensitized to explicit words and images. Teenage Girl Boycotts Forever 21 Over "Misogynistic" Rap Songs Played in Stores 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Alarm fatigue occurs when hospital staff become desensitized to the constant beeps and bleeps of alarms, and either ignore them or turn them off. Hospital Study Offers Solutions to 'Alarm Fatigue' 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z The people who rate movies, Romer said, may also be desensitized to disturbing content. 'Desensitized' Parents Let Kids Watch More Movie Violence, Sex 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z But as fat accumulates and more of the hormone is released, the body may become desensitized to its effects. Vulnerability to Fructose Varies, Health Study Finds 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Above all, Smythe doesn’t want distant medicine to lead doctors to be desensitized by death. 6 Technology Articles You Must Read Today 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z No matter how many violent games you play, I think it’s a very, very low percentage of players who actually become desensitized to real life violence in the process. ISIS Uses 'GTA 5' In New Teen Recruitment Video 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Do these games, in turn, help to desensitize our culture to war and its myriad ramifications? 'Battlefield Hardline' And First-Person Shooters Aren't The Problem With Ferguson And Militarized Police In America 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z But that crowd with the cameras speaks to what we too often are: indifferent, desensitized, estranged from our own humanity. Courageous or spineless? Our actions, or inactions, decide 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z While the retailers’ poor showing reflects a struggling teen chain sector, it points to a larger failure to appeal to shoppers who’ve become desensitized to – and offended by — one note, sex-on-steroids merchandising and marketing. It's Not Just American Apparel: For Fashion Retailers, Sex Just Isn't Selling These Days 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z It also got me wondering if I’ve become desensitized to violence. Visiting students taken aback by easy access to guns in U.S. 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z There is no way to desensitize a person to urushiol as there is with pollen and peanut allergies. Steering Clear of Poison Ivy 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Research confirms, he said, that virtual violence raises anxiety and desensitizes kids to human suffering. Wisconsin stabbing: Violence influenced by fiction nothing new 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z His words cannot help but spill into the public arena – what does Richard have to lose in raising his voice about how desensitized and hopeless we all feel about another needless gun massacre? My nephew was killed in Isla Vista. Are you going to remember this time? 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Exposure therapy involves confronting patients over and over with what most haunts them, until they become desensitized to it. A Revolutionary Approach to Treating PTSD 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z If that’s not ridiculous enough for you, the site offers you a chance to desensitize yourself to finding meaning in correlation by letting you discover some for yourself. Divorce Rates Linked To Margarine Consumption? 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z She practiced in front of small, supportive groups to desensitize herself. How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking and Give a Great Presentation 2014-05-07T04:01:52Z Regional anesthesia desensitizes a large section of someone's body by injecting drugs into the spine that block nerve signals to the brain. The Hidden Dangers of Going Under 2014-04-08T11:30:00Z Organizers harnessed popular outrage over the deaths of two Lebanese women in suspected domestic violence cases which struck a nerve in a country where regular car bombs and rocket attacks have desensitized many to violence. Lebanese march against domestic violence in rare non-partisan protest 2014-03-08T17:21:19Z If so, is there a danger in becoming too dependent on unverified media, or perhaps becoming too desensitized to raw images and live streams of killings? The Latin American revolution will not be televised 2014-02-24T14:19:00Z As mass shootings spike at grade schools, universities, movie