I thought I would begin a discussion about the dynamics of Jan's
obsession with Ritalin. It is pretty obvious that she wants to
demonize this medication as she obsessively posts anti-Ritalin
propaganda. Of course any efforts to discuss whether Ritalin really
can be helpful to some children/adults will be met with personal
insults.
So instead of trying to discuss this issue with Jan Drew I thought I
would share my thoughts about the dynamics behind her obsession.
Jan Drew states that she owned a day care center and for many years
cared for children in her home. She further states that many of the
children that she cared for were on Ritalin. And of course she
presents her opinion that Ritalin did not help the children and in the
long run made them worse. I caution people not to trust the
perceptions of Jan Drew. She has a big axe to grind with conventional
medicine.
I speculate that Jan Drew had many problems dealing with children and
that the reason she had these problems is because of the nature of her
psychopathology. However her narcissism will not permit her to even
consider that she may have had some role in the children not doing
well. She must believe that if it were not for her that the children
would have done much worse.
So Jan Drew blames Ritalin for many of the problems that the children
under her care had. She also probably blames Ritalin for the problems
that the children who were not on Ritalin had. After all these
children had to interact with those "drugged" on Ritalin.
So now in an effort to make her life in her retirement appear that
much more fulfilling she must create the belief that her failure with
children had to do with the Ritalin while absolving herself of any
personal responsibility for the failures.
Comments?
Aloha,
Rich
PS: Ducking while awaiting Jan's gratuitous bashing of me by posting
out of context statements from years ago that have absolutely nothing
to do with anything other than Jan's narcissistic rage.
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The best defense to logic is ignorance.