Back To Basics - Abuse & Mental Health Stigma:

I am determined to actively stand against abuse of any kind, by anyone, to anyone, of any age. Sometime we are abusive in our ignorance. That is bad enough. The worst kinds of abuses are done deliberately, by people who know what they are doing and can see the consequences for others. This is sometimes justified by 'best interests'.

Some people are so arrogant in the use of the little bit of power they have, that they believe they are 'right' to treat people 'abusively', or with lack of human dignity. The arrogance blinds them to their abusive attitudes and effects. I am determined, with your help, to publicise all the forms that this abuse takes. Some of it is taken as very 'ordinary' and perfectly acceptable.

I will publicise and speak out at every reasonable opportunity, concerning the physical consequences of abuse and the psychological and emotional consequences also. These can destroy people’s lives and lead to suicide. I am also determined to paint the picture of what an abuser looks like, how they behave and how they ‘entrap’ people they abuse. Sometimes they are carers.

Abusers prey on people who trust them. They often put up a front to convince others that they are just ordinary people, living their lives like everyone else. They rarely look like ‘monsters’ and can often be very charming in public. They even pretend that it is ‘they’ who are ‘hard done by’. They are often clever, convincing and can often cold-hearted. Sometimes they actually believe they mean well.

You have met them, if you realise that you have been abused. Find out more about the general profile of the abusive person – male and female, of any age. Find out more about the different forms that abuse can take. Join me in this campaign. Learn how to ‘profile' an abuser. There are a lot about and there is a little bit in each of us also.   www.visitweb.org/antiabuse.

People are not as 'mentally weak' as many 'Hard Nuts' and 'Red Necks' will assert. We can all survive some of the most awful experiences. People who survive repeated physical & psychological abuse are often worn down by the indifference and ignorant reactions of 'others' to their experiences. We are too cautious to judge those are who are most 'convincing', especially intelligent professions.

'People make People Sick' and it is the caring, tolerant, considerate and the most supportive, people who often end up the real victims of abuses. The abusers tend to given up on respect & consideration for others (if they ever had these). They believe they are entitled to behave as they do, because they can and feel justified by this greater 'will' and 'power'. They protect their insecurities this way.

Abusive and arrogant people rarely appreciate the real 'Strength' of their victims group, until they need the help of others, in some other capacity, e.g.; when they are ill, or in a crisis themselves. There is no real 'strength' in their pathetic behaviour. The modern religion that advances 'The Fittest' misrepresents Darwin's concept of 'Best Fitted'. These are often the 'least-fittest' for their roles.

Physical, Intellectual & Emotional Bullies are Neanderthal throwbacks. The will do anything to hold onto their pathetic power, as it slowly slips away from them, in favour of greater social order and justice. They are the ‘has-beens’ and will punish anyone who inadvertently reminds them of this, by standing up to them.

By the time a victim 'breaks down', they have often experienced the intolerable traumas. Many breakdowns are ''induced by our collective ignorance and a collusive agreement to treat the victims of our failures as an 'inconvenience'. Who advance and promote this way of 'caring'? Who else; those with the insecurity which sees others as 'weaker' and less competent than themselves.

Help Eliminate the Stigma that surrounds Mental Health & Mental Illness – The consequence of one lot of abuses imposed upon the effects of previous abuses, often in the name of 'caring'. I do not know about you, but 'normality' does not look so good to me right now! So much 'caring' is condescending & assumptive. It is time for change folks.
 

Links:  To Come     © Terry Couchman  (6th April 2010)