I’m Back From The World Of Denial, Art Smukler, MD, author & psychiatrist

by artsmuklermd, posted in MY NOVELS, Politics, Psychiatry, Psychological suspense novels, Self Examination, World events, a psychological view

I was driving home from the mall with my wife, enjoying how my Tesla handled, how it could park itself, automatically turn the headlights on and off when needed, beep when the traffic light changed, hug the road beautifully, when an awful thought jammed its way into my consciousness. Elon Musk, Trump’s bestie, was the guy who made this miracle car happen. He is also part of the White House duo who is instrumental in ripping apart our now obviously fragile democracy. He’s behaving exactly like he did when he purchased Twitter for over 40 Billion dollars, with mass firings and a “who gives a shit” attitude.

One day Trump says that the Ukraine started the war with Russia, a few days later he changes his mind. Congress has been useless. The judiciary, many judges appointed by Trump, is lackluster at best.

What to do?

Is there an answer?

We need a superhero with ethics!

What would Joe Belmont, my first hero, in my first novel, Little Italy, do?

Easy.

He’d sell the Tesla, buy a classic Mustang convertible, find a way to save our democracy and extricate us from the narcissistic duo, and live happily ever after with the love of his life.

So what can I do? What can we do?

Not sure yet.

Back to writing the truth is a beginning.

Thanks,

Art

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Art Smukler, MD was born and raised in Philadelphia, went to college and medical school in Pennsylvania, and completed his psychiatric training at UCLA. He is a board-certified psychiatrist, specializing in the treatment of adults with a subspecialty in adolescents. As a member of the UCLA faculty, he ran an award-winning psychotherapy conference for psychiatric residents and received the coveted “Golden Ear” award. He has published in psychiatric journals, and won the award for excellence in creative writing at The Santa Barbara Writers Conference. Now a full-time author, he applies his deep understanding of the human psyche to the motivations of his fictional characters.

3 thoughts on “I’m Back From The World Of Denial, Art Smukler, MD, author & psychiatrist”

  1. Art,

    We can do what we can to resist the orange menace and his sidekick Elon. Actions can include joining a protest march, writing post cards or text banking to voters (such as Field Team 6), joining progressive organizations such as Indivisible, financial help to progressive organizations, stating the truth on social media, and contacting members of Congress. I wish I could remember more actions at the moment. Avoid FOX news.

    My best,

    Mike Busman

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