Comments on: Elie Wiesel’s assailant apologizes http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tatterdemalian http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542/comment-page-1#comment-27874 Tatterdemalian Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:59:47 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542#comment-27874 "Tat, if you’ve never come into contact with someone in full-blown paranoid schizophrenic mode, just be thankful." I spent a month in a funny farm thanks to my guidance counselor. Learning to recognize the signs of an impending attack was a survival skill I developed pretty quickly. I guess empathy wasn't one of the things I learned there. “Tat, if you’ve never come into contact with someone in full-blown paranoid schizophrenic mode, just be thankful.”

I spent a month in a funny farm thanks to my guidance counselor. Learning to recognize the signs of an impending attack was a survival skill I developed pretty quickly.

I guess empathy wasn’t one of the things I learned there.

]]> By: Omnibus Driver http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542/comment-page-1#comment-27872 Omnibus Driver Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:29:46 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542#comment-27872 I used to have a friend who was wildly bipolor, compounded with psychosis disorders when in manic mode. More than once when she'd forgotten her meds or the balance was off she'd call me in the middle of the night to tell me the Nazis were coming to get her and she was afraid for her life. She was in her late twenties. I'd have to get her to talk to me rationally enough to find out if she'd taken too much or not enough, if any at all, of her medications, talk her in to taking what she needed to take, and then just figuratively hold her hand until the meds kicked in and she was out of the crazies. I'm very empathetic with the mentally ill. I used to have a friend who was wildly bipolor, compounded with psychosis disorders when in manic mode. More than once when she’d forgotten her meds or the balance was off she’d call me in the middle of the night to tell me the Nazis were coming to get her and she was afraid for her life. She was in her late twenties.

I’d have to get her to talk to me rationally enough to find out if she’d taken too much or not enough, if any at all, of her medications, talk her in to taking what she needed to take, and then just figuratively hold her hand until the meds kicked in and she was out of the crazies.

I’m very empathetic with the mentally ill.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542/comment-page-1#comment-27869 Meryl Yourish Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:05:32 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542#comment-27869 That's why I said I want to know more before making up my mind. This doesn't seem to be a simple case of anti-Semitism. That’s why I said I want to know more before making up my mind. This doesn’t seem to be a simple case of anti-Semitism.

]]> By: Jack http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542/comment-page-1#comment-27868 Jack Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:01:37 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542#comment-27868 I know a couple of people who are diagnosed Schizophrenics. They are both male and both got it in their twenties. Maybe it is true. It feels better to blame it on being mentally ill than to believe that it is based on antisemitism, but... I know a couple of people who are diagnosed Schizophrenics. They are both male and both got it in their twenties.

Maybe it is true. It feels better to blame it on being mentally ill than to believe that it is based on antisemitism, but…

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542/comment-page-1#comment-27867 Meryl Yourish Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:59:01 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542#comment-27867 Tat, if you've never come into contact with someone in full-blown paranoid schizophrenic mode, just be thankful. It took my friend and I ten minutes to literally beat her sister off me. She had an iron grip on my hair and would not let go. She gave no warning, said not a word, just simply attacked me. Schizophrenia isn't very funny in reality. It's quite frightening, and crazy people tend to be strong. They don't feel pain like you and I. She ultimately did get the help she needed, and has been on medication that allows her to live a relatively normal life. If Hunt is schizophrenic, I'm sure his doctors will figure it out. Tat, if you’ve never come into contact with someone in full-blown paranoid schizophrenic mode, just be thankful.

It took my friend and I ten minutes to literally beat her sister off me. She had an iron grip on my hair and would not let go. She gave no warning, said not a word, just simply attacked me.

Schizophrenia isn’t very funny in reality. It’s quite frightening, and crazy people tend to be strong. They don’t feel pain like you and I.

She ultimately did get the help she needed, and has been on medication that allows her to live a relatively normal life. If Hunt is schizophrenic, I’m sure his doctors will figure it out.

]]> By: Tatterdemalian http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542/comment-page-1#comment-27864 Tatterdemalian Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:17:58 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542#comment-27864 I dunno. I went from life-long Democrat to voting for Bush in the last election, as my still-Democrat friends and family followed the "progressives" right into the depths of anti-Zionism. They think I've gone schizo. I don't think I've actually changed so much, but rather that they have; but then, isn't that what all schizoes think? I dunno. I went from life-long Democrat to voting for Bush in the last election, as my still-Democrat friends and family followed the “progressives” right into the depths of anti-Zionism.

They think I’ve gone schizo. I don’t think I’ve actually changed so much, but rather that they have; but then, isn’t that what all schizoes think?

]]> By: Paul http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542/comment-page-1#comment-27862 Paul Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:57:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/08/14/3542#comment-27862 Meryl as a crazy person (who is getting well) I applaud your post ! Meryl as a crazy person (who is getting well) I applaud your post !

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