Thursday, January 29, 2015

10 Things Only Kids Of Mentally Ill Parents Will Understand

10 Things Only Kids Of Mentally Ill Parents Will Understand

 Bethany Ramos

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I never understood that I grew up with a mentally ill parent until a few years ago. I knew very well that my dad was prone to outbursts and extreme highs and lows. As the oldest child in the divorce, I consciously remember taking on the brunt of his anger during his outbursts to shield my younger brother and sister from what was going on.

We all suspected that my dad was unstable at the time, but it wasn’t until recently that my sister found out he is now medicated. I don’t know all the details of his condition, but I can promise you that he did need help. I really hope he has gotten help today. We are not close at the present moment because of everything I have just described, but we are working toward some sort of relationship.

I think the worst thing about growing up with a parent with a mental illness is the unpredictability. I don’t even know if my dad would remember the stories, or if he has blocked them out because they were so unpleasant, but I do remember him leaving me and my brother and sister several times when he was upset.

One time, he drove away and left us at a fast food restaurant with a group from church. I wasn’t old enough to drive yet, and I tried to put on a brave face, even though I was panicking inside. I didn’t know if he was ever coming back or how we would get home. It was also before the age of cell phones, so I didn’t know who to call. He did come back about an hour later before anyone suspected that we were left there alone and acted like nothing had happened.

It’s tough to talk about these stories, but they need to be said. I came across an amazing anonymous post entitled, “What I want you to know about having a parent who is mentally ill.” Based on the post and my own personal life, I’ve compiled a list of 10 things only kids of mentally ill parents can understand:

1. Having a mentally ill parent is like having a parent with a physical illness that you can’t talk about.
2. “Unpredictable” is the best way to describe living with a mentally ill parent every day.
3. You may not fear for your safety, but you’ll always fear the worst will happen.
4. When the good days are good, they are really good. When the bad days are bad, they’re worse than you can imagine.
5. The good times make you question if the bad times really were that bad… until the next outburst.
6. Things can change on a dime.
7. Public outings are stressful because you don’t know what will happen next.

8. You feel guilty when you wonder if it’s better to have an absent parent or a mentally ill parent.
9. You feel guilty when you wish for a physical disability because it seems easier.
10. Even when you’re with your parent, you still feel so alone.

(Image: Oleg Golovnev/Shutterstock)
 
You can reach this post's author, Bethany Ramos, on twitter.

To Build (or Break) a Child’s Spirit

To Build (or Break) a Child’s Spirit
words to build or break a child

If you needed to lose weight, what would be most motivating?
You are fat. I’m not buying you any more clothes until you lose weight!
Or:
Let’s take a walk after dinner.
I’ll let you make the salad.
I love you just the way you are, exactly as you are.

If you needed to learn how to swim, what would be most motivating?
I don’t want to hear your crying. Get in the water and swim! Don’t be a baby!
Or:
I’ll be right by your side.
You can do this. If not today, we’ll try again tomorrow.

I love you just the way you are, exactly as you are.
If you needed to practice better hygiene, what would be most motivating?
What is that awful smell? It’s a wonder you have any friends.
 Or:
Let’s go to the store and pick out some deodorant.
Your hair smells so good when you wash it. I think you should wash it every day.
I love you just the way you are, exactly as you are.

If your table manners needed improvement, what would be most motivating?
You eat like a pig. I cannot stand to watch you eat. You are disgusting.
Or:  
I am trying to put down my fork after each bite, I’d like you to join me.
Thank you for chewing with your mouth closed.
I love you just the way you are, exactly as you are.

If you are a bit clumsy and disorganized, what would motivate you to be more responsible?
Can’t you do anything right? You are either losing things or making a mess!
Or:
Everyone makes mistakes. That’s how we learn.
It’s no big deal—just get a rag and clean it up.
I love you just the way you are, exactly as you are.

At times in my life I have been overweight, scared to swim, smelly, ill-mannered, and disorganized. During those times, I could have used some encouragement. So when I saw the young boy ordered to get out of the pool because he was scared to swim, I cried with him from behind my sunglasses. I saw the disappointment in the man’s eyes as he looked at his shivering son hugging his knees to his chest. The man really wanted his boy to learn to swim. He thought reprimanding him and ignoring the boy’s cries would motivate him to try harder next time.

At times in my life, I thought this too …


About a little girl and her ukulele,
About a little girl and her frequent messes,
About a little girl and her perpetually slow self,
About a little girl and her inability to ride a bike.
“Play the song again; you’re not trying hard enough.”
“Another spill? Are you serious?”
“How many times do I have to tell you to hurry up?”
“All the other kids have learned to ride their bike. It’s high time you did too.”

