Sunday, May 10, 2009
Snapped!? pt 2
To further expound on my "snapped" theory it should be noted that I understand the emotional reaction that most people have. It is heinous, horrible, unbelievable, unconscionable , etc how people can be so violent after living so peacefully. There is no rational reason. There is no reason good enough for me or anyone else to explain why someone would take a gun to school, or why a pastor would molest a child. Some of my colleagues become angry that these behaviors are blamed on mental illness. The closest of mental disorders that I can surmise to explain these events lie in the personality disorders spectrum. These are chronic disorders of character. The definition of character is "who you are when no one is looking." So this may shed light on one aspect of violent people. We don't know who they "really" are. More later on this topic!
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This is mind blowing to me. People just going out and killing others. And in hind sight no one seeing any change in their behaviors. What I have found even more so disturbing is how many people now days are on some kind of psyc drugs. I would say at least 75% of the people I work with either are on psyc drugs, pop pills, smoke pot, or drink large amts of alcohol every day. And I thought caffeine was bad for me. I actually talk to them about this and they have no problem telling what they are on or do for their disorders. Amazing to me. There are a lot of people out here that are being treated for or self medicating their disorders.
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