Nothing wrong with you that couldn't be cured with the training brick Don. I have no voices in my head - the ideas are non-verbal in the main. The killing of tvs would, sadly, only be a good start. I remember that a Swiss guy burst into a council meeting and wiped some of them out. Sadly, the young follow the wrong role models. Throw a shoe or two at Bush and you get three years. Be a violent antisocial druggie-crook for 20 years and they let you buy petrol to throw around at your enemies. 25% of our kids in the UK are rated as in need of psychological help. We have just caught and convicted a serial rapist (John Warboys) who may have committed 200 offences. We might just get somewhere if we could admit we need better investigations on the first signs of problems and do something about idiot tv and so on.
On 14 Mar, 04:52, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > True enough. This is what after-school programs and religious youth > groups and organizations like girls/boy scouts are created to do. I > agree too much time in front of the tv is a bad thing. Whether > watching the news or playing video games. We all need social > interaction to maintain mental health. Without it we lose(or never > develop) the social skills necessary to make friends. I believe the > increased diagnoses of autism is directly related to much less social > stimulation for very young children. The basics for human interaction > is often learned in the sandbox. What if Mom never takes you to the > park? What if when you do go, you try to ignore the other kids and > Mom lets you? > > Last summer a close relative was in a mental hospital 3 different > times. This hospital was packed full of teens. We could only visit > for one hour every other day and two hours on Saturday. I went every > visiting day and drilled into this kid that I wasn't going to give up > on him. Ever. I was amazed that out of maybe 35 or 40 kids, only 2 > or 3 would have visitors. And usually not the same 2 or 3. I guess > their loved ones(if they had any) were just too busy to make it. > Maybe that's the real root of the problem. We're all just too busy. > > And by the way, I don't just FEEL cured. I am cured. I know those > voices in my head aren't real. But they sure do have some good > ideas.... > > dj(i think) > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:36 AM, ornamentalmind > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > DJ, I'm glad you feel cured. And, of course, drugs have always been > > with us. From the shaman to thepharmacist. It makes good business. > > Sometimes, it may help the quality of life for the one partaking. We > > all have our views on this. > > > The main thing I noted in your post, and, while not exactly a > > criticism, it is a clear observation...you seem to have little empathy > > for others who either have not received professional help or select a > > different road than the one you took. > > > Now, this is only my guess, but the kid involved seemed to feel like > > an outsider. While such angst is common at this age, I would guess > > that more empathetical interaction with him...and the millions who are > > similar, would at the very least not hurt. > > > On Mar 12, 10:05 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:59 PM, ornamentalmind > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Psychosis abounds...and, when societies hold their own in little > >> > respect, such a view is returned. Currently, much in the west ignores > >> > the common good....so, none of this is accidental. > > >> I wonder how long it'll be before it's revealed he grew up on Ritalin? > >> Or some other brain warping stimulant. I really really hope you are > >> wrong orn, about psychosis being common. More common now, certainly, > >> with all the drug companies and psychiatrists making serious bank off > >> weak people. I've had a few rough patches in my life and even tried > >> therapy(hey, you get desperate and you'll do anything). What I > >> learned is most mental problems come from lack of control. Either > >> self or just your perceived lack of control over your own life. I had > >> to learn some discipline and take responsibility for what's mine and > >> set some goals and start achieving them. Not easy but just making > >> plans made me feel better and when I started seeing some positive > >> results from my efforts it got better and better. The answer for me > >> is to stay busy and focused. Ever noticed these crazies almost always > >> don't have a job or the job they have is a really crappy one? They > >> are very unhappy people that feel they don't have any control over > >> their lives. > > >> By the way, just for the record, at no time did I feel the need to go > >> on a shooting rampage. I wonder if I had cried and whined loud and > >> long enough if I could have gotten some of those crazy drugs the > >> shrinks give depressed people. I wonder if these drugs would have > >> helped me feel better without me having to work so hard to make things > >> right. Then I really wouldn't have solved my problems(or at least > >> alleviated them) I would have just made it easier for me to live with > >> them. This hardly seems the appropriate answer. > > >> I feel great sympathy for the victims and their families. It must be > >> devastating. I hope they get professional help more along the lines > >> of life coaching then pumping them full of Thorazine. I had a good > >> therapist. She cured me so I don't have to go see her anymore. I > >> hope they get one just as good as I had. > > >> dj --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
