--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, khazana108 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@> wrote: <snip> > > One thing we know, khazana: psychology and psychiatry have > > penetrated the mystique of mental illness. Two thousand years > > ago, God (as Jesus) seemed to indicate it was caused by > > demons; well we know he was wrong. > > You do? Then you changed your mind rather abruptly, one > might say.
Right, the 25-plus years it took him to do it is just the blink of an eye, isn't it, khazana? <snip> > It is actually just a link I share about a subject that is I > think interesting, and could well explain a certain set of > behaviors that can be observed here as well, that of strong > mood-swings for example: > > "Splitting in BPD includes a switch between idealizing and > demonizing others (absolute good or love versus absolute > evil or hate with no middle term)." from Wikipedia. Mood-swings can have many, many different causes. <snip> > People who attempt to bring in mental illness on this forum > are always persons who are using that as a weapon to protect > themselves against the challenge that person or persons poses > to them. > > You may assume so, but may be some people just try to find > out the truth. They don't need to be hostile. The circumstances under which mental illness on this forum are brought up indicates that it is virtually always a function of hostility, not wanting to "find out the truth." <snip> > > Starbucks invitation still stands. > > Look, I wouldn't mind if it was close by. But I think that > you should have understanding if people who have been hurt > by you in the past, resist meeting you. In this case, > challenging them, or putting any kind of psychological > pressure on them would surely be detrimental to your purpose. He's done neither. It's an invitation, an offer, to anyone who genuinely wants to know whether he has changed.
