Posted on 10/16/2012 8:20:10 AM PDT by RummyChick
Via Sean Higgins, the Washington Post has a doozy of a story this morning about the travails of Jesse Jackson Jr. who is battling accusations of corruption as well as dealing with issues related to mental illness. While the Post's article carries a colorless headline, the revelations contained within are likely to raise some eyebrows:
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“Raging Zeus! What have the gods done to me now!”
He doesn’t need to campaign in that district
Seriously - if you were any good, wouldn’t you be a ROMAN working the Circus Maximus? He’s even a two-bit wanna-be in his “previous” life.
That turkish bath routine may come in handy if the feds do catch up with him . . .
OMG!!! Jennifer Granholm is CERTIFIABLY INSANE!!! Did she catch Biden/Algore Syndrome??
Phaeton comes to mind.
I guess the view from a chariot drivers perspective is pretty much like serving in congress .... lots of horses' asses.
Not that I am defending Jesse Jr., BUT
What is happening now, is due to his raising, his father's fault.
Imagine living in that weird world, hearing all the lies and trying as a child to wrap your head around those lies, when you know your white friends in school don't treat you like that. When you see your daddy tell lie after lie, then at the dinner table laugh at how he played it for big $$$. It's how you have this BIG HOUSE, SON. Learn the game.
Jesse Jr., had to play the Race Card game, even though he knew it to be a lie and that is most likely what drove him insane. Just a theory.
Jesse Jackson Jr. Believed He Was Reincarnated Greek Chariot Driver
And
I believe he’s nucking futs.
You have just pointed out why all this "shucken-n-jiven" by him is going on in order to establish a "diminished mental capacity" defense. They have been anticipating the coming prosecution and devised this defense to exonerate his conduct. My hope is that nobody, including a jury, doesn't buy it.
should be "buys it." and not the above.
No. He’s diagnosed with a mental illness, Bipolar II. It typically causes dramatic ups and downs of mood and disorientation.
People with Bipolar II have deep, deep paralyzing periods of depression, the length of these episodes depending on the cycling pattern of their particular case of the disease. Untreated individuals typically find it very difficult to get up long enough to relieve themselves, take a bath or eat a meal. They can have eating problems as a result. Thinking is depressed and work is out of the question unless they are medicated for the disease.
People with Bipolar II also have wild expansive mood swings where they may believe that they are invincible or that they are the “life of the party” on steroids. This can cause them to engage in wildly exhibitionistic, immoral or illegal behavior without discretion or regret. They may go long periods of time without sleeping or eating, or they may sleep for very short periods of time during manic episodes. They may spend money they don’t have, make sexual conquests or behave in other non-acceptable or unusual ways. When they “crash” from a manic episode, they usually need hospitalization and for a short period can be an acute danger to others or themselves during this short “crash” period.
People with Bipolar II cycle on some frequency, which can also determine, to some degree, the severity of their particular case of the disease. “Rapid cyclers” may have several cycles a year; managed patients less.
Untreated Bipolar II does damage to the mind and can come with psychotic breaks and incidents, particularly in the later stages of the disease. Rapid cyclers and untreated patients are most prone to damage. It is not unusual for patients with Bipolar II to have halucinations, illusions of grandeur or unusual beliefs. They can be out of touch with reality, particularly if they skip medications or skip doctor’s appointments. There is often a counseling component to treatment as well as a pharmaceutical component, depending on the particular manifestation of the disease.
Bipolar II can appear in childhood or older adulthood, but it’s very rare. It usually appears in the teens or early adulthood. There’s generally a period of crisis during which the disease is not yet diagnosed when the person has real problems which are unrecognized. It can take some time to appear in its full manifestation. The disease, as well as the aspects of manifestation of the disease, are highly genetic. It runs in families.
People who manage the disease medically are much more common than you might realize. It’s possible to carry on a productive life in this manner, however, it’s not good to be thrust into situations that trigger the disease, or situations that require a lot of responsibility or accountability.
There are many good books on this topic. For anyone with more questions,
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there are many good books on the topic in most bookstores.
No. He was diagnosed at Mayo Clinic. This is nearly an impossible disease to simulate when under clinical observation. The manifestations of the disease are very distinctive and easily sorted from acting out and other behaviors. He has Bipolar II, and that’s not negotiable.
It’s very likely that he’s had it for 10 years or more in some form, and that he’s been “working around it.” His family would have known about it too. It’s a very difficult disease for the entire family and for friends who know. It probably explains the delusionary character of the behavior that you’re seeing reported. People with this disease retain a portion of their moral agency, but their discretionary powers are loosened by the disease because their moods can seem very compelling to them, much more compelling than in normal healthy experience. They may also have halucinations or psychotic incidents which make it difficult for them to explain events after the fact.
People with this disease should not plan on employment that requires great accountability or responsibility. Even though those things CANNOT cause the disease, they can trigger already-present incidents of the disease.
Jesse Jackson Jr. should gracefully step down and continue taking care of his disease and mend whatever ties remain to family members. He will need the all-out support of family members before he’s done. This disease never gets better with time; it only becomes more profoundly embedded with age.
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