Psychotropic drugs are designed to blunt and hurt your internal life. That's why they "work". You're left stupefied. A huge part of your emotional functions is neutralized, the exact same happening for the higher integrative functions in the neo-cortical tissues. Higher, abstract reasoning is dimmed down, and with it goes creativity. Empathy, depending on emotional response, is absolutely blunted. This takes a very heavy toll on your moral functioning, the moral conscience. You still *know* right from wrong, you can still reflect on moral principles, but you don't really *feel* bad when doing wrong, or good when doing right. It all tends to becomes grey, dull, insipid. You'll want to fill the dullness with excitement. And these drugs do disinhibit you. The drugs will give you carelessness and a synthetic feelgood, a sort of rush, to go get those kicks you want. Pleasuring yourself becomes the center of your mental life. Since you don't really have much empathy anymore, and your moral principles have become organically "relative", you'll tend to go get your kicks at the expense of others. That's why a lot of individuals who are on psychotropic drugs become actively sociopathic. They do know right from wrong, but they don't care. They don't feel bad when doing wrong. And empathy is off. So, they'll freely fulfill egotistic desires at the expense of others. Since they're pretty much disinhibited, they'll lie, cheat, manipulate, steal -- etc. So, never get on these drugs and if you know anyone at all that's on them, please get them off. You DO NOT fix problems by taking poison that's designed to hurt you, and then hurt all others around you. You solve psychological issues by facing up to situations and becoming strong. And you have all sorts of natural therapies, with sports, outdoor activities, etc. Of course there needs to be a lot of VALID research on this field, to find REAL therapeutic solutions for real diseases and disturbances. http://brucelevine.net/ http://www.infowars.com/ The Systemic Crushing of Young Nonconformists and Anti-Authoritarians «"To be a hero," says Philip Zimbardo in his talk The Psychology of Evil, "you have to learn to be a deviant, because you're always going against the conformity of the group." That's true, and I think Zimbardo would agree that the heroism required to battle for liberty and justice in the face of tyranny and injustice requires a special kind deviancy and nonconformity. Martin Luther King, Jr. called it "creative maladjustment," for which a heavy dose of anti-authoritarianism is required. Anti-authoritarians question all authority and challenge and resist illegitimate authority. Americans should be concerned how our institutions are crushing young anti-authoritarians and preventing the rise of heroes. Zimbardo wants to promote the "heroic imagination" in our children through our educational system with hero courses that he is developing. I believe that our young anti-authoritarians -- our potential heroes -- have far less of a need for hero courses in their schools than a need for help in battling against the systemic, authoritarian aspects of their schools. George Orwell concluded that nothing crushes anti-authoritarianism and heroism more than overwhelming fear. And sadly, our educational system has created overwhelming fear with its "no child left behind," "race to the top," and standardized testing tyranny. These policies create fear in both students and teachers who are forced to focus on the demands of test creators. This kind of fear-based schooling crushes curiosity, critical thinking, questioning authority, and challenging and resisting illegitimate authority» http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-e-levine/the-systemic-crushing-of-_b_2840316.html

• published: 03 Sep 2013
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