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In reply to the discussion: Raising Adam Lanza's.. Raising 9-Year-Old a Psychopaths [View all]Gregorian
(23,867 posts)She also endured child abuse. So there is also a personal credential.
The context of much of what she writes is in contrast to the 4th Commandment. Thou shalt honor thy mother and father. Even if they abused you. Almost every abused child grows up in denial that it ever happened. They turn into George Bush's, Romney's, Hitlers. And the most recent killer.
She spent decades studying this. But what makes her work more valuable is that she found results. Hospitals that were forcing women to eat when they were anorexic. She found that when the abuse was uncovered, they no longer needed hospital "help". The stories go on and on. Her books are earth shattering. She found a connection between the emotional crippling, and physical health. Depression and inability to express emotions. No Prozac.
And the bottom line is we have all been mistreated. This isn't just a sparse group. This is all of us. And that's why we need a new health care infrastructure that is sensitive, and truly helpful.
Well, I've spent a day typing on this forum. I never was this involved. But I honestly see this as the way forward to a future for a better world. Getting over these issues, and maturing into whole and healthy people. Better politicians, fewer wars. It can be done. But it's a lot of work. Maybe now we can get our priorities straight.