jlf1961
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I always thought humans were social animals, mostly needing others to thrive, though to various degrees. Though down-time and quiet time is definitely healing at times.
I never was a social animal, I participated in football and junior high more out of the desire to win my father's approval than the desire to play the sport. I did play baseball in highschool becuase I did enjoy that sport considerably.
The more people around, the more pressure there is to fit into the 'norm' for society, all of which, in my honest opinion is a facade, an attempt to hide the fact that most people are just going through the motions of living, thus only existing.
When you consider that every time a trend or fashion change comes along, the majority of the population immediately take it up as the proper mode of dress, lifestyle or whatever. Individualists are considered strange, weird, or worse.
And while the peace corp is a worth while calling, as is any volunteer organization, many of which I do support in one way or another, the majority of people would rather look out for number one than do something for their fellow man.
Besides, what has happened to those people who stood up and demanded a change? People like Ghandi, Martin Luther King jr, Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon? Civil rights workers from the sixties in the south?
Ever notice when someone steps up to stress peace, equality, goodwill they seem to end up dead?
The majority of the hippies of the sixties who were singing the praises of peace, love etc have evolved into capitalist fanatics. In the late seventies, a group of physicists from the soviet union and the west stood up and openly spoke out against nuclear weapons, the arms race and Mutally Assured Distruction. In the US the physicists lost any government grants, in the Soviet Union the physicists were imprisoned.
After seeing combat first hand, I have basically come to the conclusion that it is the most insane undertaking of man, and even though millions of people argue against it, countries still send troops to places where we are not wanted. And the millions that screamed out against war suddenly find reasons to justify using force.
Of course, the United States is much better, here the government denies people the right to decide what happens on land the government deeded to them in treaties.
The federal government could stop wasting money subsidizing the railroad industry to the tune of 12.9 billion a year for improving the railroad infrastructure to handle high speed rail traffic, so that high speed interstate passenger service can be put into operation, which would mean more subsidizing of AMTRAK which hasnt shown a profit since it was created, and put the money where it would do more good, the inner cities.
Of course, since big money ELECTS politicians, that will never happen, and projects like the bridge to nowhere in alaska will still get more attention than the school in some inner city neighborhood that is in such disrepair, it should be condemned.
And for the record, I have voiced that opinion in group, in private sessions, in sessions with the case review team which includes yet another shrink, and also pointed out that I would like a different therapists simply because I really didnt like having someone that keeps pushing an issue that I have already tried to resolve on countless occasions and explained that EVERY time my sister gives me Dad's phone number and I call him, he changes his god damn fucking number.
As I stated before, when diplomacy and tact hasnt worked, what should I have done, Kiss her ass and sit down and be told once again I am not doing everything I should be doing concerning my father, the fact I never truly grieved for my mother (in her opinion,) have unresolved issues with my sister in houston (we are talking once a week which is more than we were when I started with the shrink lady) and that I should be more agreeable to compromise than I am.
I compromised when I agreed to let my half sister move into the house mom left me, I compromised when I quit self medicating and sought professional help.
However, I refuse to change the core person I have always been to conform to someone's standards who really seems to think that there way is the only right way to do something. Psychology is NOT an exact science. If it was, we wouldnt need insane asylums. The human mind is not made up the same way in everyone, what works for Joe Smith may not work for Jane Doe, or me for that matter.
If my comfort zone is on two acres of land 5 miles outside of town or a boat 30 miles offshore, what is wrong with that? If I wish to limit my interactions with large numbers of people, that is my right under the constitution. As long as I am not harming anyone or myself, then there is not a damn thing wrong with the situation.
I was ordered to go to therapy twice a week and attend a group session once a week as a condition for release from a state mental hospital after I had a suicidal breakdown. I have one more year to go on that order, and while I do see the possible benifits of therapy, and even agree that it would do me good, I also think I have a better chance at progress with a therapist that at least dresses in a manner that is more in conformity with the medical profession than some high priced prostitute.
Now, if asking for another therapist didnt work, then perhaps this will. Of course, I could face another stay at the rubber wall hotel, but at this point, I really dont give a shit.
I am normally not a rude person, nor do I really enjoy rattling people's chains in that fashion. I do believe in speaking bluntly on a subject, without being insulting. But I also expect to be listened to and not told I am not trying to do something when clearly I am. There are just somethings I refuse to change, and a dislike for a society that places more value on making a buck than being themselves and actually practicing what they preach on sunday.
Now, I am going to ask this, considering the need of volunteers in the world today, the number of places that habitat for humanity or the peace corp could do some good, why is it that there is still a lack of enough support for those programs that the only time people care is after some disaster like katrina, or the tsunami in the indian ocean? Why isnt the support there ALL of the time?
If I was wrong about the majority of the human race, then those programs and every other program that is trying to better the lives of people here and around the country would have more than enough support and projects that have been put on hold to improve neighborhoods or projects to improve the health and welfare of people in third world countries would have been done, and the need for such groups would only happen after a natural disaster.
And for the record, I volunteer three times a week to help the local habitate for humanity group with record keeping, ordering supplies, and lining up companies that are willing to donate material.
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