My thoughts on Tom Cruise

I absolutely hate Tom Cruise. He is the most insensitive and ignorant man. He makes all of these bad statements about how taking drugs for psychological reasons is bad, but he never backs it up with hard data. His condescending response when asked is "hey, I do my research. I look up information on the internet." On the internet???? He actually think that is scholarly and complete? He is much more stupid than I thought. I mean, he doesn't have a Ph.D in psychology, he hasn't even formally studied it - how could he even actually be so arrogant to think he knows all? In fact, he DOESN'T know ANYTHING.

He talks about how people are prescribing speed to kids. I mean, yes, technically that is true. It is a form of amphetamine, which is prescribed to people with ADD/ADHD. But what he doesn't mention is that when people with ADD take the medication, it calms them down and makes it easier for them to focus. If you were to give the same dose to a person without ADD, they would be off the walls. But for someone with ADD, it does the complete opposite.

These drugs are very effective in helping people who would have very little help without it. It is almost impossible to function without medication. Now, behavioral treatment can be done after medication has been regularly done for awhile, and perhaps in the future, medication can be stopped, but behavioral treatment alone has not been proven effectives in helping people with ADD. And - this is pretty amazing - I actually base my results off of a scholarly study. Wow! What an original concept. No amount of surfing the internet is going to give you an idea of this because the majority of information out there on the internet is COMPLETELY untrue.

If he really wanted to 'be informed' like he said he was, he should go onto psychological databases, and read scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. Those types of references are scholarly and provide much more accurate information than just the internet. I hate that now he has legitimized this line of thinking for some people by stating it on television shows. I feel that so many people don't understand psychiatry, and ADD and psychiatric medications, that people just take the 'Tom Cruise' stance. I wish I could respond to Tom Cruise and ask him if he believes in taking away medications for people with AIDS.

I mean, he doesn't believe Brooke Shields can help herself from a debilitating disease, why give people with AIDS help? I mean, if medicine is medicine, and he considers medicine bad, then it should not just be about psychiatric medications. This just angers me so much. I mean, does he not think that people who are schizophrenic should get medicated? I mean, they are seeing things which aren't there! What about deep psychosis? I mean, people with these conditions can't even function without some type of medication.

He also states that, 'oh, it's unnatural to be on meds and that means you have to be on the meds for the rest of your life.' It is true that being on meds for the rest of your life is bad, but not having the medication is worse. Medication may be unnatural and not what was intended, but neither was schizophrenia, depression, OCD, cancer, AIDS, the Ebola virus...take your pick. Should we just leave someone to die just because it is unnatural to give a person meds? And not allowing someone with psychiatric problems to get meds IS leaving them to die, at least with severe cases.

I mean, it is so hard to explain what it is like to feel so messed up and not know why. To have OCD and have to struggle every day. He doesn't have to deal with it and so thus judges others. But if he had to go through what I go through every day, he wouldn't be saying that. It is so hard. Sometimes I feel so out of control. Medications help me feel more in control. It allows me to organize my thoughts and be able to deal with life. Psychological problems are sometimes worse than physical problems, because physical scars you can see, but psychological scars people cannot see. Nobody knows the pain inside, and for them to know or understand would mean telling them about what you feel like. And that makes you vulnerable. You want to explain to people who don't understand the pain of psychological problems but you can't really come from your own standpoint without exposing yourself in front of everyone as crazy and messed up. So you just stay silent, and your cries bury deep within you.

I wish that people like Tom Cruise knew exactly how painful it is for me and many others who suffer from psychological problems. No amount of herbs, good positive energy, and whatever Tom Cruise believes in will help.

I also think that Tom Cruise is brainwashing Katie Holmes. I just wish she would come to her senses and leave him. I mean, the whole silent birthing thing? That's horrific. What if there was something wrong? Nobody could do anything about it or even know because it's a silent birthing. Plus, she can't even make noise. I mean, childbirth is a painful thing. I don't think it is very kind to force a mother to swallow her cries of pain. He is the most chavinistic man ever. I just feel nothing but anger towards him, and I don't know if I could ever see a movie by him again, past or present.