With every sharply delivered word, with each disapproving glare, with every disappointed shake of the head, that girl got smaller. Less confident. Less capable. Less shiny. And one day she spoke the words of a defeated soul.

“I just want to be good, Mama,” cried the little girl who once loved to strum her beloved instrument. And now she was placing the instrument at her feet, wondering if she should even be strumming at all.

Over time, my constant critiques and exasperated breaths led her to believe she was no good.
Over time, I’d broken her beautiful spirit—the one that gave her a unique and radiant light.
Motivating? Not so much.

There was a fine line between helpful adult guidance and using my authority to shame and belittle (under the guise of good intentions). As I crossed that line again and again, my child experienced a harsh reality: No matter what she did, it would never be good enough for me; I could never be pleased.

Motivating? Not so much.

The thought of my child growing up with a parent whose love was based on what she did rather than who she was caused an immediate change in me. I stopped being her rigid taskmaster and instead became her loving encourager …

Rather than harping on every single thing my child did wrong, I saved my guidance for serious issues—issues that could be potentially dangerous or life-altering.

Rather than forcing her to master a skill at the same rate as her peers, I assured myself that she would be ready in her own time.

I stopped overreacting to kid mishaps and minor incidents and realized she was better at cleaning up after herself without someone breathing down her neck.

If there was a bad habit that needed changing, I led by example. I invited her to join me in healthy habits. I provided tools (like timers and check-off lists) to empower her to become more prompt and responsible without my assistance.

I celebrated her efforts rather than the outcome and strived to speak three times as many positive words than negative ones.

Under the wing of Loving Encourager for the past several years, I’ve watched my child blossom. Her confidence and self-assurance have grown. She takes risks and when she fails, it’s not the end of the world because she knows she can try again. She knows I will love her regardless of what she does or doesn’t do. She confides in me when she does something wrong. She loves herself “as is” even though she does things a little differently than most.

to build a child 

I wish I’d abandoned the role of demanding taskmaster sooner, but I will not dwell on yesterday. Today matters more.
My hope is that by sharing my own painful regrets and life-changing discoveries, I can help someone else see what I see:
Shame abandons, encouragement believes.
Condemnation paralyzes, compassion frees.
Exasperation quits, patience prevails.
Yelling silences, communication opens up.
Blame hurts, grace heals.
Faultfinding destroys, praise builds.
Rejection loses, unconditional love wins.

If you were a child trying to get through life the best way you know how, what would be most motivating?
I don’t think you’ll ever measure up.
Or
I love you just the way you are, exactly as you are.

words that build or break
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Author note: This post is not advocating an absence of guidance or instruction in our children’s lives. This message is meant to inspire thought about the way we do it—and not just with our children, but also with our spouse, our friends, our relatives, and our colleagues. Through ten years experience helping children overcome serious behavioral issues in a classroom setting, I have seen living proof that encouragement builds and heals. In my personal life, the mantra LOVE ONLY TODAY has helped me overcome my own inner bully to love myself and my family “as is.”

The specific steps and strategies I used to transform my distracted, perfectionistic, hurried life into one of meaningful connection and inner peace can be found in my book, HANDS FREE MAMA, a New York Times Bestseller.

Rachel

 http://www.handsfreemama.com/2014/05/20/to-build-or-break-a-childs-spirit/



The Three R’s: Rage, Revenge and Retaliation

The Three R’s: Rage, Revenge and Retaliation
© Lynne Namka, Ed. D.

The three R’s of rage, revenge and retaliation are the extremes of anger.  They usually happen after a sense of being betrayed.  Betrayal is a complex emotional assault where the person feels overwhelmed, traumatized and out of control.  The sense of being betrayed happens when a person believed that he could trust another person or a situation and would be safe. Instead he or she got such a huge emotional hit that he or she becomes devastated and feels overwhelmed.  Trust is broken and the strong emotions come in and get stuck.  Feeling safe in the world is shaken and innocence is lost.

When there has been a sense of betrayal, the heart meridian takes the shock and many of the other meridians go out of balance.  Brain chemistry changes as the person goes into a sympathetic nervous system response getting ready to fight or run.  At times the person gets locked into this fight/flight energetic state.  Later in life, he or she may trigger when events are similar and the same strong emotions of being overwhelmed and traumatized come back automatically. 

