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Monday, 23 March 2009

  • The article that I chose to write an overview and my contrary and similar opinions on over was titled, “Being Sane In Insane Places”, and the issue read, “Do Diagnostic Labels Hinder the Effective Treatment of Persons With Mental Disorders?” This entire article was very interesting in many different aspects.

    One key occurance that was tested and proven accurate in this article was that those who suffer from mental illnesses; despite the severity of the illness, the illness always increases in a much more ruthless form once it is psychotically labeled. For instance, if someone is suffering from intense bipolar dysfunction in their life, once they go to a psychiatrist and get tested, one of two things happen: either they will be placed on a new medicine to decrease the plummeting and then escalating levels, or they will be checked into a psychiatric ward. Either way, their problem is going to excel. The illness is ever-present in their brain, and other things become very relevant once the “mental illness” label is put on.  Page 258 from D. L. Rosehan’s says, “Having once been labeled schizophrenic, there is nothing the pseudo patient can do to overcome this tag. The tag profoundly colors others’ perceptions of him and his behavior.” See, the pseudo patient’s mind finally realizes that there is a legitimate problem once seen by a doctor, and can do one of two things: accept the problem, and dwell in it and suffer and become humiliated by it and embarrassed… which can lead to more suffering. Or, they can accept the problem, and not be okay with it – take the proper steps needed to take in putting their mental illness behind them and moving on away from it.

     

Friday, 27 February 2009

  • It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

Saturday, 21 February 2009

Thursday, 09 October 2008

  • Currently Listening
    Where The Light Is:John Mayer Live In Los Angeles
    By John Mayer
    Free Fallin'
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    Sky Dive.

    But do it with a properly working parachute.

    Ice Skate.

    But don't get going so quick that when you fall you burn your arm.

    Dance in the rain.

    But don't dance in it with lightning... next to a street pole.

    Take a swim in the ocean.

    But don't get out there too far.

    Do your make-up and your hair really pretty in the morning... like royalty.

    But do it for yourself; not anybody else. Your beauty is vibrant and visible - - you have nothing to prove.

    Kiss a boy.

    But make sure you just give him a taste of your lips. Keep your heart.... and your other body parts.

    Go apple picking.

    Just remember to look up so they don't bump your noggin.

    Drink a whole lot of soda. Especially Dr Pepper.

    But make sure you drink a lot of water, too.

    Pee in a hotel elevator.

    Just make sure no one sees you. & the front desk knows, when you're finished, that for some reason their elevator reeks of piss.

    Send your ex boyfriend that you ended on awful terms with a spontaneous text message.

    Let him know that he is special. Even though your relationship is over.

    Take a road trip across the country.

    Just don't bring too many credit cards... and make sure you go home when you're done. Or you will be missed.

    Dance elaborately, beautifully, innocently and delicately.

    Don't dance to make a man lust.

    Sing a ridiculous song as loud as you can, beat the glove box as hard as possible (for the passenger) and the steering wheel with as much force (for driver) as you can.

    Just don't hit it too hard. You need that to drive with...

    Read a really good book on a really rainy day.

    It really is okay to be lazy sometimes!

    Talk with a ridiculous accent around people you don't know.

    Make them think you have sweet tea and fried chicken everyday - or that the "Big Ben" tower is a mile from your apartment.

    Fall into love with somebody.

    Just fall in love with the kind of person you want to be with forever. & if they don't feel the same way..... don't give up. But if you must, remember that sometimes though we may shoot for the moon, we sometimes only gain the stars.

    Drink milk, eat onions and then make a boy kiss you.

    Then, smile really big after and tell him he had great breath....... and if he says "you do too" back.... you will know what a pathelogical liar he is.

    Buy organic food for your stomache.

    If you do, your whole body will benefit.... Not just your stomach.

     

    And lastly.......

    (Most importantly)

    Allow Jesus to empower you in ways that you never thought he would. Let Him be your lover and very best friend. Let Him be the one to pursue and comfort you. Let Him be the one to decide your future. Let His love for you motivate and inspire you to treat every one you come  into contact with the very same. Let His love be an infection leaking onto everyone and everything everywhere you may go. Let His fingers be the ones to delete the tears that leave your eyes.

    Let HIM be the one that you cannot live without.

Friday, 23 May 2008

  • Jesus,

    Why wont you show off for me the way you used to?

    You used to have this way of assuring any doubt or second thoughts... You had this way of captivating me and holding my attention. You were to me as a puppy is to his new owners - seeking acceptance and love.

    Please show off again.

    Please resemble that boy in junior high who was always showing off to the girls on the basketball court. The boy who tried and succeeded at making himself known.

    I feel like Holly in "PS I love You" after she recieves her last letter from her husband and faces harsh reality that her once husband is gone for good. She says this, "Jerry? You're gone for good, aren't you? I can't feel you anymore."

    Maybe if my lame sickness hadn't gone away, I would still rely and call on you for comfort and for company.

    But I've developed an extreme level of independence in which i know is unhealthy. I want to  NEED you for something. Before, you were my Savior, my healer, the One who was constant and present through evey minute of my hurting.

    Why'd you go away?

    Jesus,

    I know and have faith that you are not gone for good.

    You're alive - & i know it...

    But I can't feel you anymore.

    If you are only evident in the pain and hurting, then I pray and ask for pain and hurting... I want to feel the embrace of your arms again.

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