tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post6092103474611094384..comments2024-03-14T03:16:23.482-05:00Comments on Everyone Needs Therapy: Adam Lanza and Asperger's Disordertherapydochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-34539897471887324732013-01-06T18:32:29.317-06:002013-01-06T18:32:29.317-06:00NUTCASE SYNDROME - those who put faith in idiotic ...NUTCASE SYNDROME - those who put faith in idiotic psychiatry in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-62484609944574044852012-12-28T11:53:21.754-06:002012-12-28T11:53:21.754-06:00Whoever you are, you claim "this blog is not ...Whoever you are, you claim "this blog is not to diagnose." You somehow feel it's okay to violate that statement in this post. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-41634952667860328392012-12-22T19:00:23.324-06:002012-12-22T19:00:23.324-06:00You're exchanging one prejudice for another. ...You're exchanging one prejudice for another. People with schizophrenia, when treated, are no more likely to be violent than anyone else. Without treatment, they do have a slightly higher chance of violence but it's almost always spur of the moment and (in their minds) defensive. It's rarely an attack like this which requires forethought and planning. <br /><br />And again, even untreated, the link between schizophrenia and violence is a small statistic compared to the increases in gun violence in countries with lax gun laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-34431823669772661642012-12-21T09:33:23.659-06:002012-12-21T09:33:23.659-06:00In the case of Adam Lanza, it might have been hard...In the case of Adam Lanza, it might have been hard for people close to the family or within the community to have alerted anyone to a potential problem. It sounds like his mother helped support him in his isolation. But that had me thinking... what is it reasonable to do, if you truly think someone is a potential danger? If you're not immediate family, but you feel concerned, how should you approach the family? It was occurring to me that it might be hardest for family members to admit to others that their loved one is potentially violent. And it is also hard, I think, to get a person who is of legal age to get help, if you think they are a risk to others or even to themselves. What would you suggest, therapydoc, about how to approach this kind of situation where you can see that something is wrong, that someone may become violent, and that it appears, from the outside, that no one is doing anything about it?Mound Buildernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-90548557261978490892012-12-19T18:33:33.062-06:002012-12-19T18:33:33.062-06:00In my opinion, I think that Adam Lanza may have re...In my opinion, I think that Adam Lanza may have repressed extreme rage due to early childhood experience/s that made him feel abandoned and unloved. Eventually, this rage erupted and caused the mayhem. More people than we would like to assume, carry within them this degree of rage. Testing patients over many years has been very revealing in regards to this problem. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-79399617219705965942012-12-18T14:37:02.382-06:002012-12-18T14:37:02.382-06:00Thank you Smitty. Thank you Smitty. therapydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-8492569077693071052012-12-18T10:25:51.995-06:002012-12-18T10:25:51.995-06:00Let's just say that at a basic, unexamined, le...Let's just say that at a basic, unexamined, level, I don't trust myself. Under the right conditions of unregulated emotion, which for me can include times I have very low blood sugar or lack of sleep, I might find myself paranoid<br /><br />If I have insight I can get help. I can tell you from experience, that when this is caught in time, the symptoms go away.<br /><br />The cause however, is there until I have the insight to deal with it. <br /><br />I can, and have, learned to trust myself. I am grateful for good insurance coverage and for a network of friends and family who listen.<br /><br />I am betting Adam Lanza and his mom had neither of these. At least no one who helped them to see how having guns in the house and training in how to use them, MIGHT just be part of a recipe for disaster.<br /><br />Thanks for hearing me on this.<br /><br />SmittySmittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681768755769989964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-85068600349722679352012-12-18T10:19:00.954-06:002012-12-18T10:19:00.954-06:00I am so tired of diagnosis. They oversimplify the ...I am so tired of diagnosis. They oversimplify the person that needs, above all, CARE.<br /><br />To say that someone paranoid is very likely to be violent? Another generalization, that adds to fear.<br /><br />A paranoid person, in my humble experience, is simply one who has taken their OWN lack of self-trust and turned that on the world around them.<br /><br />Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681768755769989964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-63242607051181836092012-12-17T09:12:13.345-06:002012-12-17T09:12:13.345-06:00If he did, please share, anon. If he did, please share, anon. therapydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-35195286174243742912012-12-17T08:49:48.751-06:002012-12-17T08:49:48.751-06:00It crossed my mind, but since he lacked the odd fe...It crossed my mind, but since he lacked the odd features, fascinations with strange foods, beliefs, decided it didn't fit.therapydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-90216925543362821382012-12-17T06:50:44.402-06:002012-12-17T06:50:44.402-06:00Try schizotypal PD, genius...Try schizotypal PD, genius...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-44480587156131630322012-12-17T05:56:20.039-06:002012-12-17T05:56:20.039-06:00Probably what will hapoen is more $ for surveillan...Probably what will hapoen is more $ for surveillance cameras. That wud be a start in many schools.therapydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-52343461402388858852012-12-17T04:23:39.731-06:002012-12-17T04:23:39.731-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.great massage servicehttp://www.tantricmassagetemple.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-4449753367200900072012-12-16T15:47:54.146-06:002012-12-16T15:47:54.146-06:00I was hoping you might post something about this. ...I was hoping you might post something about this. Like you, like I imagine just about everyone, this massacre...words do fail. So sad. I feel so sad about the families of the little children who've been killed, their friends, the whole community. I feel so sad about the adults who tried to stop Adam Lanza from killing. Almost beyond comprehension. <br /><br />I've read, repeatedly, that he had Asperger's and a personality disorder. I didn't think Asperger's led to this kind of violence and feel for anyone else who has that diagnosis. I hadn't thought of someone schizoid as doing such a thing, either, though, and it sounds like from what you say, that might be a precursor to being paranoid schizophrenic. I wonder if we'll ever know what led him to do such a thing.Mound Buildernoreply@blogger.com