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Rita Skeeter's avatar

I read the psychologist Roger McFillin's Substack, and his views resonate with mine. I don't believe one in five people have a mental illness, unless they are imbalanced from taking dangerous psychotropic drugs. Many emotional symptoms in young people are adaptations to unhealthy environments. Also, Lorenz is not unique, practically everyone around me made similar statements without the crudeness. She simply obtained her information from sources of propaganda and believed them. I think her opinions highlight a lack of healthy skepticism, an understanding of biology, a poor demonstration of logic, and the necessary motivation to research outside her box. She is the perfect mascot for purveyors of propaganda, like a Cruella di Vil, with her sleek cigarette holder, only this time the symbol is a mask. Were people mentally ill to minimize the dangers of smoking, I don't think so. They were exploited by sophisticated marketing campaigns. When the dangers of smoking went mainstream, and billboards were posted with warnings the narrative changed. It is vital Kennedy is confirmed, because the narrative will change, and Cruella to remain relevant will have to concede.

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Truthseeker's avatar

And I’ve been saying

This moment was only successful because Americans have been subject to a campaign for the last fifty years… to convince them to turn over all their thinking to MDs and to trust them… above caring for themselves

That was the first campaign

1. People need to believe MDs care for them

2. People need to believe they can’t care for themselves

3. People need to believe they need an MD for all things… as ‘subject medical experts ’

This was the rise of the ‘well

Visit ’

And then the rise of ‘preventative medicine’ …

And when that happens … people will believe ANY dumb idea or opinion an MD is pushing … without applying any critical thought

People have essentially outsourced thinking for themselves about their medical care

And that is dangerous!

Because MDs are just people who have read some things on medicine and formed an opinion

And anyone can do that.

The only difference is they have access to rx drugs, labs and diagnostic equipment.

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Rita Skeeter's avatar

And, attractive young female pharma reps may actually be behind a patient's current prescription.

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Truthseeker's avatar

Right

Incentivizing…. Marketing

It’s similar to what we saw in covid

People were motivated to label someone positive for covid in a medical chart- because that meant a kickback of x dollars to the hospital

X dollars for getting them on a ventilator

There’s a similarity …

Young attractive reps- incentivized rx’ing x drug…

And they do it for vaccines too

You get a kick back based on the % of your practice you can get to comply

So if you’re a dissenter

The practice may kick you out- because you’re actually costing them money and negatively affecting their ‘% vaccinated’ percent

My mom told me recently

They get kick backs too- for every ‘well visit’ they complete on patients

It’s all a grift

And I think has very little to do with actual health.

And I think this

Because America is chronically ill. Of the people I know on rx drugs… in my immediately family…. none of them are well.

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Rita Skeeter's avatar

Yeah, 90% grift, just guessing. Dr. Paul Thomas said pediatricians can't afford to run their offices without pushing vaccines.

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Truthseeker's avatar

I just can’t like that post.

Yes- 100% correct. 😊

The vaccines are the bread n butter of pediatricians- it’s terrible

I am so grateful my daughter realized this and switched out of pre med in college … she wanted to be a pediatrician until she realized they’re just vaccine peddlers.

And it’s too bad because she would have been an amazing pediatrician…

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Douglas Lloyd Peck's avatar

Your comment about "well visits" reminded me of the goodbye that I always get at the doctor's office after an appointment, "We'll see you on your next visit!"

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KC & the Sunshine's avatar

THIS!!!!

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Chiadrum's avatar

It’s an interesting and fine line between being totally brainwashed and mentally ill. Many are walking that tightrope. Interesting analogy with the smoking.

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SteelJ's avatar

The line between mentally ill and not is subjective, and IMO meaningless. To say 1 in 5, or any other ratio, is mentally ill, is a throw-away line. I already knew everybody had some degree of mental/psychological/emotional pathology, but it was really brought home during military training. Living in close quarters 24/7 with a large group was proof-positive that everybody is weird as owl dung.

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Bill Graham's avatar

Good point. Boot camp was eye opening to say the least. Subjectivity is always in play when dealing with people, including both patients and the care givers.

