tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post2968734516294852837..comments2024-03-18T04:40:38.214-05:00Comments on Murderous Musings: Writing About Characters with Schizophrenia/PsychosisChester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-51278675034058043472022-01-04T04:29:52.693-06:002022-01-04T04:29:52.693-06:00I had a brother that experimented on drugs and exh...I had a brother that experimented on drugs and exhibited bizarre behavior. He was a product of child abuse/ neglect. My mother brought him to a psychiatrist. Instead of addressing the drug abuse problem, and teach my mother that love is key and help him in his education would turn him around, they drugged him with psychiatric drugs and the more my mother complained, the more drugs and stronger drugs were used. For psychiatrists financial gain. He became a ward of the state where he got free housing and food, never withdrawing the drug use. Well, my brother decided to get the education and studied hard to pass his tests. But because he was on these psychiatric drug program (he was diagnosed schizophrenic), employers would not hire him for the education he studied for. In the end, he was killed by the very people who should have helped him. They destroyed his brain to support their diagnosis. His eyelids were drooping, sleeping all the time, slow, etc.<br /><br />Psychiatry is not a science. It is medical fraud. Psychiatrists just want money and most don't care if their patients are not doing well in their hands. They should train people to think correctly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610813442786017536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-91993144883503891122012-07-27T19:06:39.213-05:002012-07-27T19:06:39.213-05:00Jackie, I'm sorry to read about your sister-in...Jackie, I'm sorry to read about your sister-in-law. Bless your brother for staying with his wife throughout her illness. It couldn't have been easy.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-904607743091967132012-07-26T08:28:18.321-05:002012-07-26T08:28:18.321-05:00Jean, My sister-in-law suffered from this dreadful...Jean, My sister-in-law suffered from this dreadful disease her entire life. Like moany schizophrenics, she was normal when she took her meds, but seldom wanted to take pills (she didn't need them, she thought) and always went off them as soon as she could. My brother said his life was just like "A Beautiful Mind." This disease not only ruins the patient's life, it wounds the entire family. <br /><br />Thanks for the article.<br />Jackie KingJackie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276062715832103428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-68093878074643652252012-07-26T08:27:24.111-05:002012-07-26T08:27:24.111-05:00Jean, My sister-in-law suffered from this dreadful...Jean, My sister-in-law suffered from this dreadful disease her entire life. Like moany schizophrenics, she was normal when she took her meds, but seldom wanted to take pills (she didn't need them, she thought) and always went off them as soon as she could. My brother said his life was just like "A Beautiful Mind." This disease not only ruins the patient's life, it wounds the entire family. <br /><br />Thanks for the article.<br />Jackie KingJackie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276062715832103428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-87253762192096604752012-07-23T08:28:44.909-05:002012-07-23T08:28:44.909-05:00Thank you, M.J. We're glad you decided to join...Thank you, M.J. We're glad you decided to join us here at Murderous Musings.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-49382308024390742902012-07-22T15:58:09.555-05:002012-07-22T15:58:09.555-05:00Truly fascinating post. I worked at a vocational r...Truly fascinating post. I worked at a vocational rehabilitation center where one of the clients was schizophrenic. It was sad to watch him struggle through the day. Thank God for the medication. As a mystery writer, I would like to create a character who is schizophrenic but am not sure I could pull it off as well as Ron Howard did in "A Beautiful Mind." I joined your blog and look forward to reading more of your posts.<br />M.J. MacieM. J. Maciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227988613543731433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-40103712310891618572012-07-20T22:26:15.228-05:002012-07-20T22:26:15.228-05:00They didn't have much money, as far as I know,...They didn't have much money, as far as I know, but he thought his father had enormous power--and apparently an enormous hatred of him. My friend thought that, on his last visit to the dentist, the dentist had secretly implanted the "devices," at Dad's request. He also started to think his campers--both disabled and in wheelchairs, one blind--were actually spies sent by his father. It was very sad.Jaden Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113218513166921429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-90520010099932320472012-07-20T21:42:32.349-05:002012-07-20T21:42:32.349-05:00Beth, listening devices in teeth is a new one one ...Beth, listening devices in teeth is a new one one me. I wonder how he was able to talk his dentist into installing them. Money talks, I would guess.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-71277847101486927482012-07-20T21:41:03.993-05:002012-07-20T21:41:03.993-05:00Mark, people have been joking about schiizophrenia...Mark, people have been joking about schiizophrenia for eons but I imagine that it's a terrifying ailment. Who knows how many killers have the disease.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-89682778870735054992012-07-20T09:04:43.127-05:002012-07-20T09:04:43.127-05:00Jean, when I was in my early twenties, I watched a...Jean, when I was in my early twenties, I watched a friend descend into this terrible disease. It seemed to happen veru quickly. On Friday, he showed some mild anxiety. By Sunday, he was convinced that his father was trying to kill him and had gotten his dentist to put listening devices in his teeth. It was terrifying. Not because he was a danger to others, but because he had completely lost himself.Jaden Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113218513166921429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-48929804696672878072012-07-20T08:07:09.462-05:002012-07-20T08:07:09.462-05:00Jean, I was reading your article, but had to stop ...Jean, I was reading your article, but had to stop because I was afraid -- very afraid. Locked myself in the closet, turned out the lights, and started chewing my nails. But that wasn't good enough so I pulled a coat over my head and shook in fear until the birds started chirping. Okay -- none of that's true, but it could be if I fit your description.Mark W. Danielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127689413680147200noreply@blogger.com