theaters and malls, we run the risk of becoming desensitized to them, as well. Desensitized to horror: When mass shootings stop shocking us 2014-01-27T20:15:00Z Fans see this revolving door of injuries with so much regularity that they run the risk of becoming desensitized. Sports of The Times: Numb to the Violence? N.F.L. Fans, Maybe, but Not the Players 2014-01-21T19:51:03Z “Customers are increasingly desensitized by the amounts of discounts out there,” said Brad Wilson, founder of the sale-tracking Web site BradsDeals.com. Kohl’s offers round-the-clock shopping in dash to boost a tepid holiday season 2013-12-23T19:52:00Z For whatever reason, we are desensitized to it now.” Can Hedge Fund Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Save America's Public Education System? 2013-11-17T22:46:00Z You can get desensitized to your own actions—it’s easy on Wall Street” It’s a delicate argument for Belfort to make. Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street 2013-11-07T20:37:21Z The idea is to desensitize patients to their trauma and train them not to panic, all in a controlled environment. How does Virtual-reality Therapy for PTSD work? 2013-10-19T04:15:13.587Z No, I am not desensitized to what I am passing. Because I work in a hospital, I can t help you 2013-10-10T19:46:54.740Z The rising death toll might no longer astound a world increasingly desensitized to soaring fatality counts from terror abroad. Kenya Ties Attack to Al-Qaeda 2013-09-26T03:20:25Z But this theory did not hold up; sensation-seekers who regularly consume spice are not in some way desensitized to the burn. Personality Predicts Liking For Spice: Why Taco Bell's Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos Hits The Mark 2013-09-12T16:22:00Z You can get desensitized to your own actions—it’s easy on Wall Street. Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street 2013-11-07T20:37:21Z Education becomes meaningless if you become desensitized to what a community goes through.” Side Street: United Behind a Son’s American Dream, No Matter the Consequences 2013-09-02T01:58:27Z Over the long run, the 5-HT1A receptors, hit too hard by all the extra serotonin around due to the antidepressants, will desensitize, and the raphe serotonin cells will fire at more normal rates. Knocking 5-HT1A down to bring mood up 2013-08-05T14:15:08.243Z Chanel, Mr. Nikulin said, is an inherently calm tiger desensitized from an early age to the squeals of children and even the occasional ill-advised pinch. Moscow Journal : Russian Circuses Offer Tigers and Bears as Props 2013-07-10T22:01:52Z He said that even if the boy had become "desensitized to violence" by playing these games it should not "have the effect of mitigating such serious conduct". Boy detained for 'Xbox row' slashing 2013-05-30T13:31:52Z But he added that “people have become desensitized over time — it’s ‘Oh, O.K., another one.’ ” News Analysis: New Tools to Hunt New Viruses 2013-05-27T17:36:11Z Kidnapping and terrorism are tabloid fodder, but the grisly details of the Gosnell case are revulsive to even the most desensitized rubbernecker. Abortion Doc Guilty of Murder: 3 Takeaways from the Trial 2013-05-13T23:05:26Z As my network grew, I became desensitized to all the images of wanton cruelty and ultraviolence. http://www.jihad.com 2013-05-06T08:45:00Z But it’s easy to get desensitized to the tearful patient with irritable bowel syndrome when I just got back from a family meeting for a patient with pancreatic cancer. "Good patients" cover their emotional cracks 2013-03-13T22:45:06.540Z "I think the market is getting somewhat desensitized from political drama given, this seems to be happening over and over," said Destination Wealth Management's Yoshikami. Wall Street Week Ahead: Earnings, money flows to push stocks higher 2013-01-18T23:32:26Z “We cannot be more desensitized than we have been in the past,” Kumari says. Sexual Violence in India: How Long Will Media Interest Last? 2013-01-14T17:35:33Z People no longer know how to speak to another face to face – social media and texting has desensitized society in understanding that there are real people out there behind those texts behind those posts. Obama Pledges 'Meaningful Action' in Emotional Speech 2012-12-14T22:35:45Z “To me, this is evidence that the financial markets are desensitized to this doomsday thinking,” he said. Fundamentally: Fiscal Impasse Now Takes Center Stage for Investors 2012-11-10T20:52:37Z That is because time improves experiences in memory while it tends to desensitize us to