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RE: 21st Century Snake Oil: Psychotropic Drugs- The Real Epidemic
It's sickening (well, of course!) that they prey on people's loneliness and insecurities - because that's what they do. They eat up their patients' fear and use it to their terribly costly advantage. It's so easy to explain it all with a diagnosis, oh I have X syndrome...People just refuse to take responsibility for who they are or how they are.
As you say, we all have happy moments and not so happy moments and I guess many people chicken out of the bad feelings. It's so easy to just take a pill and get happy (though not too happy).
It's much harder to face whatever's causing your misery.
I think the patients play a big part in this, as well. They choose to pop the pill (up to a point, of course, after which it becomes habit).
And that's it in a nutshell! People would rather pop a pill and avoid their problems than face them and change their behavior... He says he wants the "old him" back, but he doesn't remember who it is!
And the sad truth is he probably doesn't want him old self back, not really...Because it's that very self he resorted to pills to avoid, so...Who's to say that if he did have that old self back, he wouldn't just go back to taking pills eventually?
I just wish he could take care of himself- I want to get the hell out of here!!!
I was actually wondering why you take care of him if you don't like it, but I thought it'd be rude to ask...:D
Well, at least you see something, I mean his situation is an example, a lesson...I suppose there's something to be learned from anything.
He wasn't always like this... He's a friend (at least he was before he became a turnip). I never bail on a friend that needs help- I guess out of a sense of obligation. Also, when I got sick a few years ago and lost my home, he took me in.
I think that's very sweet of you, I don't know how many people would have that strength. You see so many bail on their own flesh and blood when things get tough, to do that for a friend is very touching...
But I already knew you were a great soul, so..:D
Speaking of flesh and blood... If I leave his brother will stick him in a home! His niece and sister in law already told him to "hurry up and die so we can have your stuff." Nice people huh???