Post by Dan Ryan on Mar 1, 2013 15:26:31 GMT -5
I had a lot of horrible experiences in Vietnam, but I was able to put them so far back into my unconscious, or into a deeper level below the unconscious, that I've never even had nightmares about that suicidal experience. The only time I ever had flashbacks was 30 years later when I was robbed at gunpoint.
Despite his outward and even inward indifference, John Nash really did perceive his isolation and social insignificance in grade school and high school. Unlike the Unabomber, who was bitter all through his youth, Nash was able to suppress his emotions so much that he thought the other students were morons and bimbos not worth paying any attention to. His parents were worried about him and sent him to summer camp, which he thought was silly, childish, and boring. These are all unnatural reactions that Nash paid for later.
Psychiatrists, who themselves are sick as a result of not earning a living until they are 30 years old, are incapable of recognizing this kind of deep repression. If they had analyzed Nash before he went insane, they would have concluded that he was extremely well-adjusted. Wrong on that, they were also wrong later on their prognosis that his insanity was incurable. I myself, being more concerned about the cause of his breakdown, have never bothered to analyze his recovery. When will the rest of you recover from the insanity of believing you should contribute to a system that is specifically designed to cause you to be treated like a freak and a loser before college, an indentured servant in college, and a Cash Cow for homo erectus plutocrats at your jobs? I haven't been able to crack that nut. I haven't solved how to bring High IQs out of their self-imposed humiliation, so what can I say about Nash's recovery when so many are still committed to this giant insane asylum called America? Nash must be quite a man to break out of your insanity of conformity and escapism. Maybe he is the first example of the next species beyond us. At least I ought to read more on him in order to find the key to our liberation.
Despite his outward and even inward indifference, John Nash really did perceive his isolation and social insignificance in grade school and high school. Unlike the Unabomber, who was bitter all through his youth, Nash was able to suppress his emotions so much that he thought the other students were morons and bimbos not worth paying any attention to. His parents were worried about him and sent him to summer camp, which he thought was silly, childish, and boring. These are all unnatural reactions that Nash paid for later.
Psychiatrists, who themselves are sick as a result of not earning a living until they are 30 years old, are incapable of recognizing this kind of deep repression. If they had analyzed Nash before he went insane, they would have concluded that he was extremely well-adjusted. Wrong on that, they were also wrong later on their prognosis that his insanity was incurable. I myself, being more concerned about the cause of his breakdown, have never bothered to analyze his recovery. When will the rest of you recover from the insanity of believing you should contribute to a system that is specifically designed to cause you to be treated like a freak and a loser before college, an indentured servant in college, and a Cash Cow for homo erectus plutocrats at your jobs? I haven't been able to crack that nut. I haven't solved how to bring High IQs out of their self-imposed humiliation, so what can I say about Nash's recovery when so many are still committed to this giant insane asylum called America? Nash must be quite a man to break out of your insanity of conformity and escapism. Maybe he is the first example of the next species beyond us. At least I ought to read more on him in order to find the key to our liberation.