Tires will burst eventually, but it’ll take a lot more than the max pressure written on the tire to do it. The rated max is the pressure after which further increases in pressure don’t increase load-bearing ability; it’s not the pressure at which the tire will burst.

Typically the specified pressure for the vehicle is some value less than the max, so that you get some shock absorption from tire softness. It’s generally quite safe to inflate the tire to any value between the recommended pressure and the tire’s marked max pressure. Higher pressure = rougher ride, but more MPG and less tire wear.

I think that crying is pretty normal among people who allow themselves to fully feel emotions that come their way, especially when they experience sad, painful things — or intense joy. In my experience, if you let an emotion come freely and don’t cling to it, then it will often leave pretty quickly on its own. (Of course, there’s usually no point in dredging up painful memories.) Actually, I cry quite a bit, but seldom in public, except at movies. Also, crying is very good for the eyes, especially if they tend to be dry.

Cheers,
~P.

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* Antidepressant drugs are placebos with side effects.

* Placebos are effective, genuine medicine, but they bring a dilemma: the enormous power of belief, expectation and conditioning vs. ethics, honesty and scientific truth.

* Antidepressants came to be marketed as cures for a supposed chemical imbalance, resulting from collaboration between corporations and the FDA. This reaped vast fortunes for big pharma. The relationship between the FDA and corporations it is supposed to regulate — is at times counter to the best interests of the American people, specifically, their health, safety and wallets.

* Depression is a disorder of thinking, not a medical problem per se. The most effective treatments don’t involve drugs.

If depression is a disorder of thinking, then what is to be done about it?
Think different(ly)? Yes, and behave differently, too, but we need to learn how. We also need to prevent and remedy conditions that result in depressed thinking. The book outlines the methods, and they are its message of hope.