{"id":2148,"date":"2011-01-11T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:00:05","slug":"more-on-jared-lee-loughner-and-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/more-on-jared-lee-loughner-and-mental-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Jared Lee Loughner and Mental Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

I posted the\u00a0 blog entry below on the Jared Lee Loughner Shootings in Arizona earlier yesterday morning. ( I suggest you read that posting first.) I can’t believe the response. I’ve received hundreds of comments from people who said they were feeling the same way and there must be something we can do to bring light to the mental illness part of this situation.\u00a0 I’d like to say something up front- what Jared did is terrible- and terrible is too light of a word in this situation. But, he is ill. He could be one of us or someone we love. I work with many families in my coaching business where the children do unsafe and life threatening behaviors. I am not saying they are dangerous like Jared Loughner, but there is a part of this in everyone with paranoid psychsos.<\/p>\n

When my former parnter Ivan was in the hospital in a massive manic\/psychotic episode, I used to look at him and think, “Who is this person? It doesn’t look like him. His eyes are wild. He suspects I’ve done something wrong. He won’t eat the food in case it is poisoned. He doesn’t trust the staff and he believes someone is trying to shoot me.\u00a0 I often said he looked like a wild animal.\u00a0 No matter what you feel on this topic, there is no doubt that we have to make sure that the brain disorder side of the issues is discuessed just as much as his terrible behavior.\u00a0 There can be two sides to any situation.\u00a0 Talking about his brain doesn’t mean it makes what he did any less awful, it just opens a dialogue for the people of the US to understand at least a part of why this might have happened.<\/p>\n

As parents, partners, brothers, sisters, grandparents, teachers, health care professionals and those in the media, we MUST see both sides and report things honestly. Please speak out in any way you can- we are NOT making excuses. Nothing excuses what he did- especially for the loved ones- but we can possibly shine some light on how his brain was thinking.<\/p>\n

Here is my hope:\u00a0 I know the country is behind the victims of Jared’s terrible crime.\u00a0 I am too. I can’t imagine losing a loved one in that way. But my\u00a0fervent hope\u00a0is that Jared and his family be treated with compassion and understanding regarding his illness.\u00a0 Justice will be done for the crime victims- let’s hope that justice for a very mentally ill man can be done as well.<\/p>\n

Look at these pictures and tell me what you think. This is Jared when younger and then his mug shot from this week.<\/p>\n

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I posted the blog entry below on the Jared Lee Loughner Shootings in Arizona earlier yesterday morning. ( I suggest you read that posting first.) I can’t believe the response. I’ve received hundreds of comments from people who said they were feeling the same way and there must be something we can do to bring light to the mental illness part of this situation. I’d like to say something up front- what Jared did is terrible- and terrible is too light of a word in this situation. But, he is ill. He could be one of us or someone we love. I work with many families in my coaching business where the children do unsafe and life threatening behaviors. I am not saying they are dangerous like Jared Loughner, but there is a part of this in everyone with paranoid psychsos.<\/p>\n

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