things. Stern Advice: How money can buy happiness 2012-08-16T16:52:32Z McCulloch is very much in the minority among Olympic spectators who have become desensitized to this issue. Corinthian values sacrificed in pursuit of gold 2012-08-03T13:35:12Z The fast-paced thrash of heavy metal rock is a magnet for youths desensitized to violence, said Rajabi, citing the rock fights and wrestling among Afghan youths on Kabul's streets. Young Afghans seek solace from war in heavy metal rock 2012-06-30T22:18:31Z Despite the frequent Israeli bombings and, during the era of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, deliberate flooding and even electrocutions, the tunnel workers are unfazed by — or perhaps desensitized to — the prospect of a collapse. Rafah Journal: A Walk Through a Tunnel at the Rafah Crossing Into Gaza 2012-05-29T23:48:02Z Absolutely children should get some guidance and instruction on this topic, but graphic sex images and language does nothing but desensitize the child to this activity. SchoolBook: Is New Sex Education Course Too Much or Just Enough? 2012-05-02T22:11:30Z Some of the worst crimes were carried out by gangs of child soldiers as young as 8 years old who were fed drugs to desensitize them to the horror of their actions. Warlord Convicted: Liberia's Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes 2012-04-26T09:50:00Z We are becoming desensitized to the horrific experiences of the victims. In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day: the misuse and abuse of the Nazi analogy in modern bioethics 2012-04-19T15:45:28.770Z Yet I've also covered the NBA for more than a decade, journalistic objectivity desensitizing me on some level to that fan spirit inside. Opinion: 'Asians aren't all just nerdy and smart' 2012-02-10T20:04:07Z Others became so desensitized and inured to the killing that they fired on Iraqi civilians deliberately while their fellow soldiers snapped pictures, and were court-martialed. Marines? Haditha Interviews Found in Iraqi Junkyard 2011-12-14T19:59:42Z First, people have become desensitized to the long, often complicated permission requests that pop up whenever you’re about to download an app. Study: Android Apps A Hotbed of Mobile Malware 2011-11-06T06:25:00Z Andrews said Tilikum was not accustomed to floating hair despite previous testimony by trainers that all the killer whales had been "desensitized" to hair. SeaWorld expert cites trainer mistake in death: lawyer 2011-11-19T01:43:05Z At some point, the market will end up becoming a bit desensitized to it. U.S. Stocks Drop as Italian Yields Increase; Boeing, IBM Gain 2011-11-14T17:57:42Z It’s not a tactic that can be used on a regular basis, or else it loses the ability to send a message as players become desensitized to it. Boudreau on day of bag skates, battle drills: ?It?s not something you do off the cuff? 2011-11-09T20:06:27Z Constant stimulation with tasty, calorie- laden foods may desensitize the brain’s circuitry, leading people to consume greater quantities of junk food to maintain a constant state of pleasure. Fatty Foods Addictive as Cocaine in Growing Body of Science 2011-11-02T07:27:43Z Inside the locker room, the trade was met with a mix of shock and tacit understanding, with players desensitized to the frequent turnover that defines an N.F.L. roster. Rookie Receiver?s Emergence and Mason?s Performance Led to Trade, Jets Say 2011-10-13T00:06:40Z Riding in the open air is better than not being in the open air at all, but it does not compare in its power to desensitize people with active exercise in the open air. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z She talked about how, paradoxically, hearing about the huge numbers of unemployed workers may desensitize people to the jobs crisis. Economix: 'I Am Not a Statistic': The Invisibility of the Unemployed 2011-07-13T14:00:53Z Some survived by becoming desensitized -- the blood and death goes right past them. The motives of Bradley Manning 2011-07-04T12:05:00Z For patients who are the most resistant to treatment, we'll use allergy shots, which help desensitize the patients to what they are allergic to. Q&A: Is It Really the Worst Allergy Season Ever? 2011-05-17T17:25:00Z Another concern is that there are simply too many in use and staffers grow desensitized. Hospitals drowning in noise 2011-04-29T21:49:04Z But new tactics are emerging to help children become desensitized to milk, including one reported Monday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in San Francisco. Milk allergy treated with