Some people harbor grudges as a defense against being hurt again.  They may ruminate about the unhappy event by dwelling on the memory and reviewing it often.  Hatred and grudges are often challenging to break as they may protect the person from being vulnerable again.  They can be connected to satisfaction and the self-justification and pride of holding on to intense anger.  Sometimes grudges can be learned as a habit from a parent (My mother and her family always held grudges and I’m just like them.)   To keep on chewing on unhappy memories only leaves a bitter taste in your mouth.  We all have had experiences in life that hold the opportunity for us to become bitter or deal with the disappointment and move on.  So when you are disappointed about something, choose to talk about it and get past it rather than let a bitter attitude set in.

Revenge thoughts are grudges plus wanting to get even with the other person. Revengeful thoughts are basically selfish in nature with the belief of: “I have the right to hurt him because he injured me.” This is based on beliefs of “It's not fair.” Revenge is “I can enjoy thoughts of hurting another person in my mind to get back at him.” Revenge creates pseudo self-esteem of feeling good about one's self by relishing ideas of harming another person. Vengeful thoughts can actually trigger endorphins in the brain which associate hurting others with feeling good.

Grudges fan the fire of anger as a way of trying to feel safe by feeling powerful in fantasy. Grudge holding and revenge are way of putting up walls to guard the self against further hurt. Building a thick wall helps angry people ward of feelings of disappointment and rejection.  The belief is “If I don’t let others get too close, they can’t hurt me.”  One person described his wall building process.  “I learned to build such a thick wall around me that others can’t get in.  I’ve got titanium walls built around me.  Nobody gets past these walls.  It keeps me safe although I am lonely a lot.” 

One of the building blocks for a tight wall is holding onto revenge.  Revenge is challenging to break into because of the positive value of enjoyment and feelings of prerogative and privilege.  Revenge says that I have the right to hurt someone and feel good about it.  The best revenge is a successful life. Acting in ways that make you become successful while holding on to your integrity is the best revenge for any hurt that done to you. 

Taken to its max, a grudge can become revenge and aggression that is rationalized as good.  Revenge which is tied to extreme religious fanaticism or family loyalty can lead to “holy wars” and gang violence.  People who tie their self-esteem to feeling superior, pride and self-righteousness are typically caught in a big energetic imbalance to their entire system.  Many extremely angry people don’t have a way to release their dogmatic ways of thinking and acting.  Some do not want to as they believe that they are right.  The issue here is not about being right or wrong but in gaining peace of mind.

Continuing to dwell on bitterness because someone wronged you creates a huge stressor to your mind and body.  Stress upsets your brain chemistry and your serotonin level.  Environmental toxins, poor eating habits and alcohol and substance abuse can also lower serotonin levels in the brain.  You are ruled by your intense emotions not your logical mind.  Use the techniques presented in this book to help the prefrontal cortex get the upper hand over the amygdala and increase the blood flow to the thinking, rational parts of the brain.

The three R’s of rage, revenge and retaliation are powerful emotions to be understood and harnessed.  Transformed they can bring a calmness to your life and an increase in self-esteem as you accomplish something extremely important.


The Complexity of Big Anger

We think of anger as one emotion, but actually it’s a catch-all reaction for many other jumbled-up feelings.  Intense anger is so complex and challenging to release because of the many other emotions that accompany it or hide underneath it.  This following technique factors out the different emotions that make up the total anger load which keep the hatred or grudge stuck. 

Hostility always breeds more hostility.  The more you hold, the more you look for and guess what?  What you look for you will surely find.  This Big Anger technique helps to break into hostile stuck energies and bring about a calming effect.  As you tap, notice any acu-point where there is tenderness or pain—this may be an area where energy is stuck.  Spend more time tapping on these to move the energy.  Yes, this exercise is long, but rage, grudges and hatred are very complex and you are the one being hurt now by the complexity of your unresolved feelings.


Tap to Release Big Anger, Grudges and Hatred Technique

Think of something where you feel an injustice has been done to you in the past and you continue to dwell on in.  Think about your belief that “Life isn’t fair.”  The belief that life should be fair is a destructive error in thinking that keeps people stuck.  See the event in your mind’s eye and allow any feeling to come up.

Rate the event on a scale of one to ten of distress with ten being the highest level of being upset.  Ask yourself, “Do I want to remain angry or do I want peace of mind?”  Set your intention for change to release disturbing thoughts and feelings and to forgive yourself for being upset and wanting to harm others.  

1.  Irritation and Overwhelmed:  Tap on the inside of your eyebrows at the bony ridge of the eye socket above the upper bridge of your nose. Think of feeling irritated by the wrong that was done to you and breathe into this area.  Tap briskly while feeling overwhelmed at what happened to you.  Forgive yourself for having these challenging emotions.  This is Bladder 1 acupressure point and an allergy point that is often becomes tender in people when they are irritated.

