Did something happen to the messages section? (w/response)

[Guest guest]

<<I was trying to find some of 's posts on needing animal protein vs

being vegetarian, but all I see on the left is " home " , " post " and " attachments " .

Am I doing something wrong?

Thank you,

Tonya>>

** No, Tonya, you're not doing anything wrong. Actually, you're one of four

people to do " something " right.

Do you recall when I posted about the DSM 5 asking for comments and asked

people to comment? I gave links, and even suggested what could be said. I

explained the importance of this and how much it would help others, perhaps

helping people avoid the same traumas people here have suffered. I asked that

people let me know that they'd done it.

Four people (you were one), responded that they'd done this. I was furious.

I'd asked maybe 2 other times in all these years for help with something and on

those times, only 3-4 people responded. There are over 1200 people in this

group. One would think a mere 1% of them could have responded.

I'm tired of constantly being asked for help only to be all but ignored the

very few times I ask for help. I can't help but think of all the times I was so

ill and yet pushed to respond to people until I was no longer able to do even

this.

Now, with an illness that has greatly altered my life and will ultimately

prove to be fatal, I want to spend the time I have left in ways where people

will truly benefit.

One might argue that some people have benefited here. I would have to respond

that very few have benefited. Had people truly benefited they would be able to

pull their heads out of their navels long enough to spend 5 minutes helping

others. It's a self-centeredness that is completely the opposite of what I've

tried to model here.

I was very disappointed and angry. I thought about it for well over a month

and decoded finally that I was no longer going to offer help to people who

couldn't spare 5 min. to help me when I do all the leg work for them and all but

do it for them. I felt like people having the archives was people benefiting

from my hard work while being unwilling to do anything. It all just makes me

sick,

So this is the story behind the archives. I'm sorry a few others have to

suffer in the process.

A very disgusted and discouraged,

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

I find the lack of responses disheartening. Does this mean people are content

with psychiatry's stranglehold on society?

To post a comment on that site wasn't the easiest thing for me to do. For a bit

of background, I joined this group at the end of 2004, suffering from effects of

more than one cold turkey withdrawal. Once I learned the ugly truth about these

drugs, about psychiatry as a whole, I made it my mission to speak out

whenever/wherever possible. I regularly spent hours debating in

forums/groups/chats with people who defended these poisons and psychiatry. I'd

post comments to articles and e-mail the editors.

That all had to end when I experienced an adrenal crisis in 2008 (I'm still

trying to recover). My body was telling me I was taking on too much. I became

silent to protect my health.

I commented on the proposed changes to the DSM, not only as a favor to someone

who helped me more than anyone ever has, but as a sort of call to action. It was

a small window of opportunity to go beyond debating with drugged out zombies and

instead voice my opinion directly to the ones who ultimately decide who is

normal and who is insane. This took a lot of strength and courage. But it needed

to be done.

And this fight is far from over. Do you know that these psychiatrists think

" mental illnesses " can be predicted? Even in infants? That was from a study done

by watching someone's home movies. Home movies!

[stephan Heckers. Who Is at Risk for a Psychotic Disorder? Schizophr Bull 2009

35: 847-850]

Four people voicing opinions on studies like that may not make much of a

difference. But a few hundred would.

Now, an appeal to the mothers in this group: Teenscreen and other mental health

screening organizations have infiltrated US public middle and high schools.

Every day I send my child to school, she is at risk of being assessed for

" mental illness " . She is also at risk of walking into a warzone, as 1 in 8 of

her peers is most likely on at least one psychiatric drug. Any one of those

medicated peers can experience a psychotic episode and take a gun to school. How

many school shootings happened prior to the release of Prozac?

If we remain silent, this abomination will not only be allowed to continue, it

will get worse. It already has.

This is not fear-mongering, it's reality.

But our voices can be heard.

" Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the

world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. " —Margaret Mead

Thanks for reading,

Tonya