"Mental" Illness: The Future of Treatment

By now, the poor guy is freaking out and sticking to 50 point protocols as part of his daily routine… anyway, I replied to him:

I think you have no cause for concern or worry, it is very easy to help you become normal, no need for complex protocols.

I have understood the brain well enough to know that:

a) As of now, Psychopharmacologists do not understand the brain at all.
Therefore drugs (especially antipsychotics) are useless or harmful at present. Considering latent side effects, there are no “good” artificial drugs…
Antipsychotics cure symptoms, but they do this by blocking all thinking, thus making the person a vegetable.
Thankfully, 2 months is not a very long time, and your writing seems to be sane, you shouldn’t worry much. Especially since we have access to such a great healer, as I describe in the next point:

b) Cannabis – a minimum of 2 - 3 doses a week (each dose = 4-5 puffs from a joint or vaporizer) of a medium strength strain – can help heal the brain from any damage, as it is a vital nutrient which boosts the qualitative, axonal parts of the brain*, and causes neurogenesis (birth of new neurons).
But if you take too much of it, it causes lethargy and laziness by depressing the dopamine levels, so that’s not advised either. Stick to the dosage I prescribe. Caution: make sure you get only pure cannabis, not adulterated with anything…
If you can vaporize instead of smoking, do that.

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c) I must know: Do you smoke tobacco? If you smoke tobacco, STOP at once. I cannot over-stress the importance of stopping tobacco 100%.
Even though it may be difficult at first.
Stopping tobacco will heal the brain very rapidly. In case of cannabis ON and tobacco off, very quickly, you will see that neurocontrol over all organs will return, thus curing impotence, curing insomnia and giving you deep sleep (and that will further heal the brain, and impart wakefulness when awake).

Do not touch any medicine except cannabis.

d) Begin sprinting. 100 meters * 10 per day, as fast as you can. This will your energize your main brain, enteric brain (core), and body.

e) Try sticking to a diet of roughly this pattern:
200 grams of varied vegetables, 200 grams of varied fruits, and 100 grams of carbohydrate and fibre, sufficient amount of fat & protein, and as much water as possible. Supplements are not required if diet is proper.

f) Sleep at least 8-10 hours a day. Cannabis will help with that, if required. Also, I must know, what is your age, weight, and blood group?
Just to help with the diagnosis and advice…

And this will be my general advise to just about anyone who presents with the classic form of mental complaints…

May 15 is the feast of Saint Dymphna day. Google to find the story of Dymphna and the Gheel community of Belgium.
I was able to attend one Gheel Society meeting and found it helpful.
Did you know there is a patron saint for the mentally ill?

Dymphna “the patron saint of the nervous, emotionally disturbed, mentally ill, and those who suffer neurological disorders”

Very interesting…

Almost reminds me of Seshat, “the Ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom & knowledge” (and thus we can say mental health) … who is commonly associated with cannabis*

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Maybe that’s how Dymphna cured the mentally ill?

“The US National Shrine of St. Dymphna was located at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Massillon, Ohio” – Ohio is supposed to be one of the most hardliner anti-cannabis US states, isn’t it?

Don’t know any connection between Dymphna’s healing techniques and use of cannabis. Beheaded at 15, she didn’t have much time to perform miracles. The so-called cures happened because the town of Gheel welcomed the mentally ill into the townspeople’s homes. Her “miracles” had to do with the church built for her.
Yes, her shrine is still in Massillon, 13 miles from where I live. And yes, Ohio is diehard anti- pot. I am not on that bandwagon because I have Am Native friends who are into it.
So far I’ve gone 28 weeks without tobacco and 35weeks without alcohol.