2.  Resentment:  Think of the resentment that you feel about the injustice.  Rub your temples on both sides of your head with a circular motion and then tap sharply.  Think of the energy that it takes to hold onto resentment and breathe it out.  The Gall Bladder Meridian runs around the temple area and around the ears represents the emotions of resentment and frustration.  You are tapping Gall Bladder point 14.

3.  Frustration:  Think of being frustrated and feeling out of control about the event.  Cup your fingers and tap around your ears.   Think of letting go frustration.  At this point in time, the only one being hurt by your holding onto frustration is yourself.  You are tapping the Gall Bladder Meridian and acupoints 8 through 12.

4.  Bitterness and Hatred:  Tap at the outside of your nostrils and breathe in deeply.  Think about your inflexibility, bitterness, regret, guilt and the inability to forgive.  Do not judge yourself because you have held this bitterness.  You have done the best you could with them until now.  You have not known how to release them and now you want something better for yourself.  You are tapping Large Intestine 19 associated with holding on to negative beliefs.

5.  Fear of Being Hurt Again:  Tap on your collarbones and take a sharp breath and hold it for a while before letting it out slowly.  Grudges serve the purpose to keep you from being hurt by the person again.  Forgive yourself for holding onto the grudge to protect yourself from being harmed again and resolve that you will avoid situations of harm.  You are tapping Kidney 27 which holds the emotion of fear.

6.  Feeling Stuck:  Tap on the fleshy part of the back of your hand near the bone between your thumb and index finger.  Focus on holding on, a grudge or rigid thinking.  Change hands and tap on the same area of the other hand.  You are tapping Large Intestine 4 which is called the Hegu point that helps release tough ego attachments and the fear of letting go of dogmatic thinking. 

7.  Anger:  Think of what you tell yourself to that continues to cause self-angering.  For example, “It’s not fair that he gets away with _____”   Go straight down your body from your nipples and tap firmly into your ribs and take a deep breath.  Think of anger and breathe into your ribs, Anger is an energy that wants to move.  Forgive yourself for having these feelings.  This point is Liver Meridian 14 which holds the emotion of anger.

8.  Betrayal and Injustice:  Think of a belief of how you were hurt.  Tap the sides of your body firmly at your waist on the lower ribs.  Breathe into the self-angering belief and forgive yourself for having strong feelings.  Remember that we are all capable of doing things that betray and hurt others.  Allow the feelings of injustice and the hurt feelings to slowly melt away. Forgive yourself for being a normal human being who has feelings of being wronged and the strong emotions that accompany them.  This point is Liver Meridian 13 which holds the emotion of anger. 

9.  Surprise and Shock:  Tap on the inside of your little finger at the inside of the nail.  Breathe deeply and forgive yourself for feeling surprised and shocked by what happened to you.  Repeat on your other little finger and forgive yourself for being so overwhelmed by what happened to you. Surprise, shock and forgiveness are some of the emotions indicated by the Heart Meridian. You tap Heart 9 at the inside of the little finger.

10.  Hurt and Sadness:  Tap on the inside of your index finger at the nail.  Think of how the event has affected you.  Breathe into any feelings of hurt and sadness that come up. You are tapping Lung Meridian which holds sadness, regret, and anguish.

11.  Injustice to Self with Self-Angering Beliefs:  Use your fist to hit your heart firmly while breathing deeply.  This is the Thymus Thump procedure which puts a strong vibration into the thymus gland and the heart.  Think of your pride of holding onto anger and hatred and ask for forgiveness.  Forgive yourself for feeling good about thoughts of revenge and feeling satisfied about hurting the other person as you were hurt.  Focus on how holding on to anger hurts you now more than the other person. Tap into your heart that wants forgiveness:

“I forgive myself for harboring any grudges, hatred or beliefs about being betrayed.  Even though I’ve held a belief that an injustice was done to me, I am doing a greater injustice to myself by holding on to anger and other strong about what happened. 

I choose to let grudges, hatred and old beliefs of injustice go.  I choose to move on with my life and not give energy to something from the past that I cannot change.  I choose to release my belief that life must be fair.  I choose to release all feelings and beliefs that I was harmed.  I forgive myself and I am a good person.”

Check your distress level again.  See if it has gone down.  Repeat the exercise if your level has not gone down to a one or two.  This second time, try to remember an earlier time in your life when you felt a similar injustice.  Hold this event and the person with whom you were upset in your mind while you repeat the steps.  Repeat with any other experiences where you felt a similar sense of being wronged and betrayed by someone and you dwelled on the belief that an injustice had been done to you and told yourself that “Life isn’t fair.”  

