'I'm passionate about life -'CRUISE 'WAR OF WORLDS'

MSNBC ^ | 6/24/05 | Today show

[somerville]

I actually just saw a news interview with Steinem in which she still refers to Bale as her stepson. Apparently she worried about his weight loss for that movie he did in which he weighed 121 pounds.

[hispanichoosier]

My grandmother had a degenerative mental disease and I noted years ago that physical activity made her a lot sharper than drugs and a closet at the old folks home.

No question that physical and mental activities that stimulate are a help. For some people, however, medical intervention is required.

[Sundown2005]

Plus the founder, L. Ron Hubbard, was a sex addict who contracted veneral disease. What a role model.

[najida]

I have a family member who has severe depression and anxiety...and he works physically hard... outside most of the time and he has his entire life.

Going on meds was when we saw the biggest and best changes in his quality of life. In my family it's soooo tracibly genetic it isn't funny. Those who get treatment (and meds) flourish. Those who go the 'it isn't happening' or 'think happy thoughts' route crash and burn (literally).

Treating mental health issues requires a multi-faceted approach. IMHO

[Sundown2005]

LOL

[EveningStar]

Medved is trashing Cruise right now on this topic. He said there is no correlation between acting and intelligence (a bit of hyperbole there) - that some of the finest actors around are incredibly stupid and should not be taken seriously on serious issues. lol!

[America First Libertarian]

Christian Scientist

[weegee]

Ken Kesey took shock treatments while working at an asylum. He also tasted real LSD.

This was around 1962 (maybe earlier).

[Syncro]

Yea, Kesey did that in 1959. Government Acid from which came One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

After he came back from New York to promote his next book, he spent a considerable amount of time in Santa Cruz.

And was a real Johnny Acidseed.

And, yea it was real LSD.

[Syncro]

The irony of his dissing psychiatry is astounding.

One of the first things they do to get you "clear" is a deprogramming that is psychiatry in essence.

The mark sits down for hours and talks. And talks. And talks. They are encouraged to tell every aspect of their whole life. It is all recorded and saved.

Their stated purpose is to rid you of all that you have been, so you can be "clear".

But then they have you.

This guy is off his rocker.