Sick And/Or Twisted...?

One of the biggest controversial topics in our legal system is not something we should take lightly, nor has it been.  What I'm referring to ladies and gentlemen is the insanity plea.  I want to think by now that what goes on in courtrooms today is mostly common knowledge.  We have our guily plea, our innocent plea (Casey Anthony's fav), we have our one, two, three, four, fifffffftthhhh plea, and lastly we have our serial killers favorite plea, Insanity.

So heres the deal.... mentally insane is defined as "a mental defect or disorder sufficient to prevent a person from knowing the difference between right and wrong conduct or from understanding the nature of his or her actions."  Now with that being said I want to point out that I think that would make all criminals mentally koo-koo, but thankfully the justice system isn't in my hands.  Moving on... So I guess the dilemma here is how do we prove someone is just plain and simply a criminal or bat shit cray? (Well duh, a doctor...) But, regardless of how we answer that question I think the area that society has an issue with is how these proven "criminally ill" folks are punished.  Majority of society looks at the insanity plea as an "out" or "getting off easy" situ... but from what I've gathered by reading up on this is that this is not the case at all.  I mean, If you plead insanity and you're not insane and they send you to the koo-koo bin that is going to be a traumatic experience.  I feel like the whole point of our punishment system is to protect society, punish the bad, and hopefully fix their issues. 

 Helllllooo, thats why it's called a correctional facility.... to correct those fools.  And if someone is mentally ill or not capable of being in the here and now of reality then I don't see it appropriate to throw them into a shark tank prison.  Thats not only asking for trouble, but also setting them up for a failure of a "recovery".  If someone is "sick" you send them to the hospital.... well that should ring true for mentally sick patients as well right?  Look guys... I'm not saying that these people who are whacked in the head and commit heinous crimes should get the martha stewart prison experience, all I'm saying is that the criminally insane SHOULD serve their time (after all they broke the rules of life), but they shouldn't serve it the tradition way with all the regular criminals. 

Ew. Did I just say regular criminals as if that exists? 

Creep cityyyy

HOARDERRSSSS

This week I want to talk about something that has become so popular and such a problem that  reality television has picked it up.... I'm talking about Compulsive Hoarding, or if you want to be pc, "pathologcial collecting".  I watch some of these shows (Hoarders, Buried Alive, etc..) and each time I am so shocked.  I find myself sitting there yelling at the t.v. like, "Whatttt is wrong with you people!?". How can these people live like this, everyday, 365...?  I'll admit I'm a bit of a sentimentalist.  I've been known to hold on to things that I consider important or special.  However, I definitely don't stack this shit in the hallways and kitchen and don't clean my bathroom  until theres like black mold creeping in the cracks.   I am not the cleanest person always, but I feel like I can be messy only up to a point; a breaking point.  I'll have papers on the ground, on my desk... clothes I've tried on, or multiples at that, from nights out....shoes EVERYWHERE lol.... and then it's like something comes over me and I'm like OKKKKAAYYYY enough is enough.  Then follows a deep clean.  And then I start the cycle all over again.  I watch these crazy hoarders on theses shows and their families are trying so desperately to help clean out their houses and they are like "No don't take that broken leaf! It still works".  Like......What the *&$@?  It's trash!! Ew...

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So my question to you guys out there is do you know any Hoarders?  Are their any in your family, your friends, maybe a co-worker? Do you think there are different levels or phases or hoarding?

Also, if you do know someone who has a compulsive hoarding problem, how does it make YOU feel? Frustrated...? Angry.....? Sad....? 

Comment dow below and share your stories! Over annnnnnddddddd Out!

America, M.D.

Let me pose a question to begin with. What's the first thing that comes to mind when I tell you I'm "OCD"? Think about it... Do you roll your eyes and say oohhh goddd. Do you think of me in a different light? Does that light have a positive or negative connotation? Or do you maybe start thinking medically?  Are you mentally listing symptoms I might have?  I'm asking you these questions to see what YOUR take is on obsessive compulsive disorder.  I feel like lately the term OCD is so overly used these days, everyone and their dog is OCD.  But do people know what exactly this disorder entails?  It's certainly not limited to being organized, wanting things your own way, or having a desire to clean a dirty space.  Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety ridden disorder in which the person suffers from repeated thoughts, feelings, or ideas often carried out in unwanted behaviors for temporary relief.  More commonly know symptoms of OCD are: excessive fear of germs, excessive counting, checking and rechecking actions ( locking of doors, lights turned on or off...)  The person affected usually recognized that the behavior is excessive or unreasonable.

My point for boring you guys with all this information is for you to know the different between a medically diagnosed problem versus you being anal retentive at work.  We live in a society where everyone is ADD, ADHD, or OCD... and along with all these self (faux) diagnoses comes the "there's a pill for that!" phenomenon.  Don't even get me started on that.... that's a whole 'nother blog people.  But heres the bottom line folks: If you're being obnoxious, anal, or my way or the highway at work or anywhere else where working with others is involved check yourself yo.  Either you have a medical disorder or you don't.  Stop walking around giving everyone the same excuse that your "OCD" because of your annoying behavior... If you seriously think your suffering check it out, do some research, go talk to someone... otherwise get over it, and thank your mom for sending you to a Montessori preschool...

Thats all for today friends... Over and out.