HappyTurkeyDay2009
Introduction/Definition/etc
Might as well be nice one day a year ;-/
20091126 04.27 am Jerry
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OK, so I'm not normally very nice on this "blog"/ wiki
where I didn't get what I wanted after 5 years of effort,
so why be nice today?
Well, it's an anniversary of sorts....
People go through the hell of family stuff,
or some homeless are treated well
for a change, and then back out into
the cruel cold world...
Millions and Millions of turkeys are slaughtered
to make meals for the meat eaters,
and Tofurkey is served in some of the
vegan/ vegetarian homes across the world,
and it's a food, football and family holiday,
unlike some religious holidays where pagans
rule...
But I said I was being nice, and was the proceeding
paragraphs nice?
Must have woken up on the wrong side
of the bed again. Which reminds me,
there was a PBS special on the sleep/
dreaming stuff recently. I didn't catch much
of it, but seemed like REM sleep has
something to do with people's mood
changes at night/ waking. Too much REM
and people have issues?
Not enough sleep and I seem to think
it breaks people, as some people
are tortured that way.
And triptophan (sp?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryptophan
that thing in turkey
that makes people sleepy, add driving
and "crazy" schedules and it becomes dangerous,
so to steal from Hill Street Blues (old TV cop show)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_Street_Blues
"Let's be careful out there!"
But there was something else on my mind,
Oh, yeah, Mary Ellen Copeland wrote some
http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/
other books besides just WRAP (Wellness
Recovery Action Plans) which states seem to
be pushing upon unsuspecting millions,
and making her some personal $$$.
My feeling is that anyone who thinks
they have a cure for MH, needs to have
their head examined, not by professionals,
but by other people "on the ward", so to speak.
IAmBackFromTheBrink.com
is one such site. I've not read the book,
otherwise I'd need to do a book report on
it and share it with the whole class ;-/
but it worries me when people claim
to be cured. Moderation Management
http://moderation.org/
and many substance abuse people
claim to be recoverED, and while people
may make progress, and glad some people
are, even in my perpetually grouchy state,
selling stuff to other people when
you claim to be well seems frought
with danger/ risk, IMO.
Teaching coping skills, sharing what
works for you, and trying to give back
make sense, but making claims of
having the answer for other people???
Back to Mary Ellen Copeland's little empire,
I'd done the WRAP Basic class a long time
ago and worked on a WRAP plan,
many weeks of what seemed like an
ordeal, writing out the future when the future
generally isn't very certain. Why would I tell people
what I want, when the system seems abusive?
My teacher didn't seem very respectful
to me, and someone, it seems, paid
$1000+ for the person to be able to teach
that? Why wouldn't some states use
something that doesn't profit an individual?
Buy the rights to use WRAP???
It's like a single vendor solution
(read M$) which is probably basically
illegal, though I'm not a lawyer (IANAL)
and don't play one on line nor in groups...
Copelands Loneliness Workbook
and the Depression Workbook come to mind.
A brief perusal of the books make it look like
selling blank paper (many workbooks are).
I'm sure some people swear by
the process and are obligated to give
trainings based on someone else paying
or they themselves paying $Thousands$
to learn Her process.
And not that there isn't a need for such
things. Having baseline materials
to discuss MH issues (since MH is
so varied, it could be Depression,
could be Schizophrenia (usually
requires more structured activities)
or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
or Borderline Personality Disorder,
or Manic Depression/ Bipolar,
or any number of other DSM disease
based things, which IMO need to
be considered separately,
lumping them all into the same
category of "The Mentally Ill"
doesn't seem like it will ever lead
to a solution, scientifically, as it's
comparing apples and oranges...
But I digress. Happy Thanksgiving
people. Try To Stay Alive.
We have had too many losses,
to add to the list, and I might start
being mean to people who pass,
as it seems like positive reinforcement
to be nice to people we lose,
and I'm so rarely nice after the last
few years experience with the
MH/Advocacy racket, that like
Seinfield's one character,
maybe trying the opposite
will help...
And this concludes this very
early am rambling/ ranting,
er. positive reinforcing inspirational
talk...
Farmers Markets Paviliion Proposal?
P.S. Speaking of foods,
Fairfax County & other jurisdictions
could use Year Round Farmers Markets
by adding Arts and Crafts (writing, photography,
painting, sewing/ pottery, (read things done
in MH Centers and at home by MH people
sellable to neighbors without risk of getting
physically sick like edibles),
just like Alexandria City's 200+ year
old market at City Hall, and other
markets in DC & elsewhere do.
While local produce may be scarce
during the winter and early spring months,
and having an underground/ parking level
really helps for bad weather
(read rain, ice/cold/hot sun),might be good,
plus power plugs on the light poles
available for heaters/ computers/ lights/ etc,
plus Harrisonburg, VA built a pavillion
(permanent roof to avoid tent setup/
teardown) in their FM parking lot!,
(oh, and access to bathrooms,
sounds like a Stimulus proposal to me!...)
some people need a support group for the
After Market withdrawl of the community/
preK, seniors networking / politicking that is
missing when seasonal markets
[and analogously homeless shelters]
close down/ shutter.
Says a local PITA who first wrote
about Farmers Markets in StreetSense,
later made the front page with a gleaning
photo, and has been to all sorts of ones
over the last few years...
Some farmer's markets even take food stamps,
match funds, provide donations to local food
banks as rent for using government space,
so does a community good too...
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Summary of experience or similar
Discussion
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Page History
20100114 Jerry
- Highlight Farmers Market Proposal with a header, add some links for substances/ shows/ ideas not referenced
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20091126 Jerry
- Jerry created this page to wish all the turkeys and tofurkeys a nice day...
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