Comments on: I’m with Brooke Shields… http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/ aberystwyth-based multimedia artist Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lainey http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-770 Lainey Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:46:37 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-770 Tom Cruise isn't the brightest bulb. Have you ever seen him in an interview? His bashing of Brooke Shields taking antidepressants is the rantings of an ignoramous. He is all gloss and no brain. His arrogant stance on antidepressants will influence someone to not take necessary medications. Such an idiot. He needs to keep his mouth shut. Tom Cruise isn’t the brightest bulb. Have you ever seen him in an interview? His bashing of Brooke Shields taking antidepressants is the rantings of an ignoramous. He is all gloss and no brain. His arrogant stance on antidepressants will influence someone to not take necessary medications. Such an idiot. He needs to keep his mouth shut.

]]> By: Ally http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-769 Ally Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:35:25 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-769 I don't think it was really wise of Tom to say that because what does he know about post-partum depression? I mean, how can he speak about it if he's never gone through it, you know? My parents were talking about it and I asked how he even said that comment and my mom said, "Well, someone probably asked him about it and he replied", and my dad goes, "Right, because, you know, he would know, since I'm sure he knows all about that." You could really sense the sarcasm! Lol. So I'm not sure if Tom DOES know about it firsthand, but I agree with Brooke. Also, because post-partum dep. just doesn't sound healthy! Any form of depression is unhealthy, so it's really up to the person experiencing it if they want to seek treatment or not. And I agree, just because he has a history in psychiatry or whatever doesn't mean he IS a psychiatrist. And plus, what if Katie goes through something like that after they have their baby? I'm sure he'd want treatment then, don't you think? I mean, I doubt he'd want her to stay that way, since it's not healthy! So yeah, I agree with Brooke on this one, lol. Later. I don’t think it was really wise of Tom to say that because what does he know about post-partum depression? I mean, how can he speak about it if he’s never gone through it, you know? My parents were talking about it and I asked how he even said that comment and my mom said, “Well, someone probably asked him about it and he replied”, and my dad goes, “Right, because, you know, he would know, since I’m sure he knows all about that.” You could really sense the sarcasm! Lol. So I’m not sure if Tom DOES know about it firsthand, but I agree with Brooke. Also, because post-partum dep. just doesn’t sound healthy! Any form of depression is unhealthy, so it’s really up to the person experiencing it if they want to seek treatment or not. And I agree, just because he has a history in psychiatry or whatever doesn’t mean he IS a psychiatrist. And plus, what if Katie goes through something like that after they have their baby? I’m sure he’d want treatment then, don’t you think? I mean, I doubt he’d want her to stay that way, since it’s not healthy! So yeah, I agree with Brooke on this one, lol.
Later.

]]> By: Joyce http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-768 Joyce Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:55:35 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-768 Yes, I do believe in the spirit...inhabiting a very physical body! Chemistry is chemistry, and it definitely applies to (to help or harm) our bodies. As a mother of a kid with ADD, I hate to see people like Cruise spouting off about things that they learned about through propaganda put out by organizations that depend financially on you buying their ideas. It would be similar to my deciding on medication based on the drug companies ads....I don't make my medical decisions that way. I'm with Brooke on this one. Stephen's comment was spot on. Yes, I do believe in the spirit…inhabiting a very physical body! Chemistry is chemistry, and it definitely applies to (to help or harm) our bodies. As a mother of a kid with ADD, I hate to see people like Cruise spouting off about things that they learned about through propaganda put out by organizations that depend financially on you buying their ideas. It would be similar to my deciding on medication based on the drug companies ads….I don’t make my medical decisions that way. I’m with Brooke on this one.

Stephen’s comment was spot on.

]]> By: cita http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-767 cita Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:42:50 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-767 anti-depressants work! and THERE IS such a thing as chemical imbalance. and it occurs in families like ours; if only those afflicted would see a doctor right away..i wish there were a way to measure chemical imbalances accurately, but until then, anyone feeling off or irrational for prolonged periods should see a psych asap. anti-depressants work! and THERE IS such a thing as chemical imbalance. and it occurs in families like ours; if only those afflicted would see a doctor right away..i wish there were a way to measure chemical imbalances accurately, but until then, anyone feeling off or irrational for prolonged periods should see a psych asap.

]]> By: Sirpa-Kaarina http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-766 Sirpa-Kaarina Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:43:39 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-766 I have used Prozac for four years now and I am sure it has saved my life more than once. Sirpa-Kaarina Finland, Europe I have used Prozac for four years now and I am sure it has saved my life more than once.