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Macro Polo's avatar

An elephant that acts in ways that are not sane for its own wellbeing and that lead to its own slow or rapid demise, is acting in not sane ways - that is, it is in-sane. Same for all mammals, including humans. Acting insane is called that for reasons that matter. It’s not the same as acting strangely. The word “insane” implies an eventual demise. Strange only means different.

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Rita Skeeter's avatar

I think many congregants in fundamentalist religious institutions are totally brainwashed. Brainwashed people can't see they are brainwashed that is the point I think, and fear is a big driver there. Not to say there isn't truth embedded in the lies, sometimes there is, other times there isn't.

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Bill Graham's avatar

Fear is the driver and has been used systematically and with high result to brainwash individuals and the masses. Realize also when a large enough group of the masses succumbs to a particular crafted drilled in mindset, you have totalitarianism. We came to think this was only a component of tyrannical regimes such as Communism, fascism, socialism, etc. We never anticipated it could come into existence in this country under the guise of social justice. But it has.

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albert venezio's avatar

I believe for politicians it is 90 plus % Left and Right. A few good ones breakthrough but not many. The Plandemic and Bioweapon Jab demonstrated the useful idiots (politicians, media, big pharma, "health" officials, alphabet agencies, etc) who will say and do anything to stay and grow in power are often the most stupid and compromised!

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BlazeCloude3's avatar

Not to mention; Ingenius Cameleon-camouflaged amorality as for all psychopaths.

Do believe the immoral to be even more dangerous in their calculations.

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albert venezio's avatar

Agreed. Psychopaths are the worst.

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Crixcyon's avatar

If there is such a thing as a good politician, he is immediately trounced into submission.

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albert venezio's avatar

Massie is the best that I see.

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Timothy Burchett's avatar

It's psychopathy .... they've learned to assemble..

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Sergie's avatar

Actually, more than assemble, they have filled the public institutions with their own, which, of course, annihilates the effectiveness of the separation of the three powers and results in the world we live in today.

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Truthseeker's avatar

Yes… government, schools, colleges, corporations… all filled with ideologues pushing progressive agendas.

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Sergie's avatar

Yes. And it was methodical, and it was deliberate. The idea is known in Marxism as "March through Institutions". Basically, takeover from within, and that's what they did.

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Timothy Burchett's avatar

I agree...

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BlueCapitalist's avatar

Yes, exactly. They wear the Mask of Sanity. They are identified early by their elders and promoted with the intention to subvert.

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SteelJ's avatar

That was the first book on psychopathy, and the first I read. An excellent starting point.

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Taming the Wolf Institute's avatar

Also good is Snakes in Suits.

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SteelJ's avatar

Yes, that was good, Hare as I recall. Maybe the best primer I know of is Stout's The Sociopath Next Door. Once you have a little background (personal experience is priceless of course) Łobaczewski's Political Ponerology is must read.

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Truthseeker's avatar

The American Medical Association's (AMA) symbol is the Staff of Aesculapius, which is a staff with a snake wrapped around it…

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Sergie's avatar

Not really, Steel J. They studied the phenomenon in quiteseriously late19th century - only at that time they called them much more to the point: Moral imbeciles. At that time it was all in specialist psychiatry textbooks and studies though, so Cleckley can be credited with writing the first popular book for on the subject.

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SteelJ's avatar

Not doubting what you say about earlier studies of the phenomenon. Psychopaths aren't new to modern times. As perceptive as many ancient scholars were, surely they were aware of the condition and there's likely some documentation from those times. Cleckley is generally credited with the first clinical description of it in "modern times", that's what I meant. "There's nothing new under the sun" is a popular old saying for a reason.

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SteelJ's avatar

Encouraging to see more awareness of the prevalence of psychopathy among the powerful. That knowledge is essential to understanding.

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BlazeCloude3's avatar

Unlike the historical condition of viewing those as themselves enemy; enemies now view themselves 'FRIENDS' in-so-far as their usefulness for one another is prioritized to attain higher goals towards absolute power.

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Brian King's avatar

Two important things I learned from Covid - There is NOT one single study out there that shows a fabric face mask will prevent a viral infection. Not one. Virus molecules are so small you have to use a powerful electronic microscope to see one and they easily pass though a fabric mask. Have you seen the photos of workers in a virus lab and how they are dressed with full head gear and separate breathing air tanks like a SCUBA diver? And the doctors and medical scientists I follow online all agree that a jab in the arm will NOT protect you from a viral infection entering through your nose.

