Posted by Quintal on March 15, 2007, at 16:39:38 [reposted on March 24, 2007, at 22:46:26 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Scientology, Homosexuality, and its tentacles » Quintal, posted by Ken Blades on March 15, 2007, at 15:42:06
Thank you for the reassurance Ken, but I'm very relaxed about the whole issue - that's why I feel comfortable bringing this stuff up for discussion.
>I understand how you might identify with
some of these supposed explanations found
in Hubbard, etc, but I hope this does not
>last....it ain't good for your mental health!How would you know what's best for my mental health? It doesn't depress me to hear statements like those made by Hubbard, I find them interesting and liberating.
>A lot of the circumstances theorized as
organic to the development of homosexuality
are also experienced by those who are
heterosexually oriented as well. How
>do they manage to 'escape'?I don't know anyone who has had the sort of upbringing I had and still turned out a normal, well adjusted heterosexual man.
>Gay people can have the same psychiatric problems as the rest of the population but they exist separately from one's orientation.
No, I don't think they do. A lot of the depression and anxiety (particularly social anxiety) homosexual men suffer is directly due to their sexuality and the problems it causes adjusting to society. I'm confused by the results of the Hooker study because it's always been clear that rates of depression and suicide are much higher among gay men than their heterosexual peers. Gay men make up the majority of male mental health consumers as far as I'm aware, and it is always likely to be that way no matter how tolerant society becomes because afterall few people want to be gay, and beneath all the veneer and bluster of Gay Pride self-loathing still runs deep.
>You're ok Q....other than being a nut like the rest of us lol!
Again, thank you for the support, but I'm not OK or I wouldn't be here. I don't think denial helps solve the problem at all.
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