Sirpa-Kaarina
Finland, Europe

]]> By: Sirpa-Kaarina http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-765 Sirpa-Kaarina Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:40:25 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-765 I have used Prozac for four years now and I am sure it has saved my life more than once. Sirpa-Kaarina Finland, Europe I have used Prozac for four years now and I am sure it has saved my life more than once.

Sirpa-Kaarina
Finland, Europe

]]> By: Stuart Jebbitt http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-764 Stuart Jebbitt Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:36:25 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-764 Michael It's Stu, your old school buddy here, just checking your blog, as I like your fluid drawing style - it's great! Anyway, just noticed a packet I recognise - I've taken Lustral now for about 3 years and it works better than anything I've had before with less side effects - plus it doesn't meke you put on a load of weight. Don't know what you know about my problems, since we've been out of contact, but o have been a Manic-depressive for about 15 years. Giveit a go mate, it does improve your mood and helps you feel more energised. Of course, evryones body chemistry differs , but it's worth a good go. might work for you. best wishes as ever Stuart stuartjebbitt@hotmail.com I'm about to give up work in 2 weeks to become a stay-at-home dad! Michael
It’s Stu, your old school buddy here, just checking your blog, as I like your fluid drawing style - it’s great!
Anyway, just noticed a packet I recognise -
I’ve taken Lustral now for about 3 years and it works better than anything I’ve had before with less side effects - plus it doesn’t meke you put on a load of weight.
Don’t know what you know about my problems, since we’ve been out of contact, but o have been a Manic-depressive for about 15 years.
Giveit a go mate, it does improve your mood and helps you feel more energised. Of course, evryones body chemistry differs , but it’s worth a good go. might work for you.
best wishes as ever Stuart
stuartjebbitt@hotmail.com

I’m about to give up work in 2 weeks to become a stay-at-home dad!

]]> By: Nick http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-763 Nick Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:06:38 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-763 I am a scientologist. I fundamentally do not believe that mental illness is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. There might be a chemical imbalance that can be proved, but that would be because of the spirit causing it. Adrenalin, another chemical substance, is created by the body when danger occur. It's CAUSED by the mind detecting danger etc. Mind over matter, not the other way around. You must understand that the spirit makes the postulates over MEST (Matter, Energy, Space and Time). We, as spritual beings control much more than we think we do. Psychiatry does not believe in spiritual beings, it believes in biological causes. Right? I know at least two people that has been fully blown clinically depressed, and a couple more that has been on anti-depressants. A childhood friend of mine developed schizofrenia in his twenties, he was on Leponex and Cipramil (Prozac) for years and I doubt that was healthy for his brain. Although we don't have much contact nowadays he's told he's hearing voices etc. That's sort of really disturbing and scary to hear from someone you've had as a friend for like ten years. He stated that he really didn't think psychiatry worked. Another person I know spent some time in a mental hospital, she didn't do medication though which I think was good for her. Based on those experiences, perhaps psychiatry has helped sometimes, and sometimes it hasn't. It clearly and obviously however hasn't solved the problem of mental illness, that is something we all must agree on. Psychiatry is more about trying to change the patients condition in some direction. It's like taking alcohol when you feel bad. It might lift you up that evening but the problem reminds next day. Scientology can however dig deeper due to the fact that the mental images in the mind can get contacted, resulting in negative charges being blown. This can result in a better health condition, when the basic cause of mental illness are removed. I've read about cases where epilepsy has been cured for example. Studdering, manic-depressive syndroms etc. most probably origin from the reactive mind. Dianetics then offers a more sustainable way out of mental illness, although the cure for mental illness is not the basic purpose of Dianetics, it might come as a nice side effect though. You talk about your serotonin and dopamine levels all you want, that's purely BIOLOGICAL. I have two questions for you: 1) Do you believe in the human spirit? 2) Do you believe in past lives? Nick I am a scientologist.

I fundamentally do not believe that mental illness is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. There might be a chemical imbalance that can be proved, but that would be because of the spirit causing it. Adrenalin, another chemical substance, is created by the body when danger occur. It’s CAUSED by the mind detecting danger etc.

Mind over matter, not the other way around. You must understand that the spirit makes the postulates over MEST (Matter, Energy, Space and Time). We, as spritual beings control much more than we think we do.

Psychiatry does not believe in spiritual beings, it believes in biological causes. Right?

I know at least two people that has been fully blown clinically depressed, and a couple more that has been on anti-depressants. A childhood friend of mine developed schizofrenia in his twenties, he was on Leponex and Cipramil (Prozac) for years and I doubt that was healthy for his brain. Although we don’t have much contact nowadays he’s told he’s hearing voices etc. That’s sort of really disturbing and scary to hear from someone you’ve had as a friend for like ten years. He stated that he really didn’t think psychiatry worked. Another person I know spent some time in a mental hospital, she didn’t do medication though which I think was good for her.