Gheel had to do with removing the stigma of mental illness,

Indeed. Very interesting thanks for pointing this out…
Yeah if you’re a serious etymologist and see the 2 "E"s in succession in the name (rarest of the rare…)… you understand why the Irish namesake city “Gheel” is, in stated policy, atypically… “pro-Aspergian” (aka Aspergian Autist)… (1)…

1. gheel.ie/

Congratulations on having quit tobacco and alcohol…
You must be already feeling awesome (or soon will, once your system gets used to the lack of these chemicals… though maybe you should wait a few more weeks and i hope not – for alcohol – months… alcohol’s withdrawal is of legendary ferocity from what i can fathom)

If you’re into history, interesting read:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Geel

Congrats on your hard work paying off. I am glad to hear that psychotherapy has been helpful to you.

Knowing what you know 9 months later, what do you think should be the key focus for an industry trying to help others in similar situations?

Thanks, Captain. I’m no role model for anyone, just lucky at ridding myself of some toxic addictions. I’m still an addict by nature and am still mentally ill. About the depression, meds and good counseling can help, but cannot totally erase the deleterious effects of genetics and society. About the addictions, I thought long and hard about how I would like to live the last years of my life. I’m 74. I could not have given up these addictions at 50.

I did drug counseling for a few years. It’s tough work watching people fail so often. I learned to measure success not by lack of relapses in my clients but instead in how long they stayed clean. And also that even if many fail to stay clean this time that they can remember what they learned and try again.

Earlier detection and prevention of full blown, untreated mental illness by way of offering healthier alternatives earlier in life. Many people with mental illness self-medicate with all sorts addictions to “stabilize” themselves, but once you live an unbalanced life for so long, do you even understand what moderation is any more?

I really can’t diagnose any pressing mental issue in you, Ierrellus…

I’m sure he understands moderation, Wendy darling…

(but moderation works only for some things like weed, i’d not go anywhere near tobacco even in a moderated way)…

Lose not hope. You may be old, but i think what has been wronged, can be repaired to a remarkable extent… now even the mainstreamers are accepting what some of us have been saying here…

theguardian.com/science/201 … ggests-thc

Generally , it may be safe to say that most mentAl illnesses, have their roots in early development , and cognitive dissidents is at the root. Onset usually is at adolescence or the next stage-young adulthood because reality becomes manifest as an autonomy.

Very early childhood mentAl illness is the outcome of the insucessful resolution of basic trust

So it’s all psychosomatic?

Generally speaking it is safe to say that psychosomatic caused illness outweighs genetic burden.

Not as a sole contributing factor, nope. You be wrong. Intense emotional issues simply exacerbate the genetic baseline’s deficiencies spotlighting those deficiencies earlier in perceptive children who do recognize the dishonest nature of adult interactions with them.<—in a nutshell.

Anand wrote

Actually I was trying to answer the Captain’s question. Also, I meant moderation by means of internal self-regulation rather than external behaviors.

Not so. My mother attempted suicide when I was ten. When I was 21 I tried it for myself.

Tried once, but I cant say it was a full on attempt…

Watched my mom try when I was young too, really young. I don’t know if there ever will be a cure or method to alleviate mental illness

My youngest son attempted suicide and succeeded
I have been very depressed since then, but could not think of taking my life.

Why? Because I have others to care for, and also consider the sanctity of life.

And lastly, because my dread of death still can be overcome by the first 2 above.

I wrote something today, just for you guys… then I cut the text from here and inserted it into my website, link below:

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So, as I was saying there:
Time for the “analysts” to explore nonlinear writings like mine, and drop their “statistical” “proofs” of recycled, uninspired, and frankly ludicrous theories… and their coffee/tobacco/alcohol…
(feel free to pick up a pure weed joint*, though)…

• Wendy darling, what do they think of weed in Hades (I’ve been fascinated by Hades for a while)?

Importantly…
I’d love it if you all take this test …

16personalities.com/free-personality-test

And post your results…
I’m a “diplomat”, by the way…
I’m an exception here, most people who hang out in online forums are “analysts” addicted to debate for its own sake… i for one mostly dislike debating, i’m a serial monologuist who visits because I have something unique, important to say…