Repeat while thinking of a memory of your parents doing something when you told yourself that it was unfair.  Maybe they broke a promise or treated your sibling differently.  Of course life is not fair.  Holding onto beliefs that it must be will only bring you misery.  Soften and forgive yourself and tell yourself that you are a good person even thought you have strong feelings of anger, betrayal and want to hold a grudge.

One person reported her experience using this technique which expressed the complexity of her anger, “This first time through, I didn’t accomplish peace—too much was running through my mind.  The second time through, concentration was more streamlined and I could breathe out the pain that was stored up inside.  By the third time, I felt release.  The breathing was calm and the bridge of my nose didn’t hurt as bad as before.  The tension released.  The anger subsided.  Thank you.” 

Peace and joy,
Lynne Namka

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Why All the Anger?


hy All the Anger?

by Dr. Jack Wolfson
Special to Health Impact News
I recently did an interview which was aired on NBC Phoenix. I was asked my opinion on vaccinations in response to the current measles outbreaks that have occurred at Disneyland in California. My reply has generated quite a bit of anger in thousands of people.
There has also been a tremendous amount of support to my comments and opinions. In short, The Society Against Injecting Our Kids With Chemicals (TSAIOKWC for short) has a lot of followers.
I want to address all this misguided anger and see if we can re-direct it where it belongs.
  1. Be angry at food companies. Sugar cereals, donuts, cookies, and cupcakes lead to millions of deaths per year. At its worst, chicken pox killed 100 people per year. If those chicken pox people didn’t eat cereal and donuts, they may still be alive. Call up Nabisco and Kellogg’s and complain. Protest their products. Send THEM hate-mail.
  2. Be angry at fast food restaurants. Tortured meat burgers, pesticide fries, and hormone milkshakes are the problem. The problem is not Hepatitis B which is a virus contracted by drug users and those who sleep with prostitutes. And you want to inject that vaccine into your newborn?
  3. Be angry at the companies who make your toxic laundry detergent, fabric softener, and dryer sheets. You and your children are wearing and breathing known carcinogens (they cause cancer). Call Bounce and Downy and let them know. These products kill more people than mumps, a virus which actually doesn’t cause anyone to die. Same with hepatitis A, a watery diarrhea.
  4. Be angry at all the companies spewing pollution into our environment. These chemicals and heavy metals are known to cause autism, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune disease and every other health problem. Worldwide, these lead to 10’s of millions of deaths every year. Measles deaths are a tiny fraction compared to pollution.
  5. Be angry at your parents for not breastfeeding you, co-sleeping with you, and stuffing your face with Domino’s so they can buy more Tide and finish the laundry. Breastfeeding protects your children from many infectious diseases.
  6. Be angry with your doctor for being close-minded and not disclosing the ingredients in vaccines (not that they read the package insert anyway). They should tell you about the aluminum, mercury, formaldehyde, aborted fetal tissue, animal proteins, polysorbate 80, antibiotics, and other chemicals in the shots. According to the Environmental Working Group, newborns contain over 200 chemicals as detected by cord blood. Maybe your doctor feels a few more chemicals injected into your child won’t be a big deal.
  7. Be angry with the cable companies and TV manufacturers for making you and your children fat and lazy, not wanting to exercise or play outside. Lack of exercise kills millions more than polio. Where are all those 80 year olds crippled by polio? I can’t seem to find many.
  8. In fact, be angry with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates for creating computers so you can sit around all day blasted with electromagnetic radiation reading posts like this.
  9. Be angry with pharmaceutical companies for allowing us to believe living the above life can be treated with drugs. Correctly prescribed drugs kill thousands of people per year. The flu kills just about no one. The vaccine never works.
Finally, be angry with yourself for not opening your eyes to the snow job and brainwashing which have taken over your mind. You NEVER asked the doctor any questions. You NEVER asked what is in the vaccines. You NEVER learned about these benign infections.
Let’s face it, you don’t really give a crap what your children eat. You don’t care about chemicals in their life. You don’t care if they sit around all day watching the TV or playing video games.
All you care about is drinking your Starbuck’s, your next plastic surgery, your next cocktail, your next affair, and your next sugar fix!
This post was created with love and with the idea of creating a better world for our children and future generations. Anger increases your risk of suffering a heart attack. Be careful.
Read this article and comment on it at VaccineImpact.com.
About the Author
Dr. Jack Wolfson is a board certified cardiologist in Phoenix. He is known as The Paleo Cardiologist and The Natural Cardiologist. Check out his website TheDrsWolfson.com and follow him on Facebook at The Drs. Wolfson.
- See more at: http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/arizona-cardiologist-responds-to-critics-regarding-measles-and-vaccines/#sthash.UP5Xj2Tt.dpuf
Why All the Anger?
by Dr. Jack Wolfson

