Posted by Ponder on March 26, 2002, at 12:01:49
In reply to Re: SSRIs and Paraphilias » Ponder, posted by Zo on March 26, 2002, at 4:20:05
Zo, Thanks for your response. I'm sorry that happened to you and agree that the behavior is assaultive, predatory, completely unacceptable, and certainly not at all a victimless crime. Sometimes I think there is some karma going on here because I used to work in the judicial system and believed without hesitation that sex offenders were the scum of the earth. Seems my karmic journey has been bent on humbling me and showing me that things are never that simple.
Still, your comments are part of what I need to hear to help keep this in perspective. Reading through the research literature on sex crimes is really messing with my head. Many of the same debates go on there as in schools of thought regarding depression and bipolar--is it a medical condition? Is it purely behavioral? Is it conditioning from trauma in childhood? An addictive process via faulty feedback systems in the brain? A simple failure of the will or deficit of character? Geesh! Just when I was beginning to feel comfortable about the nature of my own problem (Bipolar II) I am now all confused again. Anyway, thanks for the input. Other thoughts?
> Yeah. When a guy exposed himself to me. It sure felt like a highly aggressive, assaultive act. . .I wasn't too interested in the name of his disorder at the time. I was too busy being scared shitless, infuriated, and feeling sorry for him, all at the same time.
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> Sorry, but let's do call a spade a spade, first of all. It matters, anyway, to me.
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> Thanks,
> Zo
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