desensitization 2011-03-23T19:09:04Z In an interview, Dr. Edson said it is possible to rapidly desensitize a patient to a needed antibiotic by administering progressively larger oral doses of the drug. Personal Health: A Guide to Smarter, Safer Antibiotic Use 2011-03-22T00:16:35Z I think because I grew up hearing his story, I’m desensitized to it a little bit. To Super Bowl via Ghana: A Packer Family?s Journey 2011-02-04T19:26:41Z "You don't want them to grow up in a bubble, but you don't want to them to become desensitized because they're overexposed," she said. Slaying of Christina Taylor Green has profound impact on Tucson children 2011-01-12T21:20:01Z “Dr. Wiener believes that some method may be developed to desensitize mothers so that their babies may be saved,” the article said. First Mention: Rh Factor, 1944 2011-01-03T22:25:19Z The commotion can spook a horse and drive its heart rate up, so teams will often desensitize the animals to loud noises or quick movements ahead of time. Big Money Aids Endurance Race on 4 Hooves 2010-09-27T01:51:00Z The shots help prevent hay fever symptoms by exposing people, over time, to small amounts of the pollen to which they are allergic, essentially desensitizing the immune system to the allergen. Oral alternative to allergy shots improves hay fever 2010-08-16T16:17:00Z About three or four days into training camp is when the soreness starts to peak, and it sticks around for about a week and a half until your body starts to desensitize itself to misery. What an N.F.L. Training Camp Is Really Like 2010-08-06T10:07:00Z The aim of the drug is to desensitize celiac patients to the offending proteins by presenting them in very controlled amounts. Study Points to Molecular Origins of Celiac Disease 2010-07-21T18:00:00Z Rather than increasing the number of corrective inputs, it does the opposite, desensitizing the system. Turbulence: Things that go bump in the plane 2010-07-20T21:40:00Z David Graham, president of Telecommunications On Demand, the company near Orlando where Mr. Bess works, compared the reviewers to “combat veterans, completely desensitized to all kinds of imagery.” Concern for Those Who Screen the Web for Barbarity 2010-07-19T02:59:00Z Even in a city desensitized to violence, the mood is tense. Paramilitary Tactics Backfire for Detroit's Top Cop 2010-05-28T09:20:00Z Today it is employed as a preservative for cured meat and is the active ingredient in desensitizing dentifrice, including Crest Sensitivity toothpaste. People's Pharmacy answers letters about asthma and Vitamin D 2010-05-05T22:23:00Z Jeff Fenlason restrained his soldiers’ impulses to lash out at Iraqis, but he rarely left the base and failed to notice how strung-out and desensitized to violence his men were becoming. Book Review | 'Black Hearts: One Platoon?s Descent Into Madness in Iraq?s Triangle of Death,' by Jim Frederick 2010-03-13T07:52:00Z That early exposure may desensitize children to peanuts, even in kids with a family history of food allergies. Peanut Allergy in Kids: British Study on Early Food Exposure 2010-03-01T22:15:00Z Ms. Springer says she believes that content moderators tend to become desensitized to the imagery, making it easier to cope. Concern for Those Who Screen the Web for Barbarity 2010-07-19T02:59:00Z Allergy shots help prevent symptoms by exposing people to small amounts of the substance to which they are allergic, essentially desensitizing the immune system to the allergen. 2010-02-15T17:21:00Z High doses, on the other hand, tend to desensitize the endocrine system, he says. 2010-01-21T21:00:00Z When the individual was desensitized further in compounded experience these natural activities and the natural means of doing them would become reflexive actions once again which would evoke little or no thought. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais His impressions are transferred to the desensitized plate of Mr. Hennessy's mind, where they can do no harm. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Her desensitized and asphalt palate thrills and throbs beneath the tricklings of Cordon Rouge. Europe After 8:15 Two years of war had cumulatively desensitized them to thrills. My Second Year of the War Then the treatment will desensitize it sufficiently and I can work on it without hurting you at all.' Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts Its society is gradually militarized and desensitized to human rights abuses. Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era |
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