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John's avatar

Ah but you also had to stay the magic 6ft, 2m in Europe where a different magic occured, away from other people for the masks to work and we all know that as you move further away from things they get bigger and so those much bigger virus particles can't get through the masks.

Now of course the above is utter nonsense in a few ways but if the powers that be had said that on the BBC etc the next day you would have had PhD science graduates swearing blind that you were a moron for not understanding the simple "science of masks" that was explained on the BBC and that a two year old could understand. That is the level of stupidity of the general public and much more frighteningly of the "science educated" idiocracy who will ignore their own senses if told to by a government mouthpiece.

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Chiadrum's avatar

Idiocracy is a documentary as it turns out.

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Brian King's avatar

I watched a video of the 6 ft clearance. They had a large table full of lit candles and had a man at one end blowing across the table as hard as he could. The candles stopped wavering from his breath at the 6 ft distance.

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Bill Graham's avatar

Slippery slope here. Mental Illness. I asked an "expert" in Brain Research at Harvard who specializes in Brain mapping the following question: "Given all you know about the Brain and it's anatomy, function, behavior, etc., where exactly is the mind? He stuttered and stammered and finally admitted, we don't know. Nobody does. In these modern times, so many talk about the mind in familiar ways, as if they know all about it. Yet, in point of fact, they don't have the first damn clue. So we've grown an enormous Pharmaceutical complex with a huge arm that specializes in throwing drugs at symptoms. They may claim they have some therapeutic affect in the positive, however in reality, they simply exchange side effects for modulation and management, calming, etc. They are not curing anything with drugs. To flip the script here, I've long held the belief, we are created in God's image, which is a spirit being, not a body, hence, what exists in each of us is a spirit, our true self, that unites us all with each other and God. The body is something else entirely. spirit equates with our mind. it's eternal and of God. A split mind has long been thought of in the body-centric realm which has been discussed in philosophy, religion, etc. The angel and devil on our shoulders whispering in our ears what to do next. The spirit and the ego is another way of thinking of it. suffice to say, The mind can heal the body. But the Body cannot heal the mind. Food for thought.

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Taming the Wolf Institute's avatar

BAM. KABOOM. On the money. You have hit at the critical misunderstanding about the nature of Man. Nailed it. This is the critical discussion. This is the leverage point that brings us back to Reality. We need to assemble a group that truly understands these principles so we can collectively and collaboratively challenge the falsehoods that wash over us like tsunamis of evil.

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Carolyn Singer's avatar

I learn so much every time I read one of your posts. Ancient history, mythology, and humanity. Please keep educating us. I can’t explain her behavior with anything but a mental illness. If you have a medical condition, a believe wearing a mask will protect you, then wear it. But her hate on others for choosing to breathe air is indicative of a mental problem. Instead she should consider hating on the people who conceived of and created the bio-weapon she is so fearful of. When I see someone wearing a mask I feel sorry for them that they have to wear those either due to neurosis or actual illness.

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Sergie's avatar

Kinda funny that you, Mr. Leake, are pondering that problem while I study what Henry Herbert Goddard, Isaac Ray and Martin Barr had to say about the dangers of morons and moral imbeciles way back when, when those words were not wanton insults but quite clear psychiatric diagnoses. Thank you for showing that I'm not alone who has those suspicions.

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Gary's avatar

lol.. you just made John's point for him. Especially as it relates to moral imbeciles. Freedom of conscience for so many is now the freedom from owning a conscience. Which in fact indicates the trust in the liberal secular government that seeks to destroy the constitutional republic based on moral law. Makes it fairly evident why they seek to destroy sovereignty law boundary and border.

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kind2animals's avatar

Cue the eugenicists

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Dr John Fielder's avatar

If we listen at our own peril to the APA, almost everything is a mental illness although there are no medical tests that can be used to diagnose any putative mental illness. The chemical imbalance theory used to push so-called, "Antidepressants" was lacking in that there was no test to measure said imbalance, and harks back to Hippocrates Four Humours. Pharma conducted the research upon which antidepressant was approved and entered the market place. No conflict of interest there. The Serotonin theory of depression has been thoroughly debunked, and rightly so. Saying that Taylor Lorenz has a mental illness does not explain anything. What is more likely is that she has trouble weighing information, poor judgment, and she either lacks the cognitive function of critical thinking, or is impaired due to emotional and other factors.