Special to Health Impact News

I recently did an interview which was aired on NBC Phoenix. I was asked my opinion on vaccinations in response to the current measles outbreaks that have occurred at Disneyland in California. My reply has generated quite a bit of anger in thousands of people.
There has also been a tremendous amount of support to my comments and opinions. In short, The Society Against Injecting Our Kids With Chemicals (TSAIOKWC for short) has a lot of followers.
I want to address all this misguided anger and see if we can re-direct it where it belongs.

  1. Be angry at food companies. Sugar cereals, donuts, cookies, and cupcakes lead to millions of deaths per year. At its worst, chicken pox killed 100 people per year. If those chicken pox people didn’t eat cereal and donuts, they may still be alive. Call up Nabisco and Kellogg’s and complain. Protest their products. Send THEM hate-mail.
  2. Be angry at fast food restaurants. Tortured meat burgers, pesticide fries, and hormone milkshakes are the problem. The problem is not Hepatitis B which is a virus contracted by drug users and those who sleep with prostitutes. And you want to inject that vaccine into your newborn?
  3. Be angry at the companies who make your toxic laundry detergent, fabric softener, and dryer sheets. You and your children are wearing and breathing known carcinogens (they cause cancer). Call Bounce and Downy and let them know. These products kill more people than mumps, a virus which actually doesn’t cause anyone to die. Same with hepatitis A, a watery diarrhea.
  4. Be angry at all the companies spewing pollution into our environment. These chemicals and heavy metals are known to cause autism, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune disease and every other health problem. Worldwide, these lead to 10’s of millions of deaths every year. Measles deaths are a tiny fraction compared to pollution.
  5. Be angry at your parents for not breastfeeding you, co-sleeping with you, and stuffing your face with Domino’s so they can buy more Tide and finish the laundry. Breastfeeding protects your children from many infectious diseases.
  6. Be angry with your doctor for being close-minded and not disclosing the ingredients in vaccines (not that they read the package insert anyway). They should tell you about the aluminum, mercury, formaldehyde, aborted fetal tissue, animal proteins, polysorbate 80, antibiotics, and other chemicals in the shots. According to the Environmental Working Group, newborns contain over 200 chemicals as detected by cord blood. Maybe your doctor feels a few more chemicals injected into your child won’t be a big deal.
  7. Be angry with the cable companies and TV manufacturers for making you and your children fat and lazy, not wanting to exercise or play outside. Lack of exercise kills millions more than polio. Where are all those 80 year olds crippled by polio? I can’t seem to find many.
  8. In fact, be angry with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates for creating computers so you can sit around all day blasted with electromagnetic radiation reading posts like this.
  9. Be angry with pharmaceutical companies for allowing us to believe living the above life can be treated with drugs. Correctly prescribed drugs kill thousands of people per year. The flu kills just about no one. The vaccine never works.
Finally, be angry with yourself for not opening your eyes to the snow job and brainwashing which have taken over your mind. You NEVER asked the doctor any questions. You NEVER asked what is in the vaccines. You NEVER learned about these benign infections.

Let’s face it, you don’t really give a crap what your children eat. You don’t care about chemicals in their life. You don’t care if they sit around all day watching the TV or playing video games.

All you care about is drinking your Starbuck’s, your next plastic surgery, your next cocktail, your next affair, and your next sugar fix!

This post was created with love and with the idea of creating a better world for our children and future generations. Anger increases your risk of suffering a heart attack. Be careful.

Read this article and comment on it at VaccineImpact.com.

About the Author
Dr. Jack Wolfson is a board certified cardiologist in Phoenix. He is known as The Paleo Cardiologist and The Natural Cardiologist. Check out his website TheDrsWolfson.com and follow him on Facebook at The Drs. Wolfson.

