tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post2666428376128280363..comments2023-07-13T05:01:01.343-07:00Comments on Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: Lookin' for keys in all the wrong placesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-87619180772614469342013-02-02T10:14:35.130-08:002013-02-02T10:14:35.130-08:00P.S. - Rossa, now (nearly 5 hrs. after posting my ...P.S. - Rossa, now (nearly 5 hrs. after posting my comment, to you, above), I’ve just noticed, that you left a comment on my blog, yesterday, responding to my ‘open letter’ to you. Excellent. What you say there is interesting. I'll reply in a comment, there, later today. Respectfully, ~J.Jonah (a.k.a BeyondLabeling)http://beyondlabeling.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-37020673724847735102013-02-02T05:15:01.568-08:002013-02-02T05:15:01.568-08:00Rossa,
you begin with a “little anecdote”; unfort...Rossa,<br /><br />you begin with a “little anecdote”; unfortunately, it is not accurate; for, I presume you’re referring to me, as you say, “He referred to another blog post of mine and decided that I, in collusion with female psychiatrist and infantilizer, Dr. Stern, had forced Chris back on meds.”<br /><br />Firstly, *never* did I decide anyone had *forced* Chris back on meds. No where do I make such an accusation. Secondly, if you’re aiming to suggest, that I referred to Dr. Stern as “infantilizer,” I must object – saying, no, I did not do that. (Not at all.)<br /><br />On the contrary, I said, “I’ve drawn the conclusion, that you *infantilize* your son; you are failing to cut the umbilical cord.” I go on, to explain, “In my view, you are doing that, by way of keeping him involved with psychiatry and on psych-meds.” And, pointedly, I lend you my sense that you’ve invaded your son’s privacy – by seeking emailed reports on his behavior, from his “therapist” (Dr. Stern) – and failed to provide real therapy for your son. Your son sees Dr. Stern twice a week, yet she is not providing a safe environment for the therapeutic process; she can’t, I believe – as she’s fully inclined to ‘medicate’ what she thinks are ‘prodromal symptoms’ – and reports, to you, your son’s behaviors in ‘therapy’; I believe that is not ethical, unless he is making threats (and, clearly, he’s not doing that).<br /><br />In any event, it’s my view, a young man called “schizophrenic” would do best with a *male* therapist – and, indeed, one who comprehends that damaging nature of that label; a male client would need to vent his anger, at being identified that way. And, quite possibly, he’d benefit from experiencing a truly powerful ‘catharisis’ – that he’d not feel comfortable expressing, with a woman. (Grief, he might eventually feel comfortable expressing, with a female therapist, but not anger – most likely.)<br /><br /><br />(Rossa, you emphatically referred to such therapy, in one of your first blog posts, “The tragedy of schizophrenia without psychotherapy” Wednesday, December 16, 2009; I highly encourage you and your readers to review that post – and the connected links.) <br /><br /><br />As for the body of this post, I think it’s great that your son is now looking into the possibility he needs to build his immune system. But, as for your saying, that, “now, after nine years of looking, there is a possible medical cause - an immune deficiency disorder,” I’ll suggest you’re being too reductionist in your way of thinking; there’s not necessarily one cause for anyone’s sufferings, which lead to seeming ‘psychosis’; and, immune deficiency is *not* necessarily a *medical* cause; it is, quite often, a *nutritional* cause. (From what you're describing, it seems your son may be malnourished. Possibly, he needs to rid gluten from his system. Surely, whoever suffers a serious immune deficiency should eliminate highly processed foods - including sugar - from their diet. Caffeine, too, should go...)<br /><br />Finally, here, I remind you, in one comment, to me, you said, “The psychiatric system is infantilizing.” So, indeed, now, I wonder: are you meaning to call Dr. Stern “infantalizer”? I doubt that’s the case; I think you would not refer to her that way; and, yet, I am unsure… But, for you and your readers, here is a way to easily review our MadInAmerica.com conversation (I have made it more readable in a “P.S.” blog post, to accompany the ‘Open Letter’ I posted, to you); just copy and paste the following link, into your browser...<br /><br />http://beyondlabeling.posterous.com/ps-to-an-open-letter-to-rossa-forbes-rossafor<br /><br />I encourage you to read to the end, of that post, as I do praise your blogging...<br /><br />Respectfully,<br /><br />~Jonah<br />Jonah (a.k.a BeyondLabeling)http://beyondlabeling.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.com