Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00596)

At 04:25 PM 5/9/96 -0400, you wrote:

>Not at all. I agree with what you say and I have often wondered if the
>present outbreak of mental problems are the beginning of the next phase of
>evolution. I have occassion to speak with a few people in this category
>through some voluntary work I do and if someone lends themselves to it, I ask
>questions of them and how they see their problem. They appear to be too
>frightened to really consider what is wrong and take refuge in their
>medication which dampen the emotions. I recall my daughter saying that she
>missed feeling highs and lows in her life and that causes many of them to go
>off their medication and of course the problem returns after a while. She is
>too far into 'wrong thinking' now. If her schizo.. was to disappear now she
>would still be left with the thought pattern that has been set up over this
>10 year period and she would have to find a way of rethinking her view of the
>world. Now that our Lodge is so prominent in town I expect to have visits
>from some of these people, in fact I have already had a vist from one couple,
>so maybe I can find out a bit more about it all outside the medical model and
>see if there may be some indications of the above hypothesis. My daughter is
>too strong-willed and undisciplined to accept anything that doesn't suit her.
>The doctors in Auckland hide when they see her coming.
>There is a very interesting article in the Quest Magazine Autumn 1994 called
>Schzophrenia and the Soul written by Thomas Poplawski. I took a photocopy of
>it so that I had reference to it when need be.
>Regards
>
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>   Bee Brown
>   Member TSNZ,Wanganui Branch.
>   Theos Int & L
>
>
>Bee: Thank you for sharing that is very interesting. You are doing a good
thing. As to your daughter, I hope it works out because she sounds like a
wonderful lady.