January 28, 2015

Arizona Cardiologist Responds to Critics Regarding Measles and Vaccines

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Why All the Anger?

by Dr. Jack Wolfson
Special to Health Impact News
I recently did an interview which was aired on NBC Phoenix. I was asked my opinion on vaccinations in response to the current measles outbreaks that have occurred at Disneyland in California. My reply has generated quite a bit of anger in thousands of people.
There has also been a tremendous amount of support to my comments and opinions. In short, The Society Against Injecting Our Kids With Chemicals (TSAIOKWC for short) has a lot of followers.
I want to address all this misguided anger and see if we can re-direct it where it belongs.
  1. Be angry at food companies. Sugar cereals, donuts, cookies, and cupcakes lead to millions of deaths per year. At its worst, chicken pox killed 100 people per year. If those chicken pox people didn’t eat cereal and donuts, they may still be alive. Call up Nabisco and Kellogg’s and complain. Protest their products. Send THEM hate-mail.
  2. Be angry at fast food restaurants. Tortured meat burgers, pesticide fries, and hormone milkshakes are the problem. The problem is not Hepatitis B which is a virus contracted by drug users and those who sleep with prostitutes. And you want to inject that vaccine into your newborn?
  3. Be angry at the companies who make your toxic laundry detergent, fabric softener, and dryer sheets. You and your children are wearing and breathing known carcinogens (they cause cancer). Call Bounce and Downy and let them know. These products kill more people than mumps, a virus which actually doesn’t cause anyone to die. Same with hepatitis A, a watery diarrhea.
  4. Be angry at all the companies spewing pollution into our environment. These chemicals and heavy metals are known to cause autism, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune disease and every other health problem. Worldwide, these lead to 10’s of millions of deaths every year. Measles deaths are a tiny fraction compared to pollution.
  5. Be angry at your parents for not breastfeeding you, co-sleeping with you, and stuffing your face with Domino’s so they can buy more Tide and finish the laundry. Breastfeeding protects your children from many infectious diseases.
  6. Be angry with your doctor for being close-minded and not disclosing the ingredients in vaccines (not that they read the package insert anyway). They should tell you about the aluminum, mercury, formaldehyde, aborted fetal tissue, animal proteins, polysorbate 80, antibiotics, and other chemicals in the shots. According to the Environmental Working Group, newborns contain over 200 chemicals as detected by cord blood. Maybe your doctor feels a few more chemicals injected into your child won’t be a big deal.
  7. Be angry with the cable companies and TV manufacturers for making you and your children fat and lazy, not wanting to exercise or play outside. Lack of exercise kills millions more than polio. Where are all those 80 year olds crippled by polio? I can’t seem to find many.
  8. In fact, be angry with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates for creating computers so you can sit around all day blasted with electromagnetic radiation reading posts like this.
  9. Be angry with pharmaceutical companies for allowing us to believe living the above life can be treated with drugs. Correctly prescribed drugs kill thousands of people per year. The flu kills just about no one. The vaccine never works.
Finally, be angry with yourself for not opening your eyes to the snow job and brainwashing which have taken over your mind. You NEVER asked the doctor any questions. You NEVER asked what is in the vaccines. You NEVER learned about these benign infections.
Let’s face it, you don’t really give a crap what your children eat. You don’t care about chemicals in their life. You don’t care if they sit around all day watching the TV or playing video games.
All you care about is drinking your Starbuck’s, your next plastic surgery, your next cocktail, your next affair, and your next sugar fix!
This post was created with love and with the idea of creating a better world for our children and future generations. Anger increases your risk of suffering a heart attack. Be careful.
Read this article and comment on it at VaccineImpact.com.
About the Author
Dr. Jack Wolfson is a board certified cardiologist in Phoenix. He is known as The Paleo Cardiologist and The Natural Cardiologist. Check out his website TheDrsWolfson.com and follow him on Facebook at The Drs. Wolfson.
- See more at: http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/arizona-cardiologist-responds-to-critics-regarding-measles-and-vaccines/#sthash.UP5Xj2Tt.dpuf
January 28, 2015

Arizona Cardiologist Responds to Critics Regarding Measles and Vaccines

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Why All the Anger?

