I'm blaming you guys if I wake up sometime this week, crying and soaked in sweat, with that image of Jon Gosselin and his fucking tiger shirt seared into my retinas.
Scientology puts me off, though honestly I find it no more strange than any other religion. Juliette Lewis' thoughts on (psychotropic) drugs struck me though, and I must say it's the best explanation thus far given from the realm of Scientology as to why they are so anti-drug. As someone who took anti-depressants and mood stabilizers from the age of 18 until 22, I'm only now, at 24, learning to embrace my neuroses and anxieties and ups and downs and be content with how my mind functions. Not to say these drugs don't work for some people; I'm just really digging what Juliette Lewis has to say, and realizing that her words are applicable to my own state of mind. (I do not, however, believe in aliens or fairies or Xenu.)
It really bothers me that Juliette Lewis just drew a comparison between illegal drug use and prescription drug use. Yes, I know prescription drugs can be abused (hello MJ), but having been severely depressed, having close family and friends who've struggled with a variety of disorders, I also know that the benefits of therapy combined with the right chemicals is really the only answer in some cases.
@femminista: The difference is you think these are real disorders. I'm pretty sure the anti-psychiatry crowd rejects both the diagnosis and the treatment. What you call depression, they call not spending enough time and money at the Scientology centre.
@femminista: Seriously. Listen here, Scientologist crazies, do NOT tell me that I'm not "owning my shit" or whatever the hell because I take medication for my anxiety disorder. Until you know what it feel like to have daily panic attacks, you don't get to have an opinion. Sometimes people need help, and they should not be shamed for seeking that help. The end.
@femminista:I can understand her point, however. Some people (not saying those who truly need the drugs or have actual disorders that require drug therapy) do run to the doctor and get every pill they hear about because they're convinced they have (insert disorder here.) Is there way too much overmedication in our society? Yes.
@femminista: If there's one thing you learn when you live with a clinical mental problem -- sometimes reality can be miserable, but that doesn't mean misery is always reality.
Anxiety, depression, mania, occur as a part of normal ups and downs BUT they also get out of control and some people lose their ability to cope. If pharmas help those people do a day's work, take care of their kids, not kill themselves...that's a good, good thing.
@Sev: I think there are 2 issues at hand here. Issue 1 is that a part of the population has neurotransmission problems. They can result in a variety of ailments- including psychological disorders- and should be treated in the same manner as functional problems in other organs (e.g. lifestyle changes, pharmacological therapy, etc.)
The second issue is over-medication, which involves meds for all sorts of things. Many common ailments can be solved with lifestyle changes, yet most assume that solving it through medication is easier/better when that's not necessarily the case.
@elephantshoes: As Denis Leary said: Pot is a gateway drug ... to carpentry. Even the least engineering-minded of us imbibers can construct a bong out of anything. Soda can? Sure! Apple? Why not?!
In sporting news, the papparazzi have formed the IPRU: the International Papparazzi Rugby Union. Their first match took place at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier today, in which a scrum-half from the Daily Mail botched a try when he was diverted by an arriving limo.
Oh, Juliette. "I also believe in fairies, you know, the real ones that live in the forest."
As opposed to the fake ones who live in the ... suburbs?
Megan, hon. I don't think you're in a position to diss the Bond girls who have also, you know, won some Oscars.
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@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: the fake fairies are the ones who said they'd live free and in harmony with nature all their lives, but then ended up working for a corporate law firm, got married, bought McMansions in the 'burbs, popped out a couple of kids and now drive a giant SUV.
Oh Juliette. Scientology itself is an extremely dangerous, very expensive drug habit. And saying you are the only Scientologist that you know of that believes in aliens is like saying Christians don't believe in Jesus; belief in aliens is explicitly part of Scientology doctrine (the OT Levels were leaked a long time ago.)
@I_can_still_pitch: I hate, HATE celebrities who are practicing scientologists going on and on about how bad psychiatric drugs are. It's disgusting to encourage people not to get the medical help they need for problems out of their control. Despicable.
@smallc: Agreed a thousand times. Tom Cruise going on about the history of psychiatry especially made me angry. Not only was it extremely irresponsible, it was completely ridiculous considering that the only reason Scientology is so anti-psychology/psychiatry is because L. Ron Hubbard saw psychiatrists as Dianetics/Scientology's competition.
@Sputnik_Sweetheart: Ever since he had his fight with Matt Lauer about how psychiatry is evil and so are psychiatric medicines, I have refused to watch any movie or project he is involved in. Any money I spend watching a Tom Cruise movie, part of that money goes to him- which means it goes straight to Scientology so they can pamper celebrity egotists and brainwash the vulnerable.
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Anxiety, depression, mania, occur as a part of normal ups and downs BUT they also get out of control and some people lose their ability to cope. If pharmas help those people do a day's work, take care of their kids, not kill themselves...that's a good, good thing.
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The second issue is over-medication, which involves meds for all sorts of things. Many common ailments can be solved with lifestyle changes, yet most assume that solving it through medication is easier/better when that's not necessarily the case.
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"I also believe in fairies, you know, the real ones that live in the forest."
As opposed to the fake ones who live in the ... suburbs?
Megan, hon. I don't think you're in a position to diss the Bond girls who have also, you know, won some Oscars.
P.S. JezeTech? Why do my page breaks "
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Your friend, Rooo
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