Posted by James K on January 5, 2006, at 1:07:11
In reply to Re: Psychiatrist's opinion on the state of psychiatry » James K, posted by JahL on January 4, 2006, at 20:01:47
think I know where you're coming from.
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> My own brand of dysphoric Bipolar makes me prone to violent (including self-violence) ideation. I'm not proud, but I have no problem admitting to that. However I *do* have a problem with supposedly educated people who would have me deprived of my medications had they the chance. I need these to keep my explosive temper in check. Take my meds away and you're as good as taking my freedom away. Sad but true.
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I know where you're coming from there myself. I have those exact problems myself. Sometimes I am proud of it. That's part of the sickness. Or personal idiosyncracies. However, I am doing the right things for myself in the hope of eventual peace of mind. A dog can be conditioned to respond a certain way to certain stimuli. The dog isn't bad, the trainer is bad.
And the dog's mistakes aren't ordinary doggie frailty. We may have to put the dog down. Sometimes we put humans down.when I've carved obscenities into my skin. beaten myself black and blue. Taken hammers and butcher knives to myself, I think maybe I was sick, not just refusing to conform to society's norms.
Man, that editorial was so random, my responses are just as random.> I wonder if Sadovnik would like to meet a Jah sans meds? An angry Jah who is particulary riled by the irrational musings of someone who challenges the authenticity of his suffering.
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And this distinguished gentleman works at a public university where he can influence young people on their parent's tax and personal dollar.And he can have his intellectual excreta published in a major newspaper to make sure those
readers who conform to societies norms can feel good about themselves and their superiority to psychiatrists and patients.I say to him and all like him come out of your ivory towers and centers of higher learning and join us in the street.
respectfully,
James K
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