Body: | The case of "Dogs" (depression, schizophrenia)
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The case of
"Dogs"
(depression, schizophrenia)
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The case of "Dogs"
Biopsychiatric labels DSM-5
Schizophrenia, delusion, paranoia
Checklist Behaviours DSM-7
unforgiveness, deception, depression, grudges, uncontrolled anger, rage
Insights MMPI-7
Quick Pick EDS-7.1
Insanity.
Complaints: I feel Used by others, I experienced Divorced
Self-disablement EDS-7.2
Employment: Time in asylum, then five years on disability
Chemical imbalance EDS-7.3
Yes. He ingested psychiatrist prescribed drugs for years. This indicates he likely has brain damage and Tardive Dyskinesia
Benefits EDS-7.4
Attention seeking, Pride, Praise, Honour, Fame: EDS-7.4.3
Escape duty or life situation: EDS-7.4.4
Sympathy: EDS-7.4.5
Revenge: EDS-7.4.8
Victimhood: EDS-7.4.13
Monetary EDS-7.5
On psychiatric welfare for 5 years.
Annoyance Scale EDS-7.6
Medium
Diagnostic Laws EDS-7.7
Law of Narcissistic Behaviour Choice (NBC) EDS-7.7.1.NBC
Law of Derivative Personal Benefit (DPB) EDS-7.7.2.DPB
Law of Narcissistic Selective Dysfunction (NSD) EDS-7.7.3.NSD
Law of Diagnostic Anosognosia Relativism (DAR) EDS-7.7.7.DAR
Law of Locus Pentaphasic Transmutation (LPT) EDS-7.7.11.LPT
Determine the Problem
Grudge keeping, self-pity, lack of acceptance of life situation
Ask a Child
He is sad because his wife left and missed her. EDS-7.7.12.PMO
5 years later EDS-7.7.LPT
Repented of depression and restored.
The case of "Dogs"
Andrew was a young Christian who had been raised in the church by two godly
parents from a wealthy stable home. He fell in love and married a newly
converted Christian woman after only three months of dating. Two children
were born into this somewhat stormy relationship. His wife would constantly
yell at both him and the kids for no reason at all. Eventually, she made up
slanderous accusations of adultery against her husband to "justify"
splitting with the kids. Andrew desperately, but futilely sought
reconciliation and was devastated by the loss of his wife and children.
When it became obvious that reconciliation with his wife was impossible
Andrew became very angry. His anger intensified and he became noticeably
bitter. Over a period of 6 months, this bitterness, combined with sleep
deprivation (often 4 nights in a row) resulted in paranoia and psychotic
behaviour. His paranoia led him to tell members of the church that he
"knew" for certain that someone had trained the dogs in his neighbor hood
to attack him. He invited two men from the congregation to spend an evening
with him in the back yard as proof. They sat in the back yard for hours and
several times the sound of 3 different dogs could be heard barking in the
distance. "See. I told you! They are planning their attack on me."
He was committed to the psychiatric ward where he was drugged into
submission. His bizarre paranoia allowed his wife to obtain a permanent
injunction against seeing his children. Because of the anti-psychotic drugs
he was unable to work and he got fired from his job. This only intensified
his anger against his wife. He had to go on welfare.
In court, the judge ordered him permanently drugged, resulting in permanent
disability.
A Christian named James talked to Andrew and told him to repent about the
anger and bitterness. James told Andrew that being angry and bitter was a
sin and he had better stop feeling this way, accept his life for what it
had become and move on. This resulted in a significant long term
improvement that was noticeable to all.
However, it took him over 5 years to get the court order removed that
forced him into taking the mind numbing drugs which were the real cause his
disability and losing his job.
Ten years later, Andrew is happily remarried and able to support his new
family with full time employment.
Discussion:
There is a long historical trail of individuals who have gone insane
because of "love lost". Hospital records of Philippe Pinel at the Bicetre
asylum from the 1790 AD, list a gardener aged 45 years old, "disappointment
in love" as the etiology with psychotic behaviors that include mania and
delusions. This man had two relapses "on seeing the beloved object" or when
the woman that dumped or divorced him came to visit him in the hospital.
This is precisely identical to what happened to Andrew.
Notice that Andrew was actually disabled by the neuroleptic drugs
prescribed to him by the psychiatrist. All prescribed psychiatric drugs,
including heroin, cocaine and alcohol, all have the same effect on the
person in that they cause disablement. They are a chemical lobotomy that
scales down executive function so that a person is not as creative,
doesn't enjoy music as much, is lethargic and indifferent etc.
Benefits from behaviour: This illustrates the Law of Narcissistic Behaviour
Choice (NBC) EDS-7.7.1.NBC
Attention seeking, Pride, Praise, Honour, Fame: EDS-7.4.3. Andrew
wanted others to notice his misery, especially his wife.
Escape duty or life situation: EDS-7.4.4. He didn't like being
divorced. In order to escape the real world he did not like, he created his
own fantasy world as an escape.
Sympathy: EDS-7.4.5. Andrew desired compassion for his injury.
Sometimes hurting people have an unnaturally high need for sympathy and
compassion.
Revenge: EDS-7.4.8. Andrew wanted revenge against his wife for
hurting him. His "mental illness" would "make her pay" and show her and
everyone what she did to him. He was making himself a victim.
Victimhood: EDS-7.4.13. Andrew was a jilted lover whose life
collapses into depression after being dumped. This behaviour choice was in
fact a victimhood strategy to gain the benefit of revenge against the one
who dumped them. Victimhood was Andrew's way of obligating his wife to
return as a payment she owed for damages (depression) when she abandoned
him.
Diagnostic laws that are seen illustrated in the case of "Dogs":
Andrew calculated that the cost of being labeled insane, was lower
than the benefits he derived by escaping a heart breaking life situation.
This illustrates the Law of Derivative Personal Benefit (DPB) EDS-7.7.2.DPB
While Andrew had difficulty functioning 100% while on psychiatric
drugs, full disablement to the point of unemployment indicates he didn't
really want to work. Meanwhile, he functioned adequately to pursue legal
action to get himself removed from the drugs. This illustrates the Law of
Narcissistic Selective Dysfunction (NSD) EDS-7.7.3.NSD
Andrew knew that the drugs were not fixing a medical problem and he
strongly rejected the need to take them. However being under a court order,
he had no choice. This illustrates the Law of Diagnostic Anosognosia
Relativism (DAR) EDS-7.7.7.DAR
At the beginning of the five year period, Andrew was depressed and
psychotic. At the end of the five years, he was off neuroleptics amd back
at work. This indicates that he had a change of heart and decided to
finally move on with his life. He finally accepted the injury he suffered
at the hands of his first wife. This illustrates the Law of Locus
Pentaphasic Transmutation (LPT) EDS-7.7.11.LPT
Note: Although these are based upon real case stories, the names and
details have been changed to hide the identities of the people. This
practice follows the standards of medical case history publication.
By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections.
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