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Monday, September 28, 2009
New Schizophrenia Blog
I have created a new schizophrenia blog yesterday. It is on wordpress. The name of the blog is "All About Schizophrenia."
Saturday, September 26, 2009
McGill Reporter » Blog Archive » Opening a window onto the brain
At the moment, there is just empty space between two pavilions at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. But, if everything goes according to plan - and it has to - come March 2011, one of the world’s top brain-imaging centres will open its doors on that exact spot.
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McGill Reporter » Blog Archive » Opening a window onto the brain
Monday, September 21, 2009
Residential centre review urged - Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Here is the link to a news article published by The Chronicle Herald. It's about doing something about the abuse going on in large residential centers. I personally feel that something should be done about this problem.
To read the article click on the link below.
Residential centre review urged - Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca
An Objective in Life
From the time I was fourteen years old until the year 2000 I suffered much suffering, pain, torture, and torment. Between my schizophrenia, addiction, and alcoholism I just went through living hell. In the year 2000 I started recovering from my schizophrenia, addiction, and alcoholism.
I personally believe that the reason for all that suffering was so that I could empathize with my fellow consumers, addicts, and alcoholics. I have been where they are and have been. I can share my experience, strength, and hope with them. One of my objectives in life is to do my best to help others.
I have often thought about going to University and getting official training in the mental health profession. Then getting an actual job in this field. This is not practical. It would cost too much money. It would take me too long to get my degree because I would not be able to handle a full work load. I would have to only attend part time.
So, the question is, how can I fulfill my objective in life helping others? If I cannot receive official training and actually work in the mental health field how can I help others? There is an answer to this question. MY WRITING. I have a gift for putting things down on paper. I am able to express myself better by writing than I can engaging in conversation. I can help others by continuing to write for the two newsletters I write for. I am able to help others through the articles I write for my blogs and web sites. Outside my marriage and work I have a purpose in life. Helping others.
Good luck in your own recovery.
I personally believe that the reason for all that suffering was so that I could empathize with my fellow consumers, addicts, and alcoholics. I have been where they are and have been. I can share my experience, strength, and hope with them. One of my objectives in life is to do my best to help others.
I have often thought about going to University and getting official training in the mental health profession. Then getting an actual job in this field. This is not practical. It would cost too much money. It would take me too long to get my degree because I would not be able to handle a full work load. I would have to only attend part time.
So, the question is, how can I fulfill my objective in life helping others? If I cannot receive official training and actually work in the mental health field how can I help others? There is an answer to this question. MY WRITING. I have a gift for putting things down on paper. I am able to express myself better by writing than I can engaging in conversation. I can help others by continuing to write for the two newsletters I write for. I am able to help others through the articles I write for my blogs and web sites. Outside my marriage and work I have a purpose in life. Helping others.
Good luck in your own recovery.
Focus
I used to watch a show called Life in the ER. It was a non-fiction show. It was actually filmed right in the trauma center. I was watching a show one day and someone asked the Doctor in charge of the trauma center why he was so successful at his work. He said focus. When he was in school he was 100% focused on his studies. Nothing else occupied his mind. Then when it was time to actually work in the trauma center he said when he was at work he was 100% focused on his work. Nothing else occupied his mind.
I need to apply this concept to my own life. If I want to be successful at achieving my goals and objectives in life I need to become 100% focused. To succeed in my marriage I need to be 100% focused on my marriage. To have a successful and profitable business I need to be 100% focused on our business. If I am to continue to be successful at my two writing jobs and my job as a collator I need to become 100% focused. In order to continue to be successful at my writing for my blogs and web sites I need to become 100% focused. Nothing else can occupy my mind. I need to put all thoughts out of my head that don't pertain to my goals and objectives.
This is the only way that I can become successful at all my goals and objectives in life. Focus, focus, focus. I am totally determined to accomplish this in my life. I can and will succeed. Good luck in achieving your own goals and objectives in life.
I need to apply this concept to my own life. If I want to be successful at achieving my goals and objectives in life I need to become 100% focused. To succeed in my marriage I need to be 100% focused on my marriage. To have a successful and profitable business I need to be 100% focused on our business. If I am to continue to be successful at my two writing jobs and my job as a collator I need to become 100% focused. In order to continue to be successful at my writing for my blogs and web sites I need to become 100% focused. Nothing else can occupy my mind. I need to put all thoughts out of my head that don't pertain to my goals and objectives.
