My War Against Tom "Aliens Control My Body But Vitamins Will Cure Me" Cruise Continues
This Motherfucker has to be stopped.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8343367/
Not once in that whole goddamned interview does he explain or back up any of his "extensive reseach" into the science of Psychiatry. Also. Anti-psychotic drugs treat Schitzophrenia and Dimensia. Psychotropic Drugs treat things like ADHD and Depression. Ritalin is NOT AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG!
Now, while I agree that the use of Ritalin has been an over-prescribed practice, it has saved many children from YEARS of suffering and wondering what the hell is wrong with them that they can't concentrate or get good grades or finish what they start. Not to mention, the millions of people, including myself, who have been saved with the aid of medication.
Here's my story.
About 3 years ago I was depressed and in therapy. For years I had been battling feeling sad about 80% of the time. I felt hopeless. I had no direction and as a result was in a constant panic about where my life was going to go. And the worst part was, no matter what I did, it wouldn't go away. However, I figured that I didn't need medication. The need for medication would mean that there was something REALLY wrong with me. So, I avoided it. Kept a stiff upper lift and endured.
One day, I was walking home from the El. I was thinking about my life, therapy, my childhood and suddenly I was punched in the face with a full blown anxiety attack. I made it home and stood in my kitchen crying and gasping for air thinking I was absolutely losing my mind...and that I needed to get it back in the next 5 minutes because I had rehearsal in a half hour. Yeah, that's how hard I was on myself. I'm having a meltdown, but yelling at myself because there was rehearsal to think about. It was horrifying.
That night I made a decision. I was going to ask about getting on medication.
My doctor talked to me, asked me how long I had been feeling like this, what my feelings were about medication. I told her:
"I feel really ashamed because I feel like I should be able to handle this myself."
Her response was:
"Well, that is the response of someone who suffers from Depression. You feel like you should be handling everything yourself and you are overwhelmed. If you were a diabetic you'd take medicine, right? This is really no different."
So, I started Zoloft. And the results were remarkable. I felt lighter. The fog I had been wandering around in was lifted. I followed through with things. I was punctual. But most of all, I wasn't obsessing over things anymore, and I wasn't blaming myself everytime something went wrong. I started to feel like a normal person.
Now, I take Welbutrin (no sexual side affects and the added bonus of a marked decrease in smoking), and yes, I take Xanax for my anxiety. My life is much different. I find moments of peace I never had growing up. I don't feel like I'm in trouble all the time.
Imagine 26 years of unexplained sadness and the feeling that I was somehow defective taken away.
And Tom, I tried excercise. I tried Vitamins. Hell, I even tried seminars very similar to Scientology minus the belief that there's a big Alien stuffed in a fucking volcano somewhere, you freak.
So, I have no shame around what I did to make myself well. Hell, I told my boyfriend on Day 3 that I was on meds. And Hats Off to Brooke Shields who went through hell just to get pregnant with that baby. And then to have to suffer through depression when all the while thinking she should be happy she even HAD a child??? I can't even begin to imagine how her much brain was beating the crap out of her on a daily basis.
Depression and Anxiety are REAL. They are caused by chemical imbalances. NOT BY THE SPIRITS OF EXTRA TERRESTRIALS KILLED IN A WAR 75 MILLION YEARS AGO! My father suffers from it, as do most of his side of the family. It's genetic and hereditary.
And how people choose to treat it is their goddamned business.
Tom Cruise is an evil, evil man. Him saying there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance is tantamount to saying that Gay people have a choice.
He is a bigot. Plain and simple.
Boycott his films.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8343367/
Not once in that whole goddamned interview does he explain or back up any of his "extensive reseach" into the science of Psychiatry. Also. Anti-psychotic drugs treat Schitzophrenia and Dimensia. Psychotropic Drugs treat things like ADHD and Depression. Ritalin is NOT AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG!
Now, while I agree that the use of Ritalin has been an over-prescribed practice, it has saved many children from YEARS of suffering and wondering what the hell is wrong with them that they can't concentrate or get good grades or finish what they start. Not to mention, the millions of people, including myself, who have been saved with the aid of medication.
Here's my story.
About 3 years ago I was depressed and in therapy. For years I had been battling feeling sad about 80% of the time. I felt hopeless. I had no direction and as a result was in a constant panic about where my life was going to go. And the worst part was, no matter what I did, it wouldn't go away. However, I figured that I didn't need medication. The need for medication would mean that there was something REALLY wrong with me. So, I avoided it. Kept a stiff upper lift and endured.
