On Nov 4, 1:24 pm, Stephen Stink <not4ud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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!
>
> Come read all my articles at.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Enronscam/
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