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New York (CNN) Terrifying rumors initially propelled by Facebook's algorithms have sparked fears that men driving white vans are kidnapping women all across the United States for sex trafficking and to sell their body parts. While there is no evidence to suggest this is happening, much less on a national, coordinated scale, a series of viral  Facebook   ( FB )  posts created a domino effect that led to the mayor of a major American city  issuing a warning  based on the unsubstantiated claims. The latest online-induced panic shows how viral Facebook posts can stoke paranoia and make people believe that spotting something as common as a white van, can be deemed suspicious and connected to a nationwide cabal. "Don't park near a white van," Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young said in a  TV interview on Monday . "Make sure you keep your cellphone in case somebody tries to abduct you." The mayor said he had not been told of the apparent th...

SelfSabotage #Fear #Control #Behavior  We all have things we want in our lives—to lose those pesky ten pounds, achieve that promotion, go on a second date with someone we’re interested in, or take that  fantasy  vacation. We set a goal that is near and dear to our hearts, and repeat it to ourselves in our heads and aloud to others more times than we can count. We’ve written this objective on Post-its, to-do lists, calendars, perhaps even carefully selected an image to place on a vision board, bathroom mirror, or refrigerator to inspire us. We have shared this goal with our friends and family, and declared that this is the year we are going to make it happen. Maybe we even asked one of them to hold us accountable to achieve it. So why do we get in our own way? In order to understand where  self-sabotage  comes from, we need to learn some key concepts about human behavior and raise our awareness of what might be running interference in the background. ...