Same.
Terrible news.
Jordan Peterson has been a giant in exposing the fraud of post-modernism.
Ditto.
I love the guy and hope he’s back to his old self soon. I also wish his wife a full recovery from her cancer.
Use of Benzo's is called 'chewing your booze' for those who use it to try to wean off alcohol, because it's the same receptors and interactions. Therefore it also has a similar mechanism of withdrawal. Opiate withdrawal is said to be more suffering, but it won't kill you. Booze and Benzo's will.
I think Jordan as a yoot drank a lot, but he cut out the booze in time not to become a drunk. BUT ... he had the anxiety thing. For a short time when I was quitting booze I entertained the notion that I could bridge my way to getting sober with Benzos. NOPE! Very bad, nasty things. I stopped them very quickly and the sleepness nights were awful.
In my case at least the booze was a remedy for an anxiety that was intrusive and yet had no real explanation. I eventually decided I could not keep it at bay by any action other than medicating it. But then any attempt to treat it with booze or drugs only digs you in deeper. So you find yourself caught between a rock and a hard place. Keep drinking - misery. Don't drink - misery.
Hence why a solution involving faith is often all that will work. Intellectually, all evidence points to misery. If you can transcend your own thinking, perception is reality, and the perception is that you have no choice but to suffer. So -> if that's the case, it becomes a rational choice, though in fact incorrect, to at the very least make yourself feel better for now, whatever the consequences.
Can't speak for him - we're all different - but I think if Jordan can finally get free of the notion that there is a substance method of dealing with the anxiety, and that there in fact IS a root to the anxiety that is discoverable and solve-able or transcenda-able, he will one day be the happy peaceful man he deserves to be. He has done the world a lot of good and has a lot more good to do if he chooses.
Good luck Jordan you wikid smaht bastihd!!!!!!
Of all places, why go to Russia for treatment?
That’s a shame. Hope he has a speedy recovery.
OH my gosh!!! What a terrible thing to happen to him!
His thoughts and talks and writings are magnificent. There is something about him that screams autistic genius. He is wise beyond human reasoning.
I hope to hell he recovers completely. In fact, I’ll be praying the very thing.
Peterson Family Update - February 2020
-PJ
benzodiazepines can be harder to quit than heroin ... cold turkey can send you into fatal seizures, so withdrawal has to be REAL slow, sometimes months of agonizing dose reduction ...
Peterson should start speaking against benzodiazepines and the toll that they can take on a person’s life. Odd, that he allowed himself to get addicted to a drug that’s so popular with whores and queers for their human trafficking efforts (putting benzos in straight girls’ drinks and raping them).
Prayers up for Dr. Peterson. He is the closest thing to a philosopher in today’s world that I have found.
He has been the leading wrecking ball against political correctness, and a champion of common sense.
A very courageous man. Wish him all the best.
“I wish him the best.”
Not only nice but a great man unafraid to expose PC cultural Marxism as a fraud.
I hope he has a strong, quick recovery. God bless him and his family.
Best wishes Mr. Peterson.
I’m in the middle of his book now and it is fantastic. I’ve enjoyed many of his YouTube videos. I’m sorry to hear this news.
He has been in my prayers.
When you have a bum leg, you can use crutches, wheelchairs, and even a scooter. What do you use when your brain does not work? I have been in a similar place and the helpless feeling is overwhelming.