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I like the heat! We go out on my dad's boat and jump in the water. It's fun!
Posted by Gwen at July 24, 2006 12:17 PM
Civil liberties. The TAC brainwashing tactics just do not fly with anyone with an education or open mind, even plain common sense.
Those who trust TAC for what they claim to be doing, in public education regarding mental illness, should really research and pay attention to the motives and the techniques of how TAC operates. Shutter the thought: compare TAC and Scientology.
One of my 20 something daughters just attended the
Freedom, Tolerance, and Civil Society seminar, at
The Institute for Humane Studies. The best part of this is that there are young people with open minds out there expressing and moving forward, ideals regarding freedom, and civil liberties.
Watch out, for the next generation TAC, and Torrey. They aren't buying your bullshit ideas, such as forced medication for psychiatric consumers.
Posted by Stephany at July 24, 2006 12:29 PM
I feel it is imperative to take this to another level, regarding medication, illness, and crisis.
Ethically, morally and heartfelt speaking: when we get sick, what do we want friends, family, loved ones, etc to do if we go off the deep end?
DNR.
Do not resuscitate.
This is such a widely accepted part of American culture. We can choose, per written or verbal request to add this to our chart if we are dying from a terminal illness or not: to choose, to be brought back to life, via medical intervention.
This request must be honored, though we may lie dying on a bed in a hospital, the request is honored.
We made the decision when we were not sick. Perhaps people can relate to creating a Will, or Living Trust.
Just as we may wonder if we were injured in an accident and left braindead, what would we want those close to us to do?
Do we want to be unplugged from life support?
This is the same thing as medication for psychiatric illness.
If or when we fall down, into a psychotic break, etc, what do we want to happen to us?
Do we choose life? we have the same choice as if we had breast cancer and rejected chemo treatments.
We have the Right to take medication or refuse medication, and Society, and those included that are pre-determined to choose for us, cannot do so.
I feel it is fair warning, to anyone with a mental health diagnoses, to get a medical directive created for yourself when you are well and feeling good.
This is a document that will legally speak for you, when you may not be able to do so.
I am in a unique situation, being a consumer (I really do not like consumer as a description), and a Mother of a daughter who just came out of a year's basic psychotic coma.
Ethics.Moral obligations.Family. So many words so little time.
What would I have done if I did not know her, and what she wanted?
I knew her before she fell into her abyss. I could hear her voice.
What if I never knew what she wanted?
This, is the defining moment we must all face.
I personally, do not want a shallow, impersonal Law forcing me to take medication, whether it is for cancer, diabetes, AIDS, or mental illness.
Take action, and defend your Rights with a Legal document, that states what loved ones should do, if we were to fall into an abyss and not speak or think for ourselves.
We have the Right to receive care and medication and we have the Right to refuse it.
Posted by Stephany at July 24, 2006 08:39 PM