Reply With QuoteIt sounds to me like another way to feed their anti-depressant drug habit and for quack doctors to milk the insurance companies and medicare for more money.
People have actually taken shotguns to their heads ! ... personally, I wonder if they have been added to the running for 2004 Darwin Awards...?? :rollside:
Kerry supporters seek therapy in South Florida Boca Raton trauma specialist has treated 15 patients...
Published Tuesday, November 9, 2004
by Sean Salai
More than a dozen traumatized John Kerry supporters have sought and received therapy from a licensed Florida psychologist since their candidate lost to President Bush, the Boca Raton News learned Monday.
Boca Raton trauma specialist Douglas Schooler said he has treated 15 clients and friends with “intense hypnotherapy” since the Democratic nominee conceded last Wednesday. “I had one friend tell me he’s never been so depressed and angry in his life,” Schooler said. “I observed patients threatening to leave the country or staring listlessly into space. They were emotionally paralyzed, shocked and devastated.”
SchoolerÂ’s disclosure comes after the weekend discovery of a Kerry volunteerÂ’s corpse at Ground Zero in New York City. Georgia resident Andrew Veal, 25, reportedly killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head due to KerryÂ’s loss and a girlfriend problem.
Some mental health professionals in South Florida said Monday they have already developed a new category for the Kerry-related stress reactions. Because Palm Beach County voted heavily for Kerry, the therapists said, many residents hurt themselves by so anxiously expecting the Massachusetts senator to win – especially those who maintained unrealistic recount hopes after their candidate’s concession.“We’re calling it ‘post-election selection trauma’ and we’re working to develop a counseling program for it,” said Rob Gordon, the Boca-based executive director of the American Health Association. “It’s like post-traumatic stress syndrome, but it’s a short-term shock rather than a childhood trauma.” Gordon, the first American Red Cross psychotherapist sent to Ground Zero after the 9/11 terror attacks, said therapists’ main concern is to prevent the recurrence of Kerry-related suicides like the one in New York City. “There are definitely people depressed by John Kerry’s loss, and this can easily lead to suicides like the one we saw up in New York this weekend,” Gordon said. “Luckily, it can be treated if people seek help. We’re urging people to call us immediately if they feel depressed or know anyone who is seriously stressed out.”
Also in Boca, at least one counseling center and an emotional support group were preparing for an influx of Kerry supporters at their first post-election meetings today.“We’ll let the Kerry voters talk about it and let off some steam, and by listening to other people’s stories, we’ll help them refocus and surrender to the things in their life which they can’t possibly change,” said a spokeswoman for Emotions Anonymous, a recovery group meeting tonight at Glades Presbyterian Church. “We’re referring people with election-related stress to the Democratic National Committee,” said Karen Jacobs of the Center for Group Counseling. “We’ll do what we can for anyone who shows up for our support group programs this week, but we haven’t implemented a specific program for Kerry-related trauma.”
Schooler, practicing in Boca since 1984, said he treated his 15 patients last week with hypnosis-based rapid response trauma therapy. This week, he is charging a sliding fee to non-clients who feel they need the one-time “election therapy” session. South Floridians can contact him at 561-395-3033. “A lot of Kerry voters don’t know what to do with their anger, because there was no recount, so they’ve kept it bottled up,” said Schooler, who also is a certified sex therapist. “I help them transform the anger into more positive emotions.”
Asked to describe symptoms of the post-election trauma, Schooler said, “They include feelings of extreme anger, despair, hopelessness, powerlessness, a failure to function behaviorally, a sense of disillusionment, of not wanting to vote anymore – that sort of thing. We’re talking about a deep, unhealthy personal suffering that can best be remedied by intensive short-term therapy.”
If people are that helpless I say, "Right On", survival of the fittest. :hammerhea
A little sad, but not suprising. :notam:
I think the above article accurately demonstrates the differences between liberals and conservatives. Had Bush lost, I think many conservatives would have prayed. This in itself a form of meditation and relaxation. A way to accept what one can't change. The liberals don't have that release mechanism, so they get depressed and try to blow their brains out. Which one seems healthier?
As a side note to the liberals here: I'm agnostic, so don't bother calling me a bible-thumper!
I think the above article accurately demonstrates the differences between liberals and conservatives. Had Bush lost, I think many conservatives would have prayed. This in itself a form of meditation and relaxation. A way to accept what one can't change. The liberals don't have that release mechanism, so they get depressed and try to blow their brains out. Which one seems healthier?
As a side note to the liberals here: I'm agnostic, so don't bother calling me a bible-thumper!
It is also to be expected from those whose philosophy is so dominated by emotion.
It goes without saying that the Kerry followers have to have some kind of mental illness to begin with to not see through all the flip flop bullshit.
It goes without saying that the Kerry followers have to have some kind of mental illness to begin with to not see through all the flip flop bullshit.
You took the words out of my mouth. I figured anyone who believed what Kerry said was nuts.
This is why so many of them relate with terrorists. They will die for their cause.
I forget the exact quote from Patton, but it goes something like this:
"Victory is not dying for your cause....victory is getting the poor fool bastards on the other side to die for theirs."
It is not suprising though. Too bad kahanamanboylovebiatch won't take a clue.
Gives a more serious meaning to "Kool-Aid drinkers"......Cheers!
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