by Dr. Jack Wolfson
Special to Health Impact News
I recently did an interview which was aired on NBC Phoenix. I was asked my opinion on vaccinations in response to the current measles outbreaks that have occurred at Disneyland in California. My reply has generated quite a bit of anger in thousands of people.
There has also been a tremendous amount of support to my comments and opinions. In short, The Society Against Injecting Our Kids With Chemicals (TSAIOKWC for short) has a lot of followers.
I want to address all this misguided anger and see if we can re-direct it where it belongs.
  1. Be angry at food companies. Sugar cereals, donuts, cookies, and cupcakes lead to millions of deaths per year. At its worst, chicken pox killed 100 people per year. If those chicken pox people didn’t eat cereal and donuts, they may still be alive. Call up Nabisco and Kellogg’s and complain. Protest their products. Send THEM hate-mail.
  2. Be angry at fast food restaurants. Tortured meat burgers, pesticide fries, and hormone milkshakes are the problem. The problem is not Hepatitis B which is a virus contracted by drug users and those who sleep with prostitutes. And you want to inject that vaccine into your newborn?
  3. Be angry at the companies who make your toxic laundry detergent, fabric softener, and dryer sheets. You and your children are wearing and breathing known carcinogens (they cause cancer). Call Bounce and Downy and let them know. These products kill more people than mumps, a virus which actually doesn’t cause anyone to die. Same with hepatitis A, a watery diarrhea.
  4. Be angry at all the companies spewing pollution into our environment. These chemicals and heavy metals are known to cause autism, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune disease and every other health problem. Worldwide, these lead to 10’s of millions of deaths every year. Measles deaths are a tiny fraction compared to pollution.
  5. Be angry at your parents for not breastfeeding you, co-sleeping with you, and stuffing your face with Domino’s so they can buy more Tide and finish the laundry. Breastfeeding protects your children from many infectious diseases.
  6. Be angry with your doctor for being close-minded and not disclosing the ingredients in vaccines (not that they read the package insert anyway). They should tell you about the aluminum, mercury, formaldehyde, aborted fetal tissue, animal proteins, polysorbate 80, antibiotics, and other chemicals in the shots. According to the Environmental Working Group, newborns contain over 200 chemicals as detected by cord blood. Maybe your doctor feels a few more chemicals injected into your child won’t be a big deal.
  7. Be angry with the cable companies and TV manufacturers for making you and your children fat and lazy, not wanting to exercise or play outside. Lack of exercise kills millions more than polio. Where are all those 80 year olds crippled by polio? I can’t seem to find many.
  8. In fact, be angry with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates for creating computers so you can sit around all day blasted with electromagnetic radiation reading posts like this.
  9. Be angry with pharmaceutical companies for allowing us to believe living the above life can be treated with drugs. Correctly prescribed drugs kill thousands of people per year. The flu kills just about no one. The vaccine never works.
Finally, be angry with yourself for not opening your eyes to the snow job and brainwashing which have taken over your mind. You NEVER asked the doctor any questions. You NEVER asked what is in the vaccines. You NEVER learned about these benign infections.
Let’s face it, you don’t really give a crap what your children eat. You don’t care about chemicals in their life. You don’t care if they sit around all day watching the TV or playing video games.
All you care about is drinking your Starbuck’s, your next plastic surgery, your next cocktail, your next affair, and your next sugar fix!
This post was created with love and with the idea of creating a better world for our children and future generations. Anger increases your risk of suffering a heart attack. Be careful.
Read this article and comment on it at VaccineImpact.com.
About the Author
Dr. Jack Wolfson is a board certified cardiologist in Phoenix. He is known as The Paleo Cardiologist and The Natural Cardiologist. Check out his website TheDrsWolfson.com and follow him on Facebook at The Drs. Wolfson.
- See more at: http://healthimpactnews.com/2015/arizona-cardiologist-responds-to-critics-regarding-measles-and-vaccines/#sthash.UP5Xj2Tt.dpuf

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Personal Bill of Rights

• I have the right to say to requests or demands I cannot meet.
• I have the right to express all of my feelings, positive or negative.
• I have the right to change my mind.
• I have the right to make mistakes and not have to be perfect.
• I have the right to follow my own values and standards.
• I have the right to say to anything when I feel I am not ready, it is unsafe or it violates my values.
• I have the right to determine my own priorities.
• I have the right to not be responsible for other behavior, actions, feelings or problems.
• I have the right to expect honesty from others.
• I have the right to be angry with someone I love.
• I have the right to be uniquely myself.
• I have the right to feel scared and say, I am afraid
• I have the right to say, I don’t know
• I have the right to let go of the need to be giving excuses or reasons for my behavior.
• I have the right to make decisions based on my feelings.
• I have the right to my own needs for personal space and time.
• I have the right to be playful and frivolous.
• I have the right to be healthier than ever.
• I have the right to remove myself from situations where I feel uncomfortable.
• I have the right to be in a non-abusive environment.
• I have the right to make friends and be comfortable around people.
• I have the right to change and grow.
• I have the right to have my needs and wants respected by others.
• I have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
• I have the right to be happy.
• I have the right to accept that I am enough.
• I have the right to listen to inner voice and take accordingly action.
• I have the right to believe in my Higher Power.
• I have the right to laugh at myself.
• I have the right to choose what’s best for me rather than settle, satisfying someone else.
• I have the right to listen to what creates peace, harmony and balance for me.
• I have the right to nourish my body, my mind and my spirit.
• I have the right to know that more I love and believe in me; the more I can love you.
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