Posted by Nickengland on July 15, 2005, at 11:25:22
In reply to Re: Administration - Education and Support » Nickengland, posted by Jen Star on July 15, 2005, at 9:50:00
Hi Jen Star..
I totally understand and relate to everything you said and in a very similar sense I feel the exact same way as you do....very well explained by the way :-)
>What do YOU think?
Well at first I thought Admin was all about techinal issues mainly (lost password, how to use babblemail etc.) I then learn that it wasn't really all about that - the majority of posts on here certainly aren't anyway. To be honest my first reaction was that Admin did more harm than good...I didn't think it was a very nice place at all.
Since then though i've realised that perhaps I've learnt not to take things too seriously...in this way you can distance youself from the bad feeling that goes on in here - to get caught up too much in that only causes bad feeling from what I can see...I certainly didnt come here to make myself feel worse or anyone else, you know?
One really important thing that i've learnt for educational purposes is actually something through all the correspondence with Lou and Dr Bob (and there is certainly enough of that)
What i've learnt from that, is quite personal to me and may even appear selfish. But that said its something i'm glad i've learnt and a good reminder for myself.
I hope people dont take offence of this as it is not my purpose and only a fact that I feel I have witnessed...
Lou, from what I understand from reading previous posts is Bipolar. He is also dead against psychiatric drugs and from reading the links he puts up and what he says - he is Anti Psychiatry and against medications.
This to me equals someone who has a known severe mental illness - but someone who is un-medicated. Very dangerous indeed. I feel this is reflected in the style of his posts, the repeating and his overall mind set and outlook.
I feel Lou is someone who as an illness that is getting worse, mainly because it is not being treated (as he surely doe not take medication from reading his previous posts)
So as im bipolar, for me this is education, as it serves as a reminder that medication is much needed to control such a servere mental illness...and if I was let go of my treatment...well I can think of what the consquences maybe for me. However I don't feel my bipolar is quite the same as Lou's, and am unsure if Lou has other diagnosis(s) whether (un)recognised, but im fairly sure they are not being treated with psychiatric drugs adequately.
The support, in this matter is more for the support of myself. I would try and have done in the past to offer support for Lou with medication advice etc, but sadly he choose not to respond...
Kind regards
Nick
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