Snake Phobias, Moodiness and a Battle in Psychiatry

NY Times ^ | June 14, 2005 | BENEDICT CAREY

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Ah Hah ! The evil Xorq...

I have been trying to track you through the interstellar galaxies for the past millenia. I have gone forward and back in time for ages and now you are here !

You gave me the slip near Titan back in the Year 1814 BLRH (Before L.Ron Hubbard to you silly earthlings out there...), but I knew I'd track you down some millenia. Who would have thought I would have found you on the world famous Free Republic in it's first years of it's centuries-long lifespan ?

Ah well. LRH works in mysterious ways doesn't he ?

P.S. I picked up one of these vintage Ipods things these earthlings listen to and downlaoded that Midnight Oil Track..."L.Ron Hubbard's going to save your life. Superboy takes a plutonium wife." Not bad lyrics for a bald earthling songwriter.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Read "Toxic Psychiatry" by Peter Breggin. Very interesting and informative.

[Bernard Marx]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll add it to my very long list of essential reading. The title alone tells me the author's on the right track.

I also want to read Christina Hoff Sommers's new book (with Sally Satel): "One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance."

[hispanarepublicana]

raising questions about where mental health ends and illness begins.

Does the fact that I try to "ping" and "zot" people in real life mean that I've crossed that line?