Based on those experiences, perhaps psychiatry has helped sometimes, and sometimes it hasn’t. It clearly and obviously however hasn’t solved the problem of mental illness, that is something we all must agree on. Psychiatry is more about trying to change the patients condition in some direction. It’s like taking alcohol when you feel bad. It might lift you up that evening but the problem reminds next day.

Scientology can however dig deeper due to the fact that the mental images in the mind can get contacted, resulting in negative charges being blown. This can result in a better health condition, when the basic cause of mental illness are removed. I’ve read about cases where epilepsy has been cured for example. Studdering, manic-depressive syndroms etc. most probably origin from the reactive mind. Dianetics then offers a more sustainable way out of mental illness, although the cure for mental illness is not the basic purpose of Dianetics, it might come as a nice side effect though.

You talk about your serotonin and dopamine levels all you want, that’s purely BIOLOGICAL.

I have two questions for you:

1) Do you believe in the human spirit?
2) Do you believe in past lives?

Nick

]]> By: arjun http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-762 arjun Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:14:46 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-762 Wasn't that unhinged, that Cruise comment about depression? Ill-informed, arrogant, condescending (to both Shields and the interviewer), divisive, dogmatic, unsolicited, and worst of all spouted by a man who believes that "...each individual person (called a “thetan”) is considered to be a “thought unit” of the spiritual universe which interacts with the physical universe, usually by inhabiting a human body." No doubt he will have occasion to savage the laws of physics because he has read the History of Science and found that there is no such thing as a material imbalance. It seems likely that he is spurred into such profound metascientific gestures by the Hubbard College Dropout School of Mendacious Anti-Drug Cures (Narconon), of which one evaluatory statement had this to say: "...there is no documentation to show that the Hubbard method of detoxification from drug abuse conforms to scientific standards and medical experience. On the contrary, one may from a pharmacological point of view strongly question the idea of using enforced sweating to expel drugs from the body. The risks and side effects of the treatment method have also not been evaluated in a serious way." [Prof. Folke Sjoqvist, Scientific Advisor in Clinical Pharmacology to the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare, 1996.] Film stars ought to censor and crush their worldly judgments before they become influential opinions. Who knows how many Cruise fans are going to hurl themselves from windows of tall buildings because, being chemically balanced, they feel that their melancholy is a symptom of madness; or worse, that it is a symptom of some form of divine displeasure? As a Buddhist friend of mine said: Why increase the sum total of suffering? Isn’t there enough of it already in this world? Wasn’t that unhinged, that Cruise comment about depression? Ill-informed, arrogant, condescending (to both Shields and the interviewer), divisive, dogmatic, unsolicited, and worst of all spouted by a man who believes that “…each individual person (called a “thetan”) is considered to be a “thought unit” of the spiritual universe which interacts with the physical universe, usually by inhabiting a human body.” No doubt he will have occasion to savage the laws of physics because he has read the History of Science and found that there is no such thing as a material imbalance. It seems likely that he is spurred into such profound metascientific gestures by the Hubbard College Dropout School of Mendacious Anti-Drug Cures (Narconon), of which one evaluatory statement had this to say:

“…there is no documentation to show that the Hubbard method of detoxification from drug abuse conforms to scientific standards and medical experience. On the contrary, one may from a pharmacological point of view strongly question the idea of using enforced sweating to expel drugs from the body. The risks and side effects of the treatment method have also not been evaluated in a serious way.” [Prof. Folke Sjoqvist, Scientific Advisor in Clinical Pharmacology to the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare, 1996.]

Film stars ought to censor and crush their worldly judgments before they become influential opinions. Who knows how many Cruise fans are going to hurl themselves from windows of tall buildings because, being chemically balanced, they feel that their melancholy is a symptom of madness; or worse, that it is a symptom of some form of divine displeasure? As a Buddhist friend of mine said: Why increase the sum total of suffering? Isn’t there enough of it already in this world?

]]> By: mary http://blog.michaelnobbs.com/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-761 mary Mon, 04 Jul 2005 06:16:08 +0000 http://s162270878.websitehome.co.uk/wordpress/2005/06/26/im-with-brooke-shields/#comment-761 someone should point out to tom cruise that scientology is a cult, and cultism is one of the most dangerous drugs going. someone should point out to tom cruise that scientology is a cult, and cultism is one of the most dangerous drugs going.

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