He seemed to overcome that obstacle rather nicely but yes, the ignoratti really leapt on that like a corn dog on fair day. Being burdened with a name like Messiah would have a fairly huge impact on your career path. Mega awkward if you ended up an atheist. I guess these kids have the option of changing it when they…

Absolutely! It's like calling your kid God. Those resumes are going to go over big. "Jesus H. Christ, Bob. Lookit this resume from God Jones. Hire him stat!"

Oh dear. How embarrassing.

Thank you for posting this! The silence ('round these here parts) has been deafening. Why?

There definitely is hope. Some people are just immensely unlucky and their illness resists all attempts to treat it. For those individuals, I feel much empathy and sadness. It's terrible. I see this daily in my work. Thank you for this thoughtful discussion.

Yes, some do. Some don't. My language comes from my experience with those who don't. There is really no bright side to schizophrenia. Using a word like agony only does justice to the depth of suffering these people endure. It's an evil, awful illness, hits people right on the horizon of their adulthood and robs…

Perhaps we shall meet another day!

Let me put it to you this way: if you were a human being who was constantly harangued by voices in your head (and they aren't saying, "You go, girl!", "Those slacks are super flattering on you!"), you were tortured by delusions which give you bouts of panic, anxiety and terror, you had difficulty discerning reality…

I guess you could call murder simply "an argument that had gotten out of hand" too. "But officer, she simply REFUSED to pick up my dry cleaning...".

Alchemy is a great descriptor for the process of medicating illnesses like schizophrenia. Things change, too, medications lose their efficacy and so new meds/combinations need to be tried. That process can be extremely stressful for the person. The drugs can be toxic and cause awful, life threatening side effects in…

A little less than half of those diagnosed with schizophrenia will attempt suicide. This would be pretty definitive of agony to me. So yes, often.

It really is. I have been so disgusted and upset by the coverage given to this woman's disintegration. Here and elsewhere. All the outrage about putting her dog in danger struck me as the pinnacle of priority confusion.

Also, the notion of getting on medication and everything being magically resolved is naive. The heavy duty medications used to treat schizophrenia are their own personal nightmare. Schizophrenia is often a life sentence of agony for the sufferer. Jezebel sure had a blast poking at her throughout this person's…

He is wonderful! Talk about turning lemons into delicious, not-too-tart lemonade. If we're going to wax philosophic, it's a great demonstration of the choice to get angry and bitter over something unfair - or get absolutely hilarious. Well done, sir. Please be my spiritual mentor.

Exactly. She willingly took part in something that she could logically conclude would hurt others. That's not the way people who wish to contribute with their lives in a positive way conduct themselves. Wouldn't most people - even those who were lured in by the excitement or danger (heh) wrestle with their…

What I don't like about her is her complete disregard for the pressure this places on the innocents - wife but particularly child. What happened to the golden rule? She is willfully unkind, too busy monetizing this whole event to consider that her ethics may be in need of some tinkering. Don't understand why being…

And a healthy serving of American Psycho.

That is creepy - and also kinda sad.

Stupidity so dense it's got to collapse in on itself. Where else can it go? The Big Bang of Stupid. It's simple physics, ma'am!

Fair point. It just feels sort of innocuous and lacking in any real physical threat as opposed to what snaggletots went through. We all bring such a myriad of different experiences and filters to each experience that generalizing about appropriate reactions is unwise and possibly unkind. Not my intention. Onwards to…