Friday, October 29, 2010
Eleutrophobia part 2
I was more scared than a Libertarian trespassing on a private beach
with a pack of guard dogs chasing him. Well, not really scared. I
know insanity and I know it well; my brother and sister had it.
Back in the early 70’s, I had a friendship with the “neighborhood
nut.” I did a couple of favors for him and he trusted me implicitly
from then on. That is, until 1974 when he went off the deep end. He
was a chain smoker and claimed he was a blood relative of Jesus
Christ. I knew that something was wrong with him, but couldn’t
identify what it was. One moment, he would be talking maniacally, and
then he’d go into a trance and be totally incommunicado the next. It
was quite strange. When he was talkative, he’d lecture me on
international conspiracies. Mentally ill victims have a symptom
called Graphorrhea. They are compelled into writing symbols, shapes,
charts, and words simultaneously while engaging in discussion. They
believe that the world thinks like they do and by recording or
illustrating their points, those they are trying to impress can more
easily understand what they are saying. This guy would get a pad of
blank paper and, while lecturing me, would draw on a blank page and
then show it to me. (I was so glad he didn’t use a chalkboard!) He
would also enter into his President Nixon obsession. Like many of my
contemporaries of the time, he hated Nixon. But his hatred was
unhealthy. He claimed that Nixon and the CIA were out to kill him!
Then, he would assume a character like that of a villain from the
“Batman” comics. Villains like “The Joker” or “The Riddler.” He
displayed this goofy, sarcastic demeanor so that, at the end of every
sentence, he would emit a feigned laugh. He would say shit like,
“Nixon poo thinks he knows me! Ha! Yeah! As if this room isn’t
bugged! Ha! The government would never spy on its citizens. Ha!
Nixon follows the law like a good boy! Sure he does! Ha!” He’d pace
around the room while eating something and then rant between gulps. I
could never figure out why those with mental illness like to eat in
front of people.
He liked to keep journals on strangers. He thought that most
strangers were working for Nixon. He kept one on the mailman. If
anything about his mail appeared irregular, he’d be convinced that the
mailman had actually opened all of it and read its contents. He
thought he would outsmart the CIA by addressing letters to himself and
then mailing them. Well, in 1974 he accused me of being an agent of
Nixon! Shortly thereafter, he was institutionalized and I never saw
him again. Later, I talked to his mother and she told me he was
diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia. At the time, I didn’t know
what meant. Then, when members of my own family were afflicted with
the disease, I started doing research on mental illness. Eventually,
I discovered that many celebrities had this illness. Actresses like
Frances Farmer and Margot Kidder, among many others, suffered from
this disease.
I’ve found that most mentally ill people are poverty stricken.
During the Reagan administration, thousands of mental patients were
pushed out into the street due to the closure of many government-run
hospitals as a result of cuts to tax-funded programs. Schizophrenics
are high functioning people that often remain a part of society. Some
are very creative and become rich and famous. For some, this is a
fate worse than death in that they self-medicate by using drugs and
alcohol. Others turn to religion.
For some reason, many U.S. Americans view wealth as a direct result
of intelligence and God’s blessings—regardless of the wealthy
individual’s mental state. They are then astonished when, on one
fateful day, a Schizophrenic has a psychotic episode and either kills
others and/or himself. If the afflicted one is lucky, the police will
get to him/her before they do either.
Often, I watch Glenn Beck on the Fox News channel. At first, I
thought his was just a crummy act. He has admitted on television that
he has Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.). This is a common brain
disorder that can be managed by drugs. The more I watch his show, the
more I’m convinced that his is no act. His behavior reminds me of the
symptoms my friend mentioned above had. When Beck is in a low mood,
he gets histrionic and religious. While in that state, he reminds me
of a Catholic giving a confession, however, his humility seems so
insincere. When he gets manic, he acts like the villain, “The
Joker.” When he gets visibly paranoid, he starts to rant about George
Soros. I know that defaming George Soros is part of the Right wing’s
talking points, but Glenn acts like this old Holocaust survivor is out
to get him. He refers to Soros as “The Spooky Dude.”
A lot of religious and political leaders have had mental illness--
from Adolph Hitler to The Reverend Jim Jones. I think Glenn Beck
might be suffering from Bipolar Disorder, of which A.D.D. can be a
byproduct. If Beck were to read this piece I’ve written, he might
think George Soros planted it! Mental illness is no laughing matter.
If Beck is putting on an act, then shame on him for mocking mentally
ill people!
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