tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post4528777147071919598..comments2023-07-13T05:01:01.343-07:00Comments on Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: Al Siebert's double bindsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-90945421703184966692010-04-23T06:46:12.197-07:002010-04-23T06:46:12.197-07:00I really think schizophrenia should be more fun, o...I really think schizophrenia should be more fun, or else I wouldn't be writing this blog. Unless things have changed considerably since 2003, chances are the hospital staff will tell you that you should read Dr. Torrey's book. I couldn't get past the first chapter. It was condescending.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-36372672627103139572010-04-23T06:05:21.783-07:002010-04-23T06:05:21.783-07:00Given the suggestion of "active schizophrenic...Given the suggestion of "active schizophrenics", the thought occurs to me that there must be a few "inactive schizophrenics" out there. What kind of person would constitute an "inactive schizophrenic"? Schizophrenia in the shadows, non-relapsed schizophrenia, schizophrenia in remission, repressed schizophrenia, a non-agressive form of schizophrenia, etc., etc. How about "non-schizophrenic"? Certainly once a "schizophrenic" never a "non-schizophrenic". We're getting no estimate of the number of "inactive schizophrenics" there might be, accurate or otherwise. Torrey's apprehensions are not shared by everybody. Had we 100,000 activist "schizophrenics" in town we could effect a whole lot of changes. Now that would be a show of Mad Pride! Gee, isn't word play fun?MindFreedom Virginiahttp://lunatickfringe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-16030390039488564792010-04-22T11:47:47.728-07:002010-04-22T11:47:47.728-07:00That's exactly why I use the word, as well as ...That's exactly why I use the word, as well as other psychiatric terminology, too. Guess which word I myself (!) typed into the search box at my very first Google search concerning, yeah, well, "schizophrenia" :D Although I think, it doesn't really say something, but <i>people believe</i> it says something - so they google it, and, of course, an entry about "existential crisis" for instance won't be among the search results, no matter how relevant for their search it actually might be.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273435151682585281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-78762713765000796292010-04-22T03:08:19.863-07:002010-04-22T03:08:19.863-07:00Agreed. So people may then wonder why I use the wo...Agreed. So people may then wonder why I use the word "schizophrenia" at all in my blog. The reason is because people need access to information and "schizophrenia" unfortunately says something. It's like looking trying to look for shoes in a store that sells hats. You need to use the word "schizophrenia" to see whether this store or another establishment will meet your needs. You can choose to reject the word later, but first you got to determine what's going on. Dr. E. Fuller Torrey "active schizophrenics" sounds like criminals or a pack of dogs and you never know when there will be a sighting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-5686578526917783812010-04-22T02:17:37.671-07:002010-04-22T02:17:37.671-07:00"active schizophrenics" - OMG! Sounds li..."<i>active</i> schizophrenics" - OMG! Sounds like "active criminals" to me (which probably is what is intended).<br /><br />Taken into account modern biological psychiatry's definition of "schizophrenia", and "mental illness" in general, it seems to me that it doesn't make any difference whether someone is referred to as "a schizophrenic" or as "an individual with schizophrenia". To the extent that both expressions define the individual's thoughts, emotions, her being in this world as diseased, they're both equally dehumanizing and discriminatory.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273435151682585281noreply@blogger.com