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.