Mockingbird6
Patron with Honors
I just read Margery Wakefield’s story. It was very depressing. Her case did not get resolved, either in Scientology or in the mental health services. But the story made me realize something I really didn’t like looking at: Scientology says it can handle anything, but it has no handling for those who get into truly unhappy states like this woman, or the people getting kicked out of Flag when they go Type III. Dumping an OT out of Flag is deserting a comrade in need. If there were any handling available that worked, it would surely be done for OT’s, who have already proved they are comrades. This is a direct contradiction to the “We can handle anything” promise. And of course, once the promise is uttered, there start to be these mutterings that sound like, “except…except…except…” And all the “except’s” are chalked up to the faults of the persons being excluded.
I am still of the belief that none of us will make it unless we all do. So we are going to have to be able to help everyone, the mentally ill too, not just the able. Some will say, “They deserve it, they have self-destruct postulates, they’ve done bad things in past lives.” Well, WHO hasn’t?
It was a revelation to me when Margery Wakefield described the terrible pain she was in during her breakdowns. I did not know this was the case. It is almost as though she was being punished for something. I myself have gotten well past the idea that people should be punished for their prior misdeeds, and I sure don’t need to punish the mentally ill.
Is the Freezone capable of handling this woman’s problems? Has anyone else found a way to help the mentally ill? I know that the worse off a person is, the more gently you have to handle them. Would it be too hard on a fragile personality to just get her to name persons that other people "think should be punished" the way she’s being punished, let her do this until she got to the point where she saw that no one needs to be punished like that? Or would this process be too tough at her stage? What other solutions have been found?
Thanks, M6
I am still of the belief that none of us will make it unless we all do. So we are going to have to be able to help everyone, the mentally ill too, not just the able. Some will say, “They deserve it, they have self-destruct postulates, they’ve done bad things in past lives.” Well, WHO hasn’t?
It was a revelation to me when Margery Wakefield described the terrible pain she was in during her breakdowns. I did not know this was the case. It is almost as though she was being punished for something. I myself have gotten well past the idea that people should be punished for their prior misdeeds, and I sure don’t need to punish the mentally ill.
Is the Freezone capable of handling this woman’s problems? Has anyone else found a way to help the mentally ill? I know that the worse off a person is, the more gently you have to handle them. Would it be too hard on a fragile personality to just get her to name persons that other people "think should be punished" the way she’s being punished, let her do this until she got to the point where she saw that no one needs to be punished like that? Or would this process be too tough at her stage? What other solutions have been found?
Thanks, M6