The myth of mental illness!!

[eli77]

Good book better than any pill out their. Mate is the man .

 

[plumber]

will you make a summary and share ?

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Eli,
Yes please do write a few thoughts down for us....A prominent Phsychiatrist from the past....R.D.Laing,is also worth reading...His thoughts on Schitzophrenia are particularly interesting.

 

[AmsterdamAssassin]

 

[eli77]

Snakes in suits is awesome .

 

[eli77]

 

[eli77]

Any of you guys take meds I think they do more harm than good .

 

[AmsterdamAssassin]

Depends on the meds.

 

[Divorced w 3]

Pretty sure the mother of the woman I was dating faked an afib on the 35th bday of her and her twin brother. Two days in the hospital and ended up leaving with a clean bill of health. Is that sick or what.

 

[AmsterdamAssassin]

ended up leaving with a clean bill of health

A clean bill of physical health, not mental health. Narcissistic traits are difficult to treat.

 

[Gamisch]

Disagree.

It's yet another way how men bully/alienate one another. Mental illness is a real thing.

Posts like this makes a man craawl even more into his shell and maybe even stop him from getting the help he needs.

There's a fine thin line between beinh a so-called whiner and being actually mentally sick.

 

[Divorced w 3]

Disagree.

It's yet another way how men bully/alienate one another. Mental illness is a real thing.

Posts like this makes a man craawl even more into his shell and maybe even stop him from getting the help he needs.

There's a fine thin line between beinh a so-called whiner and being actually mentally sick.

The irony is that those stigmatizing mental health are likely people that have issues themselves. Nobody of sound substance would discourage the betterment of someone else, it is irrational.

 

[Dr.Suave]

the woman I was dating

The lateste one? You ended things recently?

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Gamisch,
Yes you are right,mental illness is very real....Perhaps Eli is suggesting that subliminally for some,it is an involuntary defence?

 

[eli77]

Hi Gamisch,
Yes you are right,mental illness is very real....Perhaps Eli is suggesting that subliminally for some,it is an involuntary defence?

Pills are overrated don't you think?

 

[Scaramouche]

Hi Eli,
In a Society where most Folk feel there's a pill for everything,over-prescription is inevitable...Years ago I had a Building Business with my eldest son,we had the maintenence contract on a Mental Facility...I would guess one in three of the inmates were in a permanent state of sedation and these were the harmless ones...Why not Google this,I am sure there are lots of opinions and Studies there.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Pretty sure the mother of the woman I was dating faked an afib on the 35th bday of her and her twin brother. Two days in the hospital and ended up leaving with a clean bill of health. Is that sick or what.

AFib is no joke. I had a single episode about 10 years ago and I thought I was having a heart attack...my heart was literally going crazy.

Got to the hospital and they were all non-chalanat and were like "Oh yeah, you are just having an AFib episode, you'll be fine."

Meanwhile they have me hooked up to machine monitoring my vitals and I am watching my heart rate bounce around between 60 and 150 randomly and trying not to freak out because I could feel my heart going all over the place and beating erratically.

Never had another episode but have to take medicine for it or have a procedure called an ablation to fix it but they don't always fix it the first time and sometimes you need to have it done two or three times to fix it and the only way you'll know is by going into another AFib episode.

Fvck that...I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Scariest sh!t I ever experienced.

Only positive is now I have to see a cardiologist yearly and have had multiple EKG's, echoes and stress echoes done over the years and my heart is in perfect health. Essentially I will likely know if I have a problem well before most people would that don't have these things done and just randomly have a CV event one day.

 

[jhonny9546]

Narcissistic traits are difficult to treat.

From the POV of someone who doesn't engage in gossip or talk back to others, witnessing another person doing so in front of you, especially when it involves someone close to you, can be quite surprising.

Furthermore, the individual being gossiped about often returns to compliment the person who has been gossiping about them behind their back, praising them for how they make them feel.
It's quite astonishing. Narcissistic traits are difficult to treat. But they are attractive.

 

[AmsterdamAssassin]

It's quite astonishing. Narcissistic traits are difficult to treat. But they are attractive.

No, they're not attractive. The confidence and (fake) IDGAF attitude are.

 

[jhonny9546]

The confidence and (fake) IDGAF attitude are.

So they're attractive for this reason.
Because sometimes you see the pros, and you don't see the cons.