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sean anderson's avatar

Maybe what we are calling “mental illness,” in people whose functioning does not evince actual diminished capacity, is actually just plain old evil.

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Dr John Fielder's avatar

Maybe, just normal human behavior for many. History has clearly demonstrated that the human species has the capacity to inflict the most horrible things upon on fellow specie members. The French painter, Roualt, wrote that, "Man is wolf to man." A most accurate assessment, me thinks.

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sean anderson's avatar

Good observation: “normal” ≠ “good”

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susan molendyk's avatar

Well now, maybe we should explain what constitutes a mental illness? I'm thinking that we all have the potential of falling into a mental illness given the amount of stressors in our life at any given moment. Basically, I believe, that we have to hang our hats on a particular paradigm that makes sense all the way to the top. Therefore, I'd go with a framework that considers God's natural laws and spiritual laws in alignment with each other as the most balanced and reliable and hang on tight because I'm thinkin' this crazy world is only going to get crazier!

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Allie's avatar

Hasn’t the APA declared that pedophilia, homosexuality and gender dysphoria are no longer considered mental illnesses?

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Dr John Fielder's avatar

Yes, they were voted out. Very scientific.

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TRM's avatar

It's a cult and they can't accept that they just injected a slow "Guyana Punch".

https://i.postimg.cc/bJ1VRVjc/Jim-Jones-1.jpg

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DUANE HAYES's avatar

I'm seriously convinced that Democrats are mentally ill. Why would they vote for the destruction of our country?

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JWM_IN_VA's avatar

When I first read that quote from Lorenz, I automatically assumed that it was from 2022 or something and was shocked to see it was a contemporary comment.

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Brien's avatar

In public and high institutional office the proportion is much, much higher than 1 in 5. How do I know? I lived it at a Fortune 500 company. Saw it all unfold over several decades spanning the modern centuries. Came to learn that what occurs in one Fortune 500 company occurs in all of them. That the critical mass and the center of gravity tend toward sickness, not health. One cannot belong to the club, one is not invited in, one cannot remain inside, without sharing the disease. Such is the state of our world.

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Robert Stewart's avatar

The "iceberg" is sustained by the 70 million prescriptions issued to U. S. voters for mood alerting drugs, and this cohort is supplemented by another slug of citizens who dabble in non- prescription drugs that are obtained both legally and illegally. And if that isn't enough, imbibing a daily dose of beer or other alcoholic beverages calms the mind after a day (or morning) of stressful reality. These are the barriers our fellow citizens erect to suppress anxiety the accompanies cognitive dissonance. Few even bother to acknowledge the truth, let alone express it. It is little wonder that sociopaths find politics to be a rewarding career.

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Sharon Anderson's avatar

So absolutely true! Unfortunately, I have come to that conclusion through personal interaction with many of the mentally ill posing as mentally healthy individuals. I wondered for decades if I was crazy bc it seemed like I kept encountering so many crazy individuals within my small circle of life. These mentally ill people have a remarkable ability to point to the sane and blame them for their own actions. When it reached a break point, because it became obvious by their actions with each other that something really was wrong with them, I sought others to confide in and their horror struck response was all it took to make me realize I had not been the crazy one. It’s taken a decade to recover from their abusive irrational behavior. Covid was not near as traumatic for me as that experience was. What the whole Covid situation did do for me is affirm my experience as abusive and is still helping me connect with sane people. Living in a sane world is so joyful! I have learned strategies to keep these mentally ill out of my close circle. Humanity has to learn and recognize the same things I have learned and I think it is well on its way to doing that. Praise God!

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Mark Heatherbell's avatar

I guess she keeps that mask on even when she is having sex.

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Irunthis1's avatar

Have you seen the smile? It's probably for the best. Too much top teeth AND gums. Blech.

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pepperspapa's avatar

A simple google search indicates she is in her mid forties. I am drawn to her left hand. From the hand’s appearance she is showing an age far beyond her actual years.

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