tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223054313523080373.post4444220055426943276..comments2023-07-06T08:41:33.820-07:00Comments on Letters to Cassi and Other Folks: Reset My BrainRichard Leland Nealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096919816867820794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223054313523080373.post-31525625782837988202013-06-01T09:04:24.884-07:002013-06-01T09:04:24.884-07:00It is my experience that education for mental heal...It is my experience that education for mental health is horrible. There are a number of major practices that can help but few are put into use. Every now and again I give someone my lecture about anger management and sometimes those I lecture tell me that I changed their life. <br /><br />Then we must ask why I was the one to give that lecture rather than their mental health workers? People just have little understanding of those few concepts that will do the most good.<br />Richard Leland Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096919816867820794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223054313523080373.post-64366581392198643812013-05-30T13:30:12.321-07:002013-05-30T13:30:12.321-07:00You know, its interesting commentary. Although, li...You know, its interesting commentary. Although, like you, I'm unsure the exact origins of the practice. But know it wasn't so out of place in treating people who sought psychiatric help. In the 1950's when Vivien Leigh was filming Elephant Walk in Ceylon (the film was reshot with Liz Taylor, I believe) Vivien suffered a nervous breakdown and was flown back to England and admitted to a hospital for treatment. Here she was commonly packed in ice and given electroshock treatments to combat her escalating manic depression. And while this story is merely anecdotal, it should be noted that these treatments did not improve her health and in 1960, Sir Laurence Olivier could take no more and ended their 20 year marriage. Such a tragedy. How primitive those attempts to "cure" mental illness was. How misunderstood people who suffered from it were. And yet, while treatment is a little less crude today, I feel its still not as understood as it could be. Someday, generations will look back at us and think our way of handling it was crude and primitive, as well. Rebecca Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690707653684269624noreply@blogger.com