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To: YaZhynka

I’m not a physician, nor any sort of medical professional, so I have no patients. Anyone who is living on public assistance is a “drain on society” at least financially. And while I don’t mind paying some taxes to support people who are genuinely unable to support themselves through no fault of their own, I do expect them to help themselves to the extent that they are able to, and in the case of mental illness this often needs to begin with recognizing the nature and extent of their problems.

I fully recognize that some forms of mental illness are not compatible with such recognition. I have a half-sister with advanced schizophrenia, who has virtually no relationship with reality (and is not on public assistance because the government refuses to qualify her for assistance because they say they can’t look at her psych diagnosis without her authorization — which she won’t give because she’s sure there’s nothing wrong with her, and that *they* are just out to get her).

You, on the other hand, don’t seem nearly that far gone, and perhaps could benefit from an outside reminder that wallowing in imagined “blessings” is not a socially or spiritually responsible substitute for facing real problems and dealing with them. That was the reason for my giving you the reminder.


29 posted on 07/12/2009 7:10:34 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker (Vote for a short Freepathon! Donate now if you possibly can!)
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To: GovernmentShrinker

I am not on public assitance. I worked for a long time and contributed significantly into social security. I paid for these benefits.

How can you feel so “overconfident” about diagnosing the extent of my mental disorder if you are not “any sort of medical professional” and have never met me or spoken with me. One might call that grandiose which, as I am sure you know, is a symptom of bipolar disorder.

You have also drawn firm conclusions about the nature of my lawsuit while at the same time saying, “I have no idea what went on in the court room.” This belief that you are somehow clairvoyant would possibly indicate schizophrenia or, perhaps, a thought disorder.

There is also some genuine cognitive incongruity in your statement that my thinking is disorganized, your insistence that I am suffering deeply (although, again, you have never observed me), and your assessment that I am grandiose (overconfident due to bipolar). How is that congruent with your conclusion that I am “not that far gone” and should not be on disability? And what leads you to assume that I have not tried to help myself? As you know I have been in treatment a long time, have earned a masters degree in psychology, went to law school on a full merit scholarship, and did not apply for disability for 18 years after first being diagnosed. I understand that you are not “any sort of medical professional.” It would seem also that you may not be any sort of employment specialist. I’m assuming also that you are not “any sort of attorney.”


30 posted on 07/12/2009 7:52:21 PM PDT by YaZhynka (http:''www.gopetition.com/online/26770.html)
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