This is the only way that I can become successful at all my goals and objectives in life. Focus, focus, focus. I am totally determined to accomplish this in my life. I can and will succeed. Good luck in achieving your own goals and objectives in life.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Obsessed With Religion
I have a real deep interest in religion. I have been like that for many many years. I am wondering if it is getting out of hand. I am wondering if I am getting too obsessed with religion. I am wondering if my obsessive compulsive disorder is getting out of hand. I am wondering if it is my OCD that is causing me to get too obsessed with religion. It is true that it is my spiritual and religious beliefs that are responsible for my recovery from mental illness and addiction. I think that it is getting out of hand. As time goes on I seem to be getting more and more obsessed with religion. It is getting to the point that it is causing me much concern about my sanity. There is nothing wrong with religion if it doesn't take control of ones thoughts and emotions. I am starting to have a feeling of having no control over how much religion occupies my thoughts and feelings. I just can't get these thoughts of religion out of my head.
Lately I have been communicating with the Mormons. I have been doing some research on this religion. I am wondering if they are truly a cult like everyone says they are. I must confess that their religion does appeal to me but I am also having doubts whether I should believe it. I would just love to get rid of my obsessions with religion. I don't know how to accomplish this though. I think I am going to stop all reading on religion and stop discussing it with people. At least for now. I am going to try to occupy my mind with other things such as the business Kim and I have started. I want to become 100% focused on our business. I also want to continue my research on mental illness. It is one thing to believe and pray to God but it is totally another thing to become obsessed with religion. They are not the same. In fact I am thinking about putting the spiritual life out of my mind as well. Forget about even the 12 steps and anything that has a spiritual connection to it. Just put all thoughts of spirituality and religion totally out of my mind. I think that this is necessary if I am going to get back my sanity concerning this problem. My sanity is important to me. I will try my very best to successfully get rid of all thoughts about religion. I personally feel that this is necessary concerning where I am at right now in my life. I have more important things to think about and accomplish in my life right now. I have a wonderful relationship with my wife. I have two writing jobs. I have another part time job being a collator. Kim and I have our business to attend to at the present moment. In fact starting October 4th this year we will be selling Kim's product at the Flea Market in Grenich. We will be there all winter up until the spring. I am hoping that we will be successful there and sell lots of product. It will be very difficult to accomplish these goals but I desperately need to get all thoughts of religion totally out of my mind. I will have to figure out how to do this by trial and error but I am determined to succeed. Wish me luck.
Lately I have been communicating with the Mormons. I have been doing some research on this religion. I am wondering if they are truly a cult like everyone says they are. I must confess that their religion does appeal to me but I am also having doubts whether I should believe it. I would just love to get rid of my obsessions with religion. I don't know how to accomplish this though. I think I am going to stop all reading on religion and stop discussing it with people. At least for now. I am going to try to occupy my mind with other things such as the business Kim and I have started. I want to become 100% focused on our business. I also want to continue my research on mental illness. It is one thing to believe and pray to God but it is totally another thing to become obsessed with religion. They are not the same. In fact I am thinking about putting the spiritual life out of my mind as well. Forget about even the 12 steps and anything that has a spiritual connection to it. Just put all thoughts of spirituality and religion totally out of my mind. I think that this is necessary if I am going to get back my sanity concerning this problem. My sanity is important to me. I will try my very best to successfully get rid of all thoughts about religion. I personally feel that this is necessary concerning where I am at right now in my life. I have more important things to think about and accomplish in my life right now. I have a wonderful relationship with my wife. I have two writing jobs. I have another part time job being a collator. Kim and I have our business to attend to at the present moment. In fact starting October 4th this year we will be selling Kim's product at the Flea Market in Grenich. We will be there all winter up until the spring. I am hoping that we will be successful there and sell lots of product. It will be very difficult to accomplish these goals but I desperately need to get all thoughts of religion totally out of my mind. I will have to figure out how to do this by trial and error but I am determined to succeed. Wish me luck.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Schizophrenia and Smoking
Smoking is a real major problem for mental health consumers. I have done some research on this topic. Scientists suspect a breakdown in the bio-chemistry of the brain causes schizophrenia. They suspect the dopamine system. There is to much dopamine. When this neurotransmitter picks up the message from the brain cell and carries it to another it doesn't bind properly to the receptors. As a result of this the messages get all mixed up. This is what causes the symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.
