Desensitized By Design

Dr. Olivia Johnson

We are not uninformed. We are overwhelmed.

Missing children. Abuse. Neglect. Torture. Trafficking. Case after case, day after day, delivered to us in headlines designed to be consumed and forgotten. We scroll, we react briefly, and we move on, not because these crimes are less horrific, but because our brains have learned to survive by disengaging.

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