One day, I was walking home from the El. I was thinking about my life, therapy, my childhood and suddenly I was punched in the face with a full blown anxiety attack. I made it home and stood in my kitchen crying and gasping for air thinking I was absolutely losing my mind...and that I needed to get it back in the next 5 minutes because I had rehearsal in a half hour. Yeah, that's how hard I was on myself. I'm having a meltdown, but yelling at myself because there was rehearsal to think about. It was horrifying.
That night I made a decision. I was going to ask about getting on medication.
My doctor talked to me, asked me how long I had been feeling like this, what my feelings were about medication. I told her:
"I feel really ashamed because I feel like I should be able to handle this myself."
Her response was:
"Well, that is the response of someone who suffers from Depression. You feel like you should be handling everything yourself and you are overwhelmed. If you were a diabetic you'd take medicine, right? This is really no different."
So, I started Zoloft. And the results were remarkable. I felt lighter. The fog I had been wandering around in was lifted. I followed through with things. I was punctual. But most of all, I wasn't obsessing over things anymore, and I wasn't blaming myself everytime something went wrong. I started to feel like a normal person.
Now, I take Welbutrin (no sexual side affects and the added bonus of a marked decrease in smoking), and yes, I take Xanax for my anxiety. My life is much different. I find moments of peace I never had growing up. I don't feel like I'm in trouble all the time.
Imagine 26 years of unexplained sadness and the feeling that I was somehow defective taken away.
And Tom, I tried excercise. I tried Vitamins. Hell, I even tried seminars very similar to Scientology minus the belief that there's a big Alien stuffed in a fucking volcano somewhere, you freak.
So, I have no shame around what I did to make myself well. Hell, I told my boyfriend on Day 3 that I was on meds. And Hats Off to Brooke Shields who went through hell just to get pregnant with that baby. And then to have to suffer through depression when all the while thinking she should be happy she even HAD a child??? I can't even begin to imagine how her much brain was beating the crap out of her on a daily basis.
Depression and Anxiety are REAL. They are caused by chemical imbalances. NOT BY THE SPIRITS OF EXTRA TERRESTRIALS KILLED IN A WAR 75 MILLION YEARS AGO! My father suffers from it, as do most of his side of the family. It's genetic and hereditary.
And how people choose to treat it is their goddamned business.
Tom Cruise is an evil, evil man. Him saying there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance is tantamount to saying that Gay people have a choice.
He is a bigot. Plain and simple.
Boycott his films.
posted by LC Greenwood at 3:22 PM
4 Comments:
Except 'Days of Thunder'! That's my favorite!
Dear, writer of THE XANAX FILES. Why is it OK for you to have these feelings and emontions, but it is not okay for TOM to have them too? He has an opinion, just like you. Only your opinoin is only seen by a small audience and his is on a much larger scale.
When you really sit down and think about it, you and he are no different. Only your views are different. So give the guy a FUCKING break and move on.
You may not like his views, but he has done a whole hell of a lot of good with his life. Do you donate your time & money to the poor? Did you start a foundation to help adults & children with dyslexia? I'm guessing you never have and even if you had the time & money you still wouldn't.
Maybe you and your doctor should work on teaching you to LIVE AND LET LIVE. Because I'm sure none of his actions are hurting you, right?
See this is the great thing about this country, freedom of speech. Everyone can use it, but not everyone knows how to use it correctly.
THE POT & THE KETTLE ARE BOTH BLACK...so stop pointing.
NEXT TOPIC PLEASE...
How about you grow a set and post non-anonymously if you feel so strongly about your opinions?
And you're right, we're both entitled to our opinions. I won't watch his films. And you don't have to read my site.
I don't donate my time and money to the poor because, I AM poor.
And don't presume to tell me that I wouldn't if I did. You DON'T know me.
Also, conversely, Mr. Cruise needs to live and let live as well. Here's the big difference: Tom Cruise has a hell of a lot more influence than I and his opinions impact a lot more people than mine.
If you don't like my opinions, dont read them. Just like I choose not to see TC's films.
"Anonymous" is probably one of those Scientology drones assigned to surf the blogs looking for views that deviate from their dogma. TC is always entitled to his opinion. What TC is not entitled to is the right to dispense flawed and idiotic medical advice. TC is simply parroting the catch-phrases of a cult and not any scientifically proven remedies for illness. For Tom Cruise to represent himself as an expert in the field of mental health care is a slap in the face of all people with even a functional IQ.Anonymous did hit the nail on the head when he/she pointed out that TC has a broader audience than the average blogger. And this may, in the end, be TC's downfall. It seems that the public has finally come to see that Tom Cruise is dumber than a box of rocks. He can have tons of money; he can have fame; he can bamboozle a sweet young thing into marrying him so fast your head would spin; but he still has to go home and be dumber than a box of rocks.
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