According to research being done on how smoking affects those with schizophrenia. Nicotine binds to the dopamine and does something to this system. The affects of the nicotine creates a positive reaction. The nicotine actually improves the cognitive functioning of those with schizophrenia. It also improves the psychological and emotional functioning of consumers. It plainly makes a person have positive psychological and emotional experiences. It creates a sense of well being for the person smoking tobacco.
This is why so many consumers smoke. Very few people are able to actually quit. As a result of the benefits of the way nicotine affects the dopamine system it next to impossible to quit. I was talking to a scientist once and asked him if he had done any research on smoking. He said yes. I also asked him if it was possible for me to quit. He said I would need to be on the patch, receive intensive psychotherapy seven days a week. He said that the odds of quitting was next to impossible even with the prescribed treatment he informed me about.
Within the last nine years I have tried to quit several times. I was not successful. In fact when I tried to quit on a work day I just couldn't function. I wasn't able to do my job. My boss had to send me home. She told me to stop at the store and pick up some tobacco on the way home. She knew that I would never be able to quit. I want to quit so bad I can taste it but I have doubts that I will succeed. Maybe some day. That will be a long long ways down the road. No one has to tell me that smoking is not good on ones physical health. I know that I can develop life threatening diseases that could kill me. Even though I know these facts I still have no psychological power to quit and stay quit. One cannot quit on will power. If you are a consumer that smokes don't get all in a dither. It's better to have good mental health and live a satisfying life even though that life is shortened as a result of smoking.
I look at it this way. If nicotine and caffeine are my only vices in life I have nothing to worry about. If you compare this vice with vices I have had in the past they are nothing. I have nothing to worry about even though I smoke. I would rather live a short good quality life than be around a long time but have a poor quality life. I am totally satisfied with my life and I don't have to quit smoking to make it better. Life is wonderful and I love life. Psychologically and emotionally it couldn't get any better.
According to research being done on how smoking affects those with schizophrenia. Nicotine binds to the dopamine and does something to this system. The affects of the nicotine creates a positive reaction. The nicotine actually improves the cognitive functioning of those with schizophrenia. It also improves the psychological and emotional functioning of consumers. It plainly makes a person have positive psychological and emotional experiences. It creates a sense of well being for the person smoking tobacco.
This is why so many consumers smoke. Very few people are able to actually quit. As a result of the benefits of the way nicotine affects the dopamine system it next to impossible to quit. I was talking to a scientist once and asked him if he had done any research on smoking. He said yes. I also asked him if it was possible for me to quit. He said I would need to be on the patch, receive intensive psychotherapy seven days a week. He said that the odds of quitting was next to impossible even with the prescribed treatment he informed me about.
Within the last nine years I have tried to quit several times. I was not successful. In fact when I tried to quit on a work day I just couldn't function. I wasn't able to do my job. My boss had to send me home. She told me to stop at the store and pick up some tobacco on the way home. She knew that I would never be able to quit. I want to quit so bad I can taste it but I have doubts that I will succeed. Maybe some day. That will be a long long ways down the road. No one has to tell me that smoking is not good on ones physical health. I know that I can develop life threatening diseases that could kill me. Even though I know these facts I still have no psychological power to quit and stay quit. One cannot quit on will power. If you are a consumer that smokes don't get all in a dither. It's better to have good mental health and live a satisfying life even though that life is shortened as a result of smoking.
I look at it this way. If nicotine and caffeine are my only vices in life I have nothing to worry about. If you compare this vice with vices I have had in the past they are nothing. I have nothing to worry about even though I smoke. I would rather live a short good quality life than be around a long time but have a poor quality life. I am totally satisfied with my life and I don't have to quit smoking to make it better. Life is wonderful and I love life. Psychologically and